Gene Alston
Ancestry, a Lehi-based company focused on family history and consumer genomics, has appointed Gene Alston as an independent member of its board of directors. Alston has more than 20 years of business leadership experience and currently is vice president of commerce business and operations at Facebook, where he is responsible for all strategy and teams for commerce products across Facebook’s family of apps, revenue and client satisfaction globally. Prior to his current role, he led global marketing partnerships at Facebook. Before Facebook, Alston was at Pinterest, Groupon and PayPal, where he led teams and was responsible for business development, partnerships, acquisitions and international expansion.
