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Lester Center Advisory Board


Oversight and guidance of the Lester Center are provided by an Advisory Board comprised of leading members of the business community. Members of the board are:


John Altman

Prof. Emeritus, Univ of Miami [Ohio]
Founder, Page Center for Entrepreneurship

Steve Blank

Lecturer, Haas School of Business

Kevin Brown

CEO, Coraid

Keval Desai

Google Inc.

Noah Doyle

Javelin Venture Partners

Jerry Fiddler

Chairman, Solazyme

John Foraker

HomeGrown Natural Foods

Dirk Freise

Founder, Arvato Mobile

Steve Gertz

President, Sage Associates

Lecturer, Haas School of Business


Pete Goettner

Worldview Technology Partners

Nat Goldhaber

Claremont Creek Ventures

William Hambrecht

Founder, WR Hambrecht + Co

John Hanke

Google Inc

William Hasler

Dean Emeritus,
Haas School of Business

Leo B. Helzel

Attorney at Law

Russ Holdstein

Growth Strategies

James Hong

Founder, HotorNot.com

Reese Jones

Current Communications Group

Jed Katz

Javelin Venture Partners

Michael Katz

Professor and Director, Institute for Business Innovation

Scott Kucirek

Prudential Realty

Jack Larson

Former Chairman, President & CEO,
Career Education

Andrew Laszlo

Managing Director,
Hercules Technology Growth Capital

Rebecca Lynn

Partner, Morgenthaler Ventures

Prof. Rich Lyons

Dean, Haas School of Business

Noel Nellis

Orrick

Steve Newcomb

General Partner, Founders Guild

Terry Opdendyk

ONSET Ventures
Prof. Edward Penhoet
Partner, Alta Partners
Dean Emeritus,
School of Public Health

Thorsten Rehling

 

Mario Rosati

Partner,
Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati

Steve Shannon

Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc.

Prof. David Teece

Haas School of Business

Trevor Traina

Driverside

Daniel K. Turner III

Montreux Equity Partners

Prof. Laura Tyson

Dean Emeritus,
Haas School of Business

John Woolard

CEO, BrightSource Energy



Emeritus Advisory Board Members

The Lester Center appreciates the dedicated service of its
advisory board emeriti:

Gloria Appel
D. Kirkwood Bowman
Dean Emeritus Earl Cheit
Claude B. Hutchison, Jr.
Gary Kalbach

T. Gary Rogers
Dr. George Turin



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