Established in 1982, the Humanities and Sciences Council is the School's outside advisory group for the academic deans. The Council comprises leaders from the business, civic, arts, and academic communities who bring special qualities, expertise and interests applicable to the School's initiatives in such areas as undergraduate education, strategic planning, financial management, and development priorities. Current H&S Council members are listed below.
ANNE T. BASS
President, Ann T. and Robert M. Bass Foundation
C. DIANE CHRISTENSEN
President, The Christensen Fund
ROBERTA DENNING
Chair, Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich, CT; vice president, Greenwich Library
JOHN DIEKMAN
Founder and managing partner, 5AM Ventures
SUSAN FORD DORSEY
President, Sand Hill Foundation; cofounder, Center for a New Generation
SAKURAKO D. FISHER
Civic volunteer
R. PATRICK FORSTER
Founding partner, Industrial Growth Partners, LLC
ROBERT D. HAAS
Chairman of the Board, Levi Strauss & Co.; H&S Council Chair
WILLIAM A. HALTER
Trustee Emeritus of Stanford University
WALTER B. HEWLETT
Chairman, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; member, Board of Trustees
of Stanford University; director, Stanford's Center for Computer-Assisted Research in the Humanities
JAYMIE GLASSMAN HO
Community volunteer
LESLIE P. HUME
Chair, Board of Trustees of Stanford Universty
CLAUDIA P. HUNTINGTON
Senior vice president, Capital Research and Management Company
PETER M. JOOST
President, Joost Enterprises
SARAH H. KETTERER
Chief executive officer and cofounder, Causeway Capital Management
ARUN KUMAR
Partner, KPMG LLP
JOAN F. LANE
Special assistant to the Board of Trustees of Stanford University
FRANK DON LEE
Chief executive officer, Dragonfly Sciences, Inc.
LORRY I. LOKEY
Founder and chairman, Business Wire
DAILEY PATTEE
Psychotherapist; former member, Board of Trustees of the Juilliard School
MARSHALL PAYNE
Managing Partner, CIC Partners, LP
RUTH M. PORAT
Vice Chairman of Investment Banking, Morgan Stanley
ISAAC STEIN
Former chairman, Board of Trustees of Stanford University; president, Waverley
Associates
RALPH R. WILLARD
Chairman, The Hinckley Company