Meet our Board
Honorable Ambassador Frank E. Baxter
Ambassador Frank E. Baxter (Economics '61)was born in and attended grammar and high school in Northern California. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a BA degree in economics with honors in 1961. Before college, he...Read more about Honorable Ambassador Frank E. Baxter
Nadir Ali
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Jack Dittoe
John “Jack” Dittoe (Business Administration ‘76) is a fourth-generation San Franciscan and a resident of Piedmont, CA with his wife Alanna, Jack earned his B.S. in Business Administration from U.C. Berkeley in 1976 and his law degree from the University of California College of the Law, San...Read more about Jack Dittoe
Chris M. Kanoff
Chris M. Kanoff (Business '79) is the Chairman of Global Investment Banking and Capital Markets at Jefferies. With more than 40 years of investment banking expertise, he began his career in 1984 in the Corporate Finance Department of Drexel Burnham Lambert. He has worked at Jefferies since 1991...Read more about Chris M. Kanoff
Sandeep Kunwar
Dr. Sandeep Kunwar (Neurobiology '88) is a neurosurgeon specializing in pituitary tumors, including craniopharyngiomas. He uses minimally invasive surgical techniques to treat patients with these disorders. He cares for pediatric patients in collaboration with the pediatric neurosurgery team. He...Read more about Sandeep Kunwar
Matthew Lynde
Dr. Matthew Lynde (Economics ‘79, Economics PhD ‘87) heads Cornerstone Research’s intellectual property (IP) practice and provides expert testimony and consulting in applied economics. His work covers a range of cases, including IP, antitrust and competition, securities litigation, and breach of...Read more about Matthew Lynde
David Thomas
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Tina Walton
Tina Walton (East Asian Languages and Economics ‘91) is an author, most recently of the young adult novel "Last Days of the Morning Calm", a palace intrigue set in 1895 Korea. Ms. Walton was born in Korea before moving to Orange County as a child. She started her career working in investment...Read more about Tina Walton
Peter Desforges (Chair)
Peter Desforges (Economics '83) is the CEO of Peak Real Estate Management & Investment Inc., a firm he founded in 2022 to manage his commercial real estate portfolio. His real estate career began at Wohl Investment Company in 1985, where he served as President from 1992 to...Read more about Peter Desforges (Chair)
Eric Davidson
Eric Davidson (History '83) spent most of his career developing and managing senior living facilities. In 1993, he joined ARV Assisted Living, a company started by his father Gary, and served as senior vice president. In 1998, he co-founded Vintage Senior Living and served as co-CEO until 2016....Read more about Eric Davidson
Mary Ellen Kanoff
Mary Ellen (Economics '78; JD Law '84) is the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Peninsula Pacific, a private equity firm in Los Angeles, where she serves on the Management Committee and is responsible for the legal and business affairs of the firm. Prior to joining Peninsula...Read more about Mary Ellen Kanoff
Purvi Kunwar
Purvi Kunwar (Development Studies ‘92; Political Economy of Industrialized Societies ‘92) is co-founder of startup Precision NeuroMed with her husband Dr. Sandeep Kunwar. Precision NeuroMed is a platform for central nervous system therapies based upon Dr. Kunwar’s research. Ms. Kunwar has...Read more about Purvi Kunwar
Liz Lawler
Liz (Political Science ‘87) Lawler was born and raised in Los Angeles, where she attended Marlborough School. She went on to graduate from UC Berkeley in 1987 with a B.A. in Political Science.
Liz and her husband Greg ('86) raised three children and have three grandchildren. During that...Read more about Liz Lawler
Bradley Shuster
Mr. Shuster (Business Administration ‘76) has served as Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board of NMI Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: NMIH) since January 2019. Mr. Shuster founded National MI and served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 2012 to 2018. Prior to founding National MI, Mr....Read more about Bradley Shuster
Tina Thomas
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David Walton
David Walton (JD in Law ‘86) is a retired international aviation executive. In a career spanning thirty-five years, held key roles in various prestigious organizations, including Deputy Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer at BOC Aviation, Chief Operating Officer at Aircastle Advisor...Read more about David Walton