Michael Baker joined Graham Holdings Company (then The Washington Post Company) in October 2006 as a risk analyst, and then promoted to director and senior director before being named vice president, risk management as a member of the Treasury group. He has more than twenty years' experience in claims and safety management with Allstate Insurance, Marriott International, and Hanover Insurance. Michael received a BS in Political Science from Texas A&M University and a Senior Claim Law Associate certification from the American Educational Institute.
Matthew R. Greisler joined Graham Holdings Company in May 2017 as Director of Corporate Finance. He was named treasurer in 2019 and is responsible for the treasury and financial planning and analysis (FP&A) functions of the Company. Prior to joining Graham Holdings Company, Greisler was at American Capital, Ltd., a publicly-traded private equity firm, where he led the FP&A group and supported numerous strategic initiatives. He was a key member of the finance team that raised nearly $10 billion of debt and equity capital and successfully completed the merger of American Capital and Ares Capital Corporation. Greisler earned a BA in finance and accounting from the University of Maryland and a Master of Accounting degree from Western Governors University. He is a CFA charterholder and a certified treasury professional. Greisler is also a member of the CFA Institute, the CFA Society of Washington, DC and the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP).
Heather Hochberg, Vice President of Total Rewards and HR Compliance, oversees Graham Holdings’ retirement and healthcare benefit plans and HR compliance strategy across the company’s diverse portfolio of businesses. Heather joined the company (then The Washington Post Company) in 1996, working at The Washington Post as Personnel Manager and at Legi-Slate as Director of HR before moving to the corporate office in 2000.
Heather holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Mt. Saint Mary’s and is also a certified executive coach. She lives in Chicago with her husband.
Cherie Kummer, vice president, tax, joined Graham Holdings Company in 2014 as director of tax. Responsible for oversight and leadership of the Company's global tax function, Kummer is a seasoned executive and a certified public accountant with extensive expertise in SEC, federal and state tax controversy, corporate federal and state tax planning and compliance, and international tax matters. Prior to joining Graham Holdings Company, Kummer was a managing director of tax at Grant Thornton. Throughout her career, she has held a myriad of senior roles in tax with Freddie Mac, Ernst & Young, LLP and Deloitte. Kummer began her career at Arthur Andersen. Kummer holds an MS in Accounting from the University of Colorado, and a BA in business administration from Briar Cliff College. Kummer is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Scott McClure is the Vice President of Information Technology at Graham Holdings Company. Scott has thirty-five years of experience in full lifecycle global applications development and management. He also has eight years of management consulting experience working with executives and other stakeholders to solve HR business problems. Scott’s specialties include project/engagement management, RFI/RFP preparation for financial systems projects, cloud technologies (SaaS and PaaS), ERP architecture/infrastructure design, business development, business process transformation, and vendor management. Prior to Graham Holdings, Scott was the Director of Financial Systems at the Washington Post and Practice Leader at CherryRoad Technologies. Scott received his bachelor of science in Computer Science and Mathematics from Vanderbilt University.
Jarvis Obispo joined Graham Holdings Company in 2016 as senior audit manager. Starting in 2020, he was the director of Corporate Audit Services and the ensuing year, also assumed the corresponding responsibilities of the SOX Program Management Office (SOX PMO), which governs and oversees the Company's SOX Compliance Program. In 2022, he became the vice president – Corporate Audit Services with oversight of both the internal audit function and the SOX PMO. Prior to joining the Company, Obispo spent his professional career with KPMG in Dallas, TX, serving three years as a senior audit manager in Willemstad, Curacao from 2008 to 2011. Obispo earned his Master's in accountancy as well as his undergraduate degree in accounting and computer information systems from The University of Texas at El Paso. He is a certified public accountant, and a member of both the Institute of Internal Auditors and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Marcel A. Snyman is Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Graham Holdings Company, where he leads the company’s accounting policy, financial reporting, and regulatory compliance activities across its diversified operations. Snyman joined Graham Holdings Company (then The Washington Post Company) in July 2008 as Director of Accounting Policy. Since then, he has served in roles of increasing responsibility, including Assistant Controller and Controller, before assuming his current position. Snyman began his career with KPMG South Africa in 1997, gaining valuable audit and advisory experience across multiple industries. In 2003, he moved to the United States and worked at Deloitte & Touche LLP as a Senior Manager in McLean, Virginia, before transitioning to the corporate office at Graham Holdings.
Snyman is both a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Chartered Accountant (South Africa). He earned his undergraduate degree in Accounting and Auditing, cum laude, from the University of Pretoria in South Africa, and holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Snyman is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA), and Financial Executives International (FEI). Within FEI, he serves on the executive committee of the Financial Accounting & Reporting Roundtable (FARR) and previously served as an alternate member of the Committee on Corporate Reporting (CCR). He also contributes as a member of the Public Markets Advisory Committee (PMAC) of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).
Elaine Wolff joined Graham Holdings Company in April 2015. Previously, she was a partner at Jenner & Block, LLP where she specialized in corporate finance, securities law and corporate governance. Earlier in her career, Wolff served as a Legal Branch Chief at the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Corporation Finance. Before joining the staff of the SEC, she represented companies in a variety of corporate transactions, including the preparation of registration and proxy statements for raising capital and merger transactions. Wolff received her BA in economics from the University of California, Berkeley and earned a JD from the University of California, Hastings College of Law.
Josef van Wyk, vice president and chief information security officer, joined Graham Holdings Company (then The Washington Post Company) in 2008 as director of IT audit, before being named senior director of information security and privacy and, subsequently, vice president and chief information security officer. He is responsible for the Company's information security and privacy program across its portfolio of businesses. Prior to joining the Company, van Wyk worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers as a manager in the firm's Technical Risk Services practice in South Africa, and later in its Systems and Process Assurance practice in McLean, VA. He began his career in internal audit at Gold Fields, one of the world's largest gold producers, in South Africa.
Van Wyk received his MBA from Bond University (Australia) and his undergraduate degree in commerce and law from the University of Pretoria (South Africa), and completed the Board Director's Program at Henley Business School, University of Reading (UK). He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and serves as an elected member of the Advisory Council and Supervisory Board of the Information Security Forum (ISF).