Leadership & Advisory Boards
Stanford Law School has five Leadership and Advisory Boards that serve specific functions. The Dean’s Advisory Council is a development-focused board with the role of assisting the Dean, faculty leadership and senior staff with the ongoing strategic planning for the school. Board of Visitors are selected by the dean for their distinction as leaders in law, business, and service to the public, and demonstrated commitment to the school. Law School Venture Fund facilitates the deployment of the law school’s endowment in venture investments identified by the board members. Regional Law Community Leadership board members represent and maintain ties with 18 national and international groups of alumni. Reunion Leadership alumni volunteer for their class reunions on Fundraising Committees and Outreach & Planning Committees.
About Dean's Advisory Council
The Dean’s Advisory Council (DAC) at Stanford Law School is a development-focused board, the role of which is to assist the Dean, faculty leadership and senior staff with ongoing strategic planning for the school. Issues put before the DAC for advice and counsel include matters such as budgeting, fundraising, capital planning, technology, admissions and career services, curricular reforms, as well as broader strategic challenges facing the school and the legal profession. The DAC has also served as an advocate for the dean and the school among university leadership, as needed.
Dean's Advisory Council 2025
Fred Alvarez, BA ’72, JD ’75
William Barnum, Jr., BA ’76, JD/MBA ’81
Laura Baxter-Simons, JD ’92
David Castelblanco, JD/MBA ’99
Mark Chandler, JD ’81
Mary Cranston, Esq., BA ’70, JD ’75
Brendan Cullen, JD ’95
Gordon Davidson, BS ’70, MS ’71, JD ’74
Laura Engelhardt, JD ’00
George Farias, JD ’84
Louis Friedman, BA ’83, JD ’86
James Gaither, JD ’64
Michelle Greer Galloway, BA ’87, JD ’89
Daniel Goldman, JD ’05
Paul Haigney, JD ’86
Gail Block Harris, BA ’74, JD ’77 (chair)
Tyrone Holt, JD ’74
Michael Jacobson, JD ’81
Bradford Jones, JD/MBA ’81
Drew Katz, JD ’96
Helen Lho-Ryu, JD ’89
May Liang, BA/BS ’86
James Lintott, BA/MA ’86, JD ’89
Laura Loeb, JD ’84
Richard Mallery, JD ’63
Michael Miller, JD ’75
William Neukom, LLB ’67
Barry Newman, JD/MBA ’83
Gabby Parcella, JD ’94
John Quigley, JD/MBA ’79
Geoffrey Rehnert, JD ’84
Carl Ruggiero, JD ’82
Thomas Russo, JD/MBA ’84
Derek Schrier, JD/MBA ’98
Jonathan Schwartz, JD ’86
Isaac Stein, JD/MBA ’72
Laurence Stein, JD ’85
Vaughn Williams, JD ’69
Yi Zhang, LLM ’06
About Board of Visitors
Since 1958, the Board of Visitors (BV) has played an important role in helping the dean of the law school respond to particular challenges facing legal education. Members of the Board are appointed by the dean and are selected for their distinction as leaders in law, business, and service to the public, and demonstrated commitment to the school. They meet as a group once each year to discuss a wide range of issues including the legal profession, legal education, short-term and long-term plans for Stanford Law School, and ongoing concerns in areas related to student admissions and careers, curricular initiatives, faculty research, alumni and constituent involvement, and resource needs. The Board’s input is critical to maintaining the school’s strong tradition of academic excellence.
Board of Visitors 2025
Susan Cromwell Adamson, ’78, JD ’82
Leonard Aragon, JD ’01
David Asarch, JD ’06
James Barton, ’09, JD ’15
Peter Bewley, JD ’71
Kathy Bloch, ’81
Marisa Brutoco, ’00, JD ’04
Stevan Bunnell, JD ’86
Patrick Campbell, JD ’95
Yanping Cao, JD ’97
David Castelblanco, JD/MBA ’99
Glenn Chao, MS ’93, JD ’96
Reuben Chen, JD ’03
Brendan Cullen, JD ’95
Chris Davies, JD ’96
Gary Feinerman, JD ’91
James Feuille, JD/MBA ’83
Michelle Friedland, ’94, JD ’00
Yvette Fung, ’82, JD ’88
Michelle Greer Galloway, ’87, JD ’89 (Chair)
Maria Ginzburg, JD ’96
Britt Grant, JD ’07
Xavier Gutierrez, JD ’01
Jonathan Harris, ’84, JD ’87
Laura Hills, ’83, JD/MA ’86
Richard Holden, JD/MBA ’96
Robert Hur, JD ’01
Brent Irvin, JD ’03
Larry Irving, JD ’79
Sean Johnston, JD ’89
Vinita Kailasanath, ’04, MS ’04, JD ’10
Kyle Kawakami, JD ’86
Brogiin Keeton, JD ’11
Trevor Kempner, JD ’15
Alison Kutler, JD ’99
Carol Lam, JD ’85
Carol Sutton Lewis, JD ’83
Ara Lovitt, JD ’97
Stephanie Martz, JD ’97
Jerome McCluskey, JD ’01
Mark Middaugh, JD ’14
Charles Moore, JD ’95
Susan Finch Moore, JD ’95
Nader Mousavi, JD ’97
Harsha Murthy, JD ’84
Raaj Narayan, JD ’10
Lan Nguyen, JD ’01
Risë Norman, JD ’88
Clarence Otis, JD ’80
John Owens, JD ’96
Sara Peterson, JD ’87
John Place, JD ’85
Steve Ray, JD ’79
Robert Rivkin, JD ’87
Adam Rosman, JD ’95
Benjamin Roth, JD ’01
Tom Rubin, JD ’88
Derek Shaffer, JD ’00
Maaren Shah, JD ’07
Ron Silverton, JD/MBA ’98
Michael Steinberg, JD ’86
Naomi Waltman, ’85, JD ’88
Tony West, JD ’92
Tommie Wilson, JD ’01
Lianne Worden, JD ’09
Lin-Hua Wu, ’94, JD ’97
About Law School Venture Fund
The Law School Venture Fund (LSVF) facilitates the deployment of the Law School’s endowment in venture investments identified by board members from their own firms. With impressive returns that have outperformed similar funds at other schools, the LSVF has successfully generated enough funds to endowed professorships and several law and technology initiatives.
