Ms. Bonita C. Stewart serves as Vice President, Partner Business Solutions, Americas at Google, Inc. and serves as its Vice President of US Sales. Ms. Stewart is responsible for Google's monetization strategies for advertisers and publishers across all verticals. She has a wealth of experience to Deckers spanning interactive marketing and brand development, as well as financial and operational management. She's held senior sales management positions at Google dating back to 2006. She was responsible for strategy and business plan development for Google's automotive, finance and travel verticals, spanning more than 600 accounts.

From 2002 to 2006, Ms. Stewart worked for DaimlerChrysler AG, where she was Director, Chrysler Group, Interactive Communications and prior to that, Director, Chrysler Brand Communications. She co founded and served as the President and Chief Operating Officer for Nia Enterprises LLC. From 1993 to 2000, she served in various senior marketing management roles at Chrysler Corporation, including Director, Global Dodge Car and Minivan Market Plans and Manager, Consumer Strategies.

She began her career in 1979 at IBM Corporation, where she served in various financial and marketing management positions. She has been a Director of Deckers Outdoor Corp. since September 17, 2014. She serves as a Director of The Harvard Business School Club of Greater New York, Inc. Among other associations, she serves on the National Advisory Council, Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum and Board Member, Harvard Business School Club of New York City.

Bonita is a frequent speaker at marketing and interactive conferences such as ANA, AD:TECH and Automotive World Congress, and has been quoted in such publications as Automotive News, Advertising Age, Brandweek and USA Today. In 2005, she co-authored "The Fifth P of Marketing," an article for CRM Magazine. Advertising Age named her a "Woman to Watch" in 2011.

Bonita graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Howard University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Cranbrook Art Academy based in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the Harvard Business School Club of New York. She resides in Englewood, New Jersey with her husband.

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