A department within the University, Stanford Management Company is overseen by a Board of Directors appointed by the University Board of Trustees.
SMC is closely integrated into the daily life of the University. We foster an open, collegial culture that promotes rigorous analysis and debate based on first-principles thinking. CEO Robert Wallace leads a staff comprised of dedicated investment as well as mid and back-office operations professionals.
Our investment team works seamlessly across asset classes to monitor Stanford’s investment portfolio and identify new opportunities around the world. In addition to conducting its day-to-day investment work, the investment staff also teaches undergraduate and graduate students.

Robert Wallace
Chief Executive Officer
Investment Team

Jay Kang
Senior Managing Director

Michael Lee
Managing Director

Becca Levin
Managing Director
B.A. 2007, M.B.A. 2012,
M.S. 2012*

Yidi Lu
Managing Director**

Mary Mei
Managing Director

Greg Milani
Managing Director
Special Programs
M.B.A. 1996, M.A. 1996*

Charles Moore
Senior Advisor &
Managing Director of
Stakeholder Engagement
J.D. 1995*

Steven Wright
Managing Director
B.A. 2008*

David Captain
Director

Blair Critchlow
Director
B.A. 2008*

Rick Devlin
Director

Andrew Elott
Associate Director
B.A. 2017*

Julian Skotheim
Associate Director

Emma Hardimon
Associate
B.A. 2018*

Charles Killebrew
Associate
B.S. 2018*

Jennifer O'Grady
Associate
B.A. 2018*

Megan Byrnes
Senior Analyst
B.S. 2020*

Ashley Volpenhein
Senior Analyst
B.S. 2021*

Isaac Arocha
Analyst
B.A. 2022, M.S. 2022*

Thea Rosenberg
Analyst
B.S. 2021, M.S. 2022*

Tiffany Zhang
Analyst
B.A. 2022
Investment Operations

Chris King
Managing Director

Diane Sharp
Director

Phoebe Chu
Manager

Joyce Ochoa
Manager

Jose Tamez
Manager

Vivian Lai
Senior Associate

Grant Stewart
Senior Associate

Mike Taylor
Senior Associate

Kaela Harries
Associate

James Panganiban
Associate
Operations

Yehbin Song
Managing Director

Maria Mills
Director
Human Resources

Joyce Wong
Senior HR
Business Partner

Varun Tansuwan
Manager, IT

Jeremy Fife
Sr. Systems Analyst, IT

Will Alfonso
Systems Analyst, IT

Daniel Pan
Senior Developer, IT

Jason Phi
Systems Analyst, IT

Aaron Lee
Senior Associate
Finance & Administration

Sabrina Liang
Director
School & Dept. Funds
B.S. 2000, A.B. 2000*

Manisha Vishvanath
Senior Associate
Investment Operations
School & Dept. Funds

Sherill Zhang
Senior Associate
Performance
School & Dept. Funds

Don Chadwick
Analyst
Investment Operations
School & Dept. Funds

Mary Young
Analyst
School & Dept. Funds
Legal

Eric Wright
Legal Counsel
A.B. 1985*

Eunice Kim
Legal Counsel

Mark Tannahill
Legal Counsel

Jennifer Zirbes
Paralegal
Administrative

Iva Correia
Executive Assistant

Olivia Lindorfer
Executive Assistant

Valerie Morris
Executive Assistant

Sara Quion
Executive Assistant

Claire Ge
Executive Administrator**

Kaitlin Rak
Senior Analyst
Administrative Operations

Kerry Hooper
Administrative Business Partner

Susan Do
Front Desk
Administrative Associate
*Stanford degrees shown
**Employee of the Stanford Beijing Consulting Co. Ltd. Shanghai Branch