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
Stanford Management Company
635 Knight Way, Stanford, CA 94305