Overseers
The Board of Overseers of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace is responsible for overseeing the strategic direction and financial health of the Hoover Institution and the preservation of its institutional independence within the framework of Stanford University.
Board of Overseers
Ensuring that the Hoover Institution follows the path set forth by its founder, Herbert Hoover, and reaffirmed by its mission statement, the Board of Overseers acts as an advisory body to and a support group for the Institution’s senior administration. Members who have served on the board since the last report are listed here.
The Board of Overseers advises and supports the Institution’s senior administration, ensuring that the Hoover Institution follows the path set forth by its founder and reaffirmed by its mission statement. This dedicated group of supporters, who contribute to the advancement of the Institution through their knowledge, experience, and leadership, meet biannually at Stanford and in Washington, DC.
Chair & Vice Chair
Susan R. McCaw *
Chair
Robert E. Grady *
Vice Chair
John B. Kleinheinz *
Vice Chair
Overseers
- Eric L. Affeldt
- Katherine H. Alden
- James N. Alexander
- Neil R. Anderson
- John Backus
- Paul V. Barber
- Barbara Barrett
- John F. Barrett
- Barry Beal Jr.
- Donald R. Beall
- Douglas Bergeron
- Wendy Bingham Cox
- Jeffrey W. Bird
- James J. Bochnowski
- Zachary Bookman
- David Booth
- Richard Breeden
- Jerome V. Bruni
- John L. "Jack" Bunce Jr.
- Clint Carlson
- James J. Carroll III
- Richard Casavechia
- Robert H. Castellini
- Charles Cobb
- Jean-Pierre L. "JP" Conte
- Margaret H. Costan
- Berry R. Cox
- Harlan Crow
- Mark Dalzell
- Robert Davenport Jr.
- James W. Davidson
- Lew Davies *
- George H. Davis Jr.
- Jim Davis
- Jean DeSombre
- Michael Dokupil
- Dixon R. Doll
- Susan Ford Dorsey *
- Steven L. Eggert *
- Dana M. Emery
- Brady Enright
- Jeffrey A. Farber
- Michael Farello
- Henry A. Fernandez
- Robert A. Ferris
- John J. Fisher
- James Fleming Jr.
- Stephen B. Gaddis
- Venky Ganesan
- Samuel L. Ginn
- Shari Glazer
- Michael W. Gleba
- Kenneth Goldman
- Lawrence E. Golub
- Jerry Grundhofer
- Cynthia Fry Gunn
- Paul G. Haaga Jr.
- Karen Hargrove
- Richard R. Hargrove
- Everett J. Hauck
- Diana Hawkins
- Kenneth A. Hersh
- Heather R. Higgins
- Allan Hoover III
- Margaret Hoover *
- Philip Hudner
- Claudia P. Huntington *
- John K. Hurley
- Nicolas Ibañez Scott
- James D. Jameson *
- William E. Jenkins
- Charles B. Johnson
- Elizabeth Pryor Johnson
- Franklin P. Johnson Jr.
- Gregory E. Johnson
- John Jordan
- Michael E. Kavoukjian
- Ryan J. Kerrigan
- Harlan B. Korenvaes
- Richard Kovacevich
- Eric Kutcher
- Peter W. Kuyper
- Jun Il Kwun
- Colby Lane
- Howard H. Leach
- John G. Leede
- Douglas Leone
- Walter Loewenstern Jr.
- John B. Lovewell
- Annesley MacFarlane
- Hamid Mani, M.D.
- James D. Marver
- Michael G. McCaffery
- Craig O. McCaw
- David McDonald
- Harold "Terry" McGraw III
- Deedee McMurtry
- Carole J. McNeil
- Jennifer L. "Jenji" Mercer
- Rebekah Mercer
- Roger S. Mertz
- Harold M. "Max" Messmer Jr.
- Jeremiah Milbank III
- Elizabeth A. Milias
- Mitchell J. Milias
- K. Rupert Murdoch
- George A. Needham
- Thomas Nelson *
- Laura Lewis O'Connor
- Robert G. O'Donnell
- Umesh Padval
- Ross Perot Jr.
- Joel C. Peterson *
- Stephen R. Pierce
- Frost R. R. Prioleau
- George J. Records
- Christopher R. Redlich Jr.
- Samuel T. Reeves
- Geoffrey S. Rehnert
- Pam Reyes
- Kathleen "Cab" Rogers
- Robert Rosenkranz
- Adam Ross
- Theresa W. "Terry" Ryan
- Richard Saller**
- Douglas G. Scrivner *
- Park Shaper
- Roderick W. Shepard *
- Robert Shipman
- Thomas M. Siebel
- George W. Siguler
- Ellen Siminoff
- Amb. Ronald P. Spogli *
- William C. Steere Jr.
- David L. Steffy
- Thomas F. Stephenson *
- Mark A. Stevens
- Michael R. Stone
- Lee Styslinger III
- W. Clarke Swanson Jr.
- Curtis Sloane Tamkin
- Stephen D. Taylor
- Michael E. Tennenbaum
- Charles B. Thornton Jr.
- Victor S. Trione
- Ned Vickers
- Barry S. Volpert
- Alan Vorwald
- Allen A. Weaver
- Thomas W. Weisel
- Darnell M. Whitt II
- Paul H. Wick
- James R. Wilkinson *
- Dede Wilsey
- Richard G. Wolford
- Yu Wu
- Jerry Yang **
- David Zierk
* Executive Committee member ** Ex officio member
Distinguished Overseers
- Wendy H. Borcherdt
- Herbert M. Dwight
- W. Kurt Hauser
- Peyton M. Lake
- Shirley Cox Matteson
- Bowen H. McCoy
- Robert J. Oster
- Boyd C. Smith
Emeritus Overseers
- Frederick L. Allen
- Robert J. Swain