Frontdoor, Inc. (NASDAQ: FTDR) has elected Hilla Sferruzza to its board of directors, expanding the board to nine members, according to a company statement. The appointment is effective immediately, and Sferruzza will also serve on the Audit Committee.

Sferruzza has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Meritage Homes Corporation (NYSE: MTH), a residential real estate development company, since 2016. She joined Meritage in 2006 and held the roles of Chief Accounting Officer from 2010 to 2021 and Corporate Controller from 2010 to 2015, along with various other finance and accounting roles prior to that.

Before joining Meritage, Sferruzza held leadership positions at KPMG and Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

Bill Cobb, Frontdoor's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said Sferruzza brings over 30 years of public company finance, accounting, investor relations, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic planning experience, along with knowledge of the real estate market and residential construction industry.

Sferruzza is a Certified Public Accountant in Arizona. She holds an Executive Master of Business Administration from Washington State University and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Arizona. She is a member of Arizona State University's W.P. Carey School of Business Dean's Council and Finance Advisory Board.

Sferruzza is expected to stand for re-election at Frontdoor's 2027 annual stockholder meeting.