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Board of Advisors

Alphabetical List

Michelle Schwartz

Michelle Schwartz

(MPP/MPH ’88)

CEO, Steve & Andy’s Organics
Goldman School, Board Chair
David Wilson

David C. Wilson

Ex-Officio

Dean and Professor of Public Policy, Goldman School of Public Policy
Ophelia Basgal

Ophelia Basgal

Visiting Scholar, University of California Terner Center for Housing Innovation
Senior Executive Coach, InclusionINC
Henry Brady

Henry E. Brady

Ex-Officio

Class of 1941 Monroe Deutsch Chair of Political Science and Public Policy
Todd Dipaola

Todd Dipaola

Co-founder and President, inMarket
Co-founder and former CFO, Vantage Media
Bettina Duval

Bettina Duval

(BA ’82)

CEO, BRDBND
Trustee, UC Berkeley Foundation
Joseph Epstein

Joseph Epstein

President, Sierra Steel Trading LLC
Robert Epstein

Robert Epstein

Co-founder, Environmental Entrepreneurs
Co-founder and former EVP, Sybase
John Gage

John Gage

Former Chief Researcher and Vice President of the Science Office, Sun Microsystems
Jason Goldman

Jason Goldman

Principal, G2 Insurance Services
Garrett Gruener

Garrett Gruener

Executive Chairman, Nanomix, Inc.
Co-Founder, Alta Partners
Founder, Ask Jeeves, now Ask.com
Nancy Hult Ganis

Nancy Hult Ganis

Producer, Out of the Blue Entertainment
Former Trustee , U.C. Berkeley Foundation
Carla Javits

Carla Javits

(MPP ’85)

CEO, REDF
David Jiang

David Jiang

Chief Executive Officer, PineBridge Investments
Anna Johnson

Anna “AJ” Johnson

(They/Them)

(MPP ’20) Ex-Officio

Policy Director, California Competes
Lisa Jones

Lisa Jones

President of the LMJ Group, Inc.
Chartered Financial Analyst
Joanne Kozberg

Joanne Kozberg

Principal, California Strategies, LLC
Trustee, UC Berkeley Foundation
Mel Levine

Mel Levine

Counsel and retired Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
former U.S. Representative, 27th Congressional District
Michael Nacht

Michael Nacht

Ex-Officio

Professor of Public Policy, Goldman School of Public Policy
Thomas and Alison Schneider Chair, Goldman School of Public Policy
Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense
Budd Shenkin

Budd Shenkin, M.D.

(MPP ’71)

President, Bayside Medical Group
Steve Silberstein

Steve Silberstein

Retired Co-founder, Innovative Interfaces, Inc.
Trustee, U.C. Berkeley Foundation
Catherine Unger

Catherine Unger

Retired Public Affairs Consultant
Paul Verkuil

Paul Verkuil

Senior Fellow, Administrative Conference of the United States
President Emeritus, College of William & Mary

Emeriti Board Members

Maren Anderson President, MDA Consulting Inc
Wayne Brown (MPP/JD '92) Deputy General Counsel and Chief Intellectual Property Officer, Quest Diagnostics
Al Bowker (d. 2008) Prof. of Statistics Emeritus, UC Berkeley; Chancellor Emeritus
Donna Coit Retired Nutritionist, Educator, and Program Manager
David Crane President, Govern for California
John Cummins UC, Berkeley, Assoc. Chancellor (Ret.)
John De Luca Chairman of the Board & President, UCSF Gallo Research Center; Past President & CEO, Wine Institute
Aaron Estis (MPP ’85) President,The Estis Group
Dianne Feinstein, United States Senator
Charles L. Frankel, Entrepreneur
Thomas P. Grumbly (MPP '74) Chair, Supporters of Agricultural Research (SoAR) Foundation
Cyrus Hadidi Chief Investment Officer, Arts & Sciences Investment Management
Catherine Hutto Gordon (d. 2021), President and Trustee, Hutto Patterson Charitable Foundation
Richard N. Goldman (d. 2010) President, Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund
Peter D. Hart Chairman, Peter D. Hart Research Associates
I. Michael Heyman (d. 2011) Chancellor Emeritus, Prof. of Law Emeritus, City Planning Secretary Emeritus, Smithsonian Institution
Martha Hertelendy Vice-Chair, World Affairs Council
Stacy Jacobs, Owner and Director of Wine Operations, Rancho Valencia Resort
Noëlle Leca, Retired Senior Vice President & General Manager eBusiness, Genesys Telecom/Alcatel
Richard Liu Chair & Pres, Superior Holdings Lmtd
Jim Losi Founder and President, Service Learning International, LLC
James D. Marver (MPP '74/PhD '78) Co-founder and Managing Director, VantagePoint Capital Partners
Arnold Meltsner Prof. of Public Policy Emeritus, Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley
Gary B. Pruitt (MPP/JD '81) President and CEO The Associated Press
William Reilly President & CEO, Aqua International Partners LP
Paul Sack Founder and Advisor, Sack Properties
Thomas C. Schneider Retired Advisory Director, Morgan Stanley
Harold Smith Distinguished Visiting Scholar (former)
Charles Townes (d. 2015) Nobel Laureate, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Physics
Carl Vogt Retired Senior Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP; President Emeritus, Williams College
Mason Willrich Former Chair, California Independent System Operator Governing Board; Director, California Clean Energy Fund; Senior Advisor, MIT Energy Innovation Project
Osamu Yamada International Business Consultant