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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.�

The Stanford Hospital and Clinics and the Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford are nonprofit California corporations. They are separate from the university and from one another.

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

as of October 2012

  • William R. Brody, President, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA
  • Brook H. Byers, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Menlo Park, CA
  • James E. Canales, President and CEO, The James Irvine Foundation, San Francisco, CA
  • RoAnn Costin, President, Wilderness Point Investments, Boston, MA
  • James G. Coulter, Founding Partner, TPG Capital, LP, San Francisco, CA
  • Deborah A. DeCotis, Private Investor, D Squared Holdings LLC, New York, NY
  • Steven A. Denning, Chairman, General Atlantic LLC, Greenwich, CT
  • Bruce W. Dunlevie, General Partner, Benchmark Capital, Menlo Park, CA
  • Armando Garza, Chairman, Alfa, Garza Garcia, NL, MX
  • John A. Gunn, Chairman Emeritus and Director, 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
  • Laurene Powell Jobs, Founder/Chair, Emerson Collective, Palo Alto, CA
  • Ronald B. Johnson, CEO, J.C. Penney, Plano, TX
  • Ann H. Lamont, Managing Partner, Oak Investment Partners, Greenwich, CT
  • Frank D. Lee, CEO, Dragonfly Sciences, Inc., Wellesley, MA
  • Goodwin Liu, Associate Justice, California State Supreme Court, San Francisco, CA
  • Susan R. McCaw, President, COM Investments, Santa Barbara, CA
  • Hamid R. Moghadam, Chairman & Co-CEO, Prologis, Inc., San Francisco, CA
  • Wendy Munger, South Pasadena, CA
  • Paul A. Ormond, Chairman, President, CEO, HCR ManorCare, Inc., Toledo, OH
  • Ruth M. Porat, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Morgan Stanley, New York, NY
  • Penny S. Pritzker, Chairman, Artemis Real Estate Partners, Chicago, IL
  • Jeffrey S. Raikes, CEO, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA
  • Miriam Rivera, Managing Partner, Ulu Ventures, Palo Alto, CA
  • Victoria B. Rogers, President, Rose Hills Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
  • Richard A. Sapp, Rancho Santa Fe, CA
  • Kavitark Ram Shriram, Founder, Sherpalo Ventures, Menlo Park, CA
  • Ronald P. Spogli, Founding Partner, Freeman Spogli & Co., Los Angeles, CA
  • Isaac Stein, President, Waverley Associates, Atherton, CA
  • Thomas F. Steyer, Senior Managing Member, Farallon Capital Management, LLC, San Francisco, CA
  • Vaughn C. Williams, Of Counsel, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, New York, NY
  • Jerry Yang, Comprehensive Financial Management, Los Gatos, CA

Stanford Administration

  • John Hennessy, President
  • John Etchemendy, Provost
  • David Demarest, Vice President for Public Affairs
  • David A. Jones, Vice President for Human Resources
  • Randall S. Livingston, Vice President for Business Affairs and Chief Financial Officer
  • William J. Madia, Vice President, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
  • 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
  • Harry Elam, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
  • Persis Drell, Director, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
  • Patricia Gumport, Vice Provost for Graduate Education
  • 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
  • Garth Saloner, Dean, Graduate School of Business
  • Claude Steele, Dean, School of Education

Staff

In 2011, 10,680 staff members supported teaching, learning and research at Stanford, including 5,500 managerial and professional staff, 2,845 clerical and technical staff, and 741 service and maintenance staff. There are 1,594 employees at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. For more information about working at Stanford, visit jobs.stanford.edu.