Natalie Bancroft has served as an independent Director of News Corporation since its June 2013 separation and sits on the Compensation and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. A member of the Bancroft family, she originally joined the board of News Corp's predecessor following its 2007 acquisition of Dow Jones, and later co-founded SpoonFull LLC, a technology company focused on independent-restaurant supply chains. She has served as a director of the California Ballet and the Pacific Arts Society and brings the Board a global perspective and a background in journalism and the arts.