University Governance & Administration
University Governance and Organization
Stanford University is a trust with corporate powers under the laws of the State of California. The university is a tax-exempt entity under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code. Under the provisions of the Founding Grant, the Board of Trustees (with a maximum membership of 35) is custodian of the endowment and all the properties of Stanford University. The board administers the invested funds, sets the annual budget and determines policies for operation and control of the university. Among the powers given to the trustees by the Founding Grant is the power to appoint a president. The board delegates broad authority to the president to operate the university and to the faculty on certain academic matters. The formal legal name is “The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University.”
Accreditation
Stanford University is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
Board of Trustees
- William M. Barnum, Jr., General Partner, Brentwood Associates, Los Angeles, CA
- Robert M. Bass, President, Keystone Group LP, Fort Worth, TX
- William R. Brody, President, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA
- Mariann Byerwalter, Chairman, JDN Corporate Advisory, LLC, Daly City, CA
- James E. Canales, President and CEO, The James Irvine Foundation, San Francisco, CA
- James G. Coulter, Founding Partner, TPG Capital, LP, San Francisco, CA
- Mary B. Cranston, Firm Senior Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP, San Francisco, CA
- Lauren B. Dachs, President, S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, San Francisco, CA
- Steven A. Denning, Chairman, General Atlantic LLC, Greenwich, CT
- Bruce W. Dunlevie, General Partner, Benchmark Capital, Menlo Park, CA
- Ying-Ying Goh, M.D., Pasadena, CA
- John A. Gunn, Chief Executive Officer, Dodge and Cox, San Francisco, CA
- Christine U. Hazy, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Sketch Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
- John L. Hennessy, President, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
- Pete Higgins, Partner, Second Avenue Partners, Seattle, WA
- Leslie P. Hume, San Francisco, CA (Chair)
- Ann H. Lamont, Managing Partner, Oak Investment Partners, Westport, CT
- Goodwin Liu, Professor of Law and Associate Dean, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
- Susan R. McCaw, President, COM Investments, Kirkland, WA
- Hamid R. Moghadam, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, AMB Property Corporation, San Francisco, CA
- Wendy Munger, South Pasadena, CA
- Miriam Rivera, Partner, Ulu Ventures, Palo Alto, CA
- Richard A. Sapp, Rancho Santa Fe, CA
- Philip G. Satre, Chairman of the Board, Retired, Harrah's Entertainment, Inc., Reno, NV
- John H. Scully, Managing Director, SPO Partners & Co., Mill Valley, CA
- Ronald P. Spogli, Founding Partner, Freeman Spogli & Company, Los Angeles, CA
- Isaac Stein, President, Waverley Associates, Atherton, CA
- Thomas F. Steyer, Senior Managing Member, Farallon Capital Management, LLC, San Francisco, CA
- Ross H. Walker, Partner, Real Estate Development & Acquisitions, Wolff Urban Development, Los Angeles, CA
- Vaughn C. Williams, Partner, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, New York, NY
- Jerry Yang, Chief Yahoo and Co-Founder, Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA
Stanford Administration
- John Hennessy, President
- John Etchemendy, Provost
- David Demarest, Vice President for Public Affairs
- Randall S. Livingston, Vice President for Business Affairs and Chief Financial Officer
- William J. Madia, Vice President, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
- Robert Reidy, Vice President for Land, Buildings and Real Estate
- Martin Shell, Vice President for Development
- Howard Wolf, Vice President for Alumni Affairs and President, Stanford Alumni Association
- Debra Zumwalt, Vice President and General Counsel
Cabinet
- Ann Arvin , Vice Provost and Dean of Research
- John Bravman, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
- Persis Drell, Director, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
- Patricia Gumport, Vice Provost for Graduate Education
- Robert Joss, Dean, Graduate School of Business
- Larry Kramer, Dean, School of Law
- Pamela Matson, Dean, School of Earth Sciences
- Philip Pizzo, Dean, School of Medicine
- James Plummer, Dean, School of Engineering
- John Raisian, Director, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace
- Richard Saller, Dean, School of Humanities and Sciences
- Deborah Stipek, Dean, School of Education
Staff
In 2007, 9,821 staff members supported teaching, learning and research at Stanford, including 4,606 managerial and professional staff, 2,900 clerical and technical staff, and 726 service and maintenance staff. There are 1,589 employees at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. For more information about working at Stanford, visit http://jobs.stanford.edu.
