Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences adds board members

The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) recently elected three new members to its board of directors. The center, located on a hill overlooking the west side of the Stanford campus, is dedicated to making behavioral science relevant to the greater community. The three new directors:

GARY KING, founder and director of Harvard’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science, develops and applies empirical methods in many areas of social science research, focusing on innovations that range from statistical theory to practical application. King joined the board Sept. 1.

SARA MILLER MCCUNE is the executive chairman of SAGE Publications Inc., a book and journal publishing house based in Newbury Park, Calif., and of the McCune Foundation, based in Ventura, Calif. McCune, a longtime friend of CASBS, is one of its principal benefactors. She joined the board Jan. 1.

WILLIAM H. NEUKOM, a 1967 graduate of Stanford Law School, was the lead lawyer for Microsoft Corp. for nearly 25 years. He is the founder and chief executive officer of the World Justice Project and is a partner on leave from the Seattle office of K&L Gates. Neukom served as the general managing partner and chief executive officer of the San Francisco Baseball Associates, L.P., the ownership group of the San Francisco Giants, from 2008 to 2011. Neukom joined the board Jan. 1.

Visit the center’s website for a full list of its board members.

— Kathleen J. Sullivan