Kathleen Ann Bayless is on the board of Veeco Instruments, Inc., Ballard Power Systems, Inc. and Amprius Technologies, Inc. In her past career she held the position of CFO, Treasurer, SVP & Principal Accounting Officer at Synaptics, Inc., Chief Financial Officer, Secretary & Senior VP at Komag, Inc. and Senior Audit Manager at Ernst & Young LLP (Missouri).

She received an undergraduate degree from California State University-Fresno.