Judy Bruner MBA ’86, retired executive VP, administration, and CFO of SanDisk Corporation, has been appointed to the Varian board of directors.
Bruner, 58, served as the chief financial officer for SanDisk from 2004 to this year when it was acquired by Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC). She also served as senior vice president and chief financial officer for Palm, Inc. from 1999 to 2004. She has held prior management positions in finance and administration with 3Com Corporation, Ridge Computers, Inc. and Hewlett Packard Company.
Bruner is also a member of the board of directors of Brocade Communications, Inc., where she serves as chair of the audit committee, a member of the board of directors of Applied Materials and a member of the board of trustees of the Computer History Museum. She also served in the past on the boards of Vermillion, Inc. and SanDisk Corporation, before assuming her executive role there.