Lumentum Holdings Inc. announced the appointment of Penny Herscher as chair of its board of directors. Ms. Herscher is a seasoned technology public company board director, executive and entrepreneur, with more than 15 years of experience as a high-tech CEO in Silicon Valley and more than 10 years of experience serving on public company boards of directors. She currently also serves on the boards of Faurecia SA, Verint, and PROS Holdings Inc. Ms. Herscher previously served as CEO of FirstRain, a privately held company in the unstructured data analytics space, as CEO of Simplex Solutions.