Board of Trustees

James EdgarThe Buck Institute receives support and guidance from a non-compensated Board of Trustees. Recognized leaders from the business, science and non-profit communities set policy, approve financial plans, and help shape the strategic direction of the Institute.

James Edgar
Chair of the Board of Trustees

 

Members of the 2013 Board of Trustees

Richard “Dick” Bodman
Chairman and CEO of PurThread Technologies, Inc.;
Managing General Partner of VMS Group;
General Manager of Bodman Oil & Gas, LLC;
Chairman of the Board of Telecom Development;
Chairman of Layalina Productions, Inc. 

Charles La Follette
President of La Follette Capital;
Former Board Member of Pacific Stock Exchange and Marin Community Investment Committee

Steven Burrill
Founder and CEO of Burrill and Company, a life sciences company involved in venture capital and merchant banking;
Serves on the boards of the National Health Museum, Kellogg Center for Biotechnology Management, and Catalyst Biosciences

Edward O. Lanphier III
Founder, Board Member and former CEO of Sangamo BioSciences, Inc.;
Board Member of Biotechnology Institute

Nathaniel “Ned” Eames David, PhD
Entrepreneur who has co-founded five technology companies (Syrrx, Achaogen, Kythera Biopharmaceuticals, Sapphire Energy and Kilimanjaro Energy) that have collectively raised more than $800 million in financing and currently have more than 350 employees;
PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology from University of California, Berkeley 

Fay Hartog Levin
Former Ambassador to the Netherlands;
Formerly a senior consultant at Res Publica Group and Vice President for External Affairs at Chicago Field Museum

James Edgar
Management consultant;
Founding member of Edgar, Dunn and Company, an international consulting firm;

Former Trustee of Rosenberg Foundation and San Francisco Library Foundation

Barbara Morrison
President of TMC Development, a provider of real estate financing;
Mayor of Belvedere, CA;
Founder and Board President of Working Solutions, a nonprofit that helps micro-entrepreneurs access capital

Russell H. Ellison, MD, MSC
Executive Vice President of Paramount Biosciences, Inc.

David M. Perry
Senior Managing Director of TeamCo Advisers 

Shahab Fatheazam
Managing Director, and head of Healthcare, Lincoln International;
Formerly with GCA Savvian and Vector Securities International;
MA from Cambridge University;
MBA from Columbia University

Bill R. Poland
Real Estate Developer;
Chairman and Founder of Bay West Group in San Francisco

M. Arthur Gensler Jr., FAIA
Founder Gensler, a global architecture, design, planning and strategic consulting firm

Edward A. “Ned” Powell 
Retired President and CEO of the USO World Headquarters;
Former Assistant Secretary of Management and Deputy Secretary at the US Department of Veterans Affairs 

Jim Gerber 
Co-founder of Western Athletic Clubs, Inc.,  the owner and operator of luxury athletic and health facilities throughout the West Coast

E. Lewis Reid
Former Chair of Buck BOT;
Director of Community Foundation Sonoma County

Stephen Hauser, MD
Chair, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco;
Chair, Buck Institute Scientific Advisory Board

Larry E. Rosenberger
Former President and CEO and current Research Fellow of Fair Isaac;
Co-author of The Deciding Factor: The Power of Analytics to Make Every Decision a Winner;
MS in Physics, and Masters in Engineering from University of California, Berkeley

 

Harlan P. Kleiman
Co-founder and CEO of Self Health Network; 
Founder/CEO of Shoreline Pacific;
Co-Founder of Long Wharf Theatre;
UCLA School of Theatre, Film and Television Board Member;
Chair of the Buck Advisory Council

Mary C. Sauer
Founder, Vice President and Director of Sonic Solutions

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