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

John B. Kleinheinz *
Chair

Susan R. McCaw *
Vice Chair
Overseers
- Eric L. Affeldt
- Katherine H. Alden
- Neil R. Anderson
- 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
- David Booth
- Richard Breeden
- Jerome V. Bruni
- John L. "Jack" Bunce Jr.
- Robert H. Castellini
- Charles Cobb
- Jean-Pierre L. "JP" Conte
- Berry R. Cox
- Harlan Crow
- Mark Dalzell
- James W. Davidson
- Paul Lewis "Lew" Davies III *
- George H. Davis Jr.
- Michael Dokupil
- Dixon R. Doll
- Susan Ford Dorsey *
- Herbert M. Dwight *
- Steven L. Eggert *
- Dana M. Emery
- Brady Enright
- Henry A. Fernandez
- Robert A. Ferris
- James Fleming Jr.
- Samuel L. Ginn
- Shari Glazer
- Michael W. Gleba
- Kenneth Goldman
- Lawrence E. Golub
- Robert E. Grady *
- 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
- Gregory E. Johnson
- John Jordan
- Stephen S. Kahng
- Michael E. Kavoukjian
- Peter W. Kuyper
- Colby Lane
- Davide Leone
- Walter Loewenstern Jr.
- Bill Loomis
- Hamid Mani, M.D.
- James D. Marver
- Michael G. McCaffery
- Craig O. McCaw
- David McDonald
- Harold "Terry" McGraw III
- Henry A. McKinnell
- Deedee McMurtry
- Carole J. McNeil
- Mary G. Meeker
- Jennifer L. "Jenji" Mercer
- Rebekah Mercer
- Roger S. Mertz
- Harold M. "Max" Messmer Jr.
- Mitchell J. Milias
- K. Rupert Murdoch
- George A. Needham
- Thomas Nelson *
- Laura O'Connor
- Robert J. Oster
- Ross Perot Jr.
- Joel C. Peterson *
- George J. Records
- Christopher R. Redlich Jr.
- Samuel T. Reeves
- Geoffrey S. Rehnert
- Kathleen "Cab" Rogers
- Robert Rosenkranz
- Adam Ross
- Theresa W. "Terry" Ryan
- Douglas G. Scrivner *
- Park Shaper
- Peter O. Shea
- Roderick W. Shepard *
- Robert Shipman
- Thomas M. Siebel
- George W. Siguler
- Ellen Siminoff
- Amb. Ronald P. Spogli *
- William C. Steere Jr.
- David L. Steffy
- Mark A. Stevens
- Lee Styslinger III
- W. Clarke Swanson Jr.
- Stephen D. Taylor
- Michael E. Tennenbaum
- Marc Tessier-Lavigne **
- Charles B. Thornton Jr.
- Victor S. Trione
- Darnell M. Whitt II
- Paul H. Wick
- James R. Wilkinson *
- Dede Wilsey
- Yu Wu
- Jerry Yang **
* Executive Committee member ** Ex officio member
Distinguished Overseers
- Martin Anderson
- Wendy H. Borcherdt
- W. Kurt Hauser
- Peyton M. Lake
- Shirley Cox Matteson
- Bowen H. McCoy
- Boyd C. Smith
Emeritus Overseers
- Frederick L. Allen
- Joseph W. Donner
- Robert J. Swain