Snowflake Inc. announced the appointment of Mark D. McLaughlin to its Board of Directors effective April 5, 2023, following the resignation of Carl M. Eschenbach, who was recently appointed Co-CEO of Workday. From 2011 until 2018, Mark served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Palo Alto Networks and as Vice Chairman of the Board until December 2022. From 2009 through 2011, Mark served as President and Chief Executive Officer of VeriSign Inc. Prior to that, Mark served in several roles at VeriSign, including as Executive Vice President, Products and Marketing.

President Barack Obama appointed him to serve on the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee in January 2011, and he served on this Committee until April 2023. Mark currently serves as Chairman of the board of directors of Qualcomm Inc. and as a director of Snorkel.AI. Mark holds a B.S. from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and a J.D. from Seattle University School of Law.