Law School Venture Fund 2025
Steve Abbott, JD/MBA ’94
Jessi Brooks, JD ’11
Doug Carlisle, JD/MBA ’82
Carmen Chang, MA ’81, JD ’93
Glenn Chin Chao, MS ’93, JD ’96
Ira Ehrenpreis, JD/MBA ’95
Josh Feldman, JD ’96
James Feuille, JD/MBA ’82
Justin Kao, BA/MS ’05, MBA/JD ’10
Scott Kupor, BA ’93, JD ’96
Sandy Miller, JD ’74, MBA ’75 (chair)
Renata Quintini, LLM ’05, MBA ‘08
Scott Raney
David Silverman, JD ’96
Paul Vronsky, JD ‘08
Jim White
Regional Law Community Leadership
Executive Law Regional Community Chair
Holley Horrell, JD ’12
Executive Law Regional Community Vice Chair
James Barton, ’09, JD ’15
Bay Area
Vinita Kailasanath, MS ’04, JD ’10
Faris Ali Mohiuddin, ’07, JD ’13, MBA ’14
Ale Lynberg, ’11, JD ’19
Beijing
Rui Wang, LLM ’09
Brazil
Felipe Costa Rodrigues Neves, LLM ’19
Natalia De Santis, LLM ’19
Guilherme Peres Potenza, LLM ’13
Fabiana Solano, LLM ’14
Pablo Sorj, LLM ’05
Chicago
Brad Howard, JD ’98
Drew Olejnik, JD ’04
Miriam Zeidman, JD ’07
Chile
Pablo Acevedo, LLM ’15
Denver-Boulder
Lara Edwards, JD ’01
Luis Solis, MBA ’85, JD ’86
Shawna-Gay White, JD ’09, MA ’10
Europe
Julie Carlin-Sasaki, JD ’88
Bianca Crivellini Eger, LLM ’17
Jørgen Bek Weiss Hansen, LLM ’11
Vanessa Isler, LLM ’19
Mariana Magalhães Chapei, LLM ’16
Cameron Murphy, JD ’03
Silja Reschke, LLM ’13
Hong Kong
Geoffrey Chan, JD ’04
Los Angeles
Steven Arkow, JD ’89
Sean Becker, JD ’19
Adam Sieff, JD ’14
Jennifer Chou, ’00, MA ’01, JD ’05
Minnesota
Ivan Fong, JD ’87
Nick Scheiner, JD ’15
New York
Valentina Cassata, LLM ’08
Ashly Nikkole Davis, JD ’13
Adriana Maestas, ’01, JD ’05
Kimiya Shams, LLM ’16
Vivek Tata, JD ’16
Portland
Mary Ann Frantz, ’75, JD ’78
San Diego
Mike Merriman, JD ’04
Sophia Rios, JD ’15
Seattle
Monica Estrada, JD ’13
Mark Middaugh, JD ’14
Shanghai
Sherry Shen, LLM ’07
Texas
Mike Brito, JD ’87
Joanna L. Grossman, JD ’94
Fernando Juarez, LLM ’19
Edward Loya, JD ’05
Chelsea Priest, JD ’15
Tokyo
Chié Nakahara, LLM ’11
Michihiro Nishi, LLM ’11
Christoph Rademacher, LLM ’09
Washington, D.C.
James Barton, ’09, JD ’15
Henrique Canarim, LLM ’10
Matt Ferraro, JD ’13
Hon. Florence Y. Pan, JD ’93
Rae Woods, JD ’07
Reunion Leadership
SLS alumni volunteer for their class reunions on Fundraising Committees and Outreach & Planning Committees. See the SLS Reunions website for participating alumni.
Marisa Brutoco, ’00, JD ’04, SLS Law Fund Chair
