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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	Former CEO, Kidaro
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
W. Howard Lester	Chairman & CEO Williams-Sonoma
Prof. Rich Lyons	Dean, Haas School of Business
Andre Marquis	Amplyx Pharmaceuticals
Noel Nellis	Orrick
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 Lester Center Research Director
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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