Valen Herd

Valen Herd, CPA, currently serves as Senior Manager of Accounting Operations at Nikola Motor Company, where responsibilities have evolved from Manager of Accounting Operations and Manager of Corporate Accounting since May 2020. Prior to this role, Valen was a Senior Audit & Advisory Associate and Audit Associate at KDP Certified Public Accountants, LLP from August 2016 to May 2020, and worked as a Staff Accountant at NIC Industries, Inc. for a brief period in early 2016. Valen started a career in accounting at Lithia Motors, Inc. as a Senior Accounts Payable Administrator from June 2015 to January 2016. Academic qualifications include a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) in Accounting from Southern Oregon University.