AMES, Iowa — January 28, 2026 — Leads & Copy — Workiva Inc. has appointed Scott Herren and Mark Peek as new independent directors to its Board of Directors. Herren is the former EVP and Chief Financial Officer of Cisco and a current Board member and Audit Committee Chair at Rubrik. Peek is a former EVP, CFO, and Co-President of Workday and currently sits on the Board of Directors for SentinelOne and Trimble.
According to Julie Iskow, Workiva President and Chief Executive Officer, Herren and Peek bring expertise in scaling high-growth public technology companies, strengthening financial discipline, and driving operational excellence.
Herren will join Workiva’s Board of Directors as an independent director, effective March 2, 2026, with a term ending at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2026.
Peek will join Workiva’s Board of Directors as an independent director, effective June 1, 2026, with a term ending at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2027.
As CFO of Cisco, Herren led finance and procurement, alongside operational leadership responsibilities such as corporate development and acquisition integration functions from 2020 to 2025. Before Cisco, Herren was CFO at Autodesk for six years, where he orchestrated Autodesk’s business model transformation. He led the company’s global financial strategy including operations, corporate development, financial systems, tax and treasury, as well as the company’s procurement organizations. Prior to Autodesk, Herren held finance and operational leadership roles across 14 years at Citrix Systems.
Herren stated that Workiva is uniquely positioned to deliver transparency and trust through its AI-powered platform.
Peek most recently served as Executive Vice President at Workday, from 2018 until May 2025. During his thirteen-year tenure, he held several pivotal operational roles, including Co-President, Chief Financial Officer, and Managing Director of Workday Ventures. Previously, Peek served as President of Business Operations and CFO at VMware, following seven years as Chief Accounting Officer at Amazon. He began his career with a 19-year tenure at Deloitte, including a decade as an audit partner.
According to Peek, the Workiva platform has the opportunity to deliver measurable value across Financial Reporting, GRC, and Sustainability.
David Mulcahy, Lead Independent Director and a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees, resigned from the Workiva Board of Directors, effective January 27, 2026. With this departure and the addition of Herren and Peek, the Workiva board will consist of eight directors. Independent directors of Workiva’s board appointed Suku Radia as the new Lead Independent Director.
Workiva Inc. powers trust, transparency, and accountability. Finance, accounting, sustainability, risk and audit teams from more than 6,500 organizations rely on Workiva for their mission-critical work. The company transforms how customers connect data, unify processes, and empower teams in a secure, audit-ready, AI-powered collaborative platform.
Source: Workiva
