- Elizabeth Dole
Elizabeth Hanford "Liddy" Dole (born July 29, 1936) is an American politician who served in both the Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush presidential administrations, and currently serves as a United States senator representing the state of North Carolina. The first woman to represent North Carolina in the Senate, she was elected to the Senate in 2002 for a term ending in 2009.
- Karl Rove
Karl Christian Rove (born December 25, 1950) is Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush. He has headed the Office of Political Affairs, the Office of Public Liaison, and the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives. For most of his career prior to his employment at the White House, Rove was a political consultant. Rove's election campaign clients have included George W. Bush (2000 and 2004 presidential elections, 1994 and 1998 Texas gubernatorial elections), …
- Duncan Hunter
Duncan Lee Hunter (born May 31, 1948) is an American politician who has been a Republican member of the House of Representatives since 1981 from California's 52nd congressional district in northern and eastern San Diego. It was previously numbered the 42nd District from 1981 to 1983 and then the 45th District from 1983 to 1993. Hunter was the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee during the 109th Congress.
- Johnny Isakson
John Hardy "Johnny" Isakson (born December 28 1944), is an American politician, who has been the Republican junior United States Senator from Georgia since 2005. Previously, he represented in the House from 1999 to 2005.
- Steve Ballmer
Steven A. Ballmer is Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corporation, the world's leading manufacturer of software for personal and business computing. Ballmer joined Microsoft in 1980 and was the first business manager hired by Bill Gates . Since then, Ballmer's leadership and passion have become hallmarks of his tenure at the company.
- Terry Semel
Terry Semel was born on February 24, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.. His father was a women's coat designer and his mother was a bus company executive. Terry was raised in Bay Terrace, a community in Bayside, Queens. He was the middle child and has two sisters. At the age of 23, he graduated from Long Island University in Brooklyn with a B.S. degree in accounting.
- Michael Kolowich
Michael Kolowich is a recognized pioneer and innovator in internet content, high-technology marketing, and application of digital video technology. He is currently president and executive producer of DigiNovations, which he founded in late 2001, and is architect and producer of “Mitt TV”, the acclaimed video website for the Mitt Romney Presidential Campaign. He has been a senior executive with Bain and Company, Lotus Development Corporation, Ziff-Davis Media, and AT&T.
- Jerry Chih-Yuan Yang
Jerry Yang Chih-Yuan (born November 1968) is a Taiwanese American entreprenuer, co-founder with David Filo and CEO of Yahoo! Inc. He is also one of the two Chief Yahoo!s and board director of the company. As of 2007 his net worth is estimated to be US$2.2 billion and is ranked 432nd among the world's richest people according to Forbes.
- Henry Kravis
Henry R. Kravis (born January 6 1944 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States) is an American business financier and investor, notable for co-founding and heading the leading private equity firm, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR). With an estimated current net worth of around $3 billion, he is ranked by "Forbes" as the 107th richest person in the world.
- Peyton Manning
Peyton Williams Manning (born March 24, 1976 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American football quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts NFL franchise. He is the son of former New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning and Olivia Manning. He is the older brother of current New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning and the younger brother of former Ole Miss receiver Cooper Manning, whose college career was cut short by spinal stenosis.
- Michael Eisner
Michael Dammann Eisner (born March 7, 1942) was CEO of The Walt Disney Company from September 22, 1984 to September 30, 2005. He began his career at ABC, became President of Paramount Pictures in 1976, and then assumed the position of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Co. in 1984.
- Kirk Kerkorian
Kerkor "Kirk" Kerkorian (born June 6, 1917) is an American billionaire, and president/CEO of Tracinda Corporation, his private holding company based in Beverly Hills, California. Kerkorian is known as one of the important figures in shaping the city of Las Vegas, Nevada and, with architect Martin Stern, Jr. the "father of the megaresort." Kerkorian splits his time between his residences in Beverly Hills and Nevada. One of the richest residents of Beverly Hills, …
- Robert Iger
Robert A. "Bob" Iger (born February 10 1951) is head of the Walt Disney Company. He has been president since January 2000 and CEO since October 2005.
- Carl Icahn
Carl Celian Icahn (born February 16, 1936) is an American billionaire financier, corporate raider, and private equity investor.
- Christine Radogno
Christine Radogno is a Republican politician in the United States, and a member of the Illinois Senate for the 41st District since 1997. In 2006, she was the Republican nominee for Illinois State Treasurer, losing to Democrat Alexi Giannoulias. Senator Radogno lives with her husband Nunzio in LaGrange. They have three daughters. She received both her Bachelor's and Master's degree in Social Work from Loyola University Chicago.
- Mehmet Oz
Dr. Mehmet Oz (born June 11, 1960) is an American cardiothoracic surgeon and author. Oz was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Turkish parents, and was educated at Tower Hill School in Wilmington, Delaware, received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University in 1982 and obtained a joint MD and MBA degree in 1986 from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and The Wharton School. Oz is Professor of Cardiac Surgery at Columbia University.
- Peter Thiel
Peter Andreas Thiel (born 1967) is an American financier, entrepreneur, and prominent donor to charities focusing on economic liberty and technology. With Max Levchin, Thiel co-founded PayPal and is its former CEO. Thiel once proposed that PayPal could be a catalyst for change in world politics. From Foster City, California, Thiel is an avowed libertarian. He studied 20th-century philosophy at Stanford University before going on to Stanford Law School.
- Harry Scolinos
Harry Frank Scolinos (born 1944 in Los Angeles, California) is an American attorney, businessman and politician. He ran for the United States Congress as a Republican in California's 29th District.
- Kim Komando
Currently America's most popular computer/digital lifestyle expert, her weekly talk radio show is heard (via her own network) on over 450 stations. In addition, she does a daily "tip of the day" radio feature heard five days a week; has written seven successful books about life in the digital age; and still authors a widely syndicated newspaper column. Some 4.6 million people receive her tips by e-mail weekly.
- Charles Simonyi
Charles Simonyi is a computer software executive who, as head of Microsoft's application software group, oversaw the creation of Microsoft's flagship office applications. He now heads his own company, "Intentional Software", with the aim of developing and marketing his concept of Intentional programming. In 2007, he became the fifth space tourist and the second Hungarian in space. His estimated net worth is $1 billion.
- Brook Byers
Brook Byers is the brother of Stanford University Professor Tom Byers, and is a senior partner at Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers. He is currently on the Board of Directors of eight companies, most recently joining CardioDX, Genomic Health Incorporated, Five Prime Therapeutics, Pacific Biosciences, Inc. and XDx, Inc. Previously, he served on the Board of Directors of Idec Pharmaceuticals (Chairman), Athena Neurosciences (Chairman), Signal Pharmaceuticals, …
- Janet Greenip
- Lute Olson
As Lute Olson enters his 25th season at the University of Arizona, he has established both the Wildcat basketball program and himself as two of the preeminent figures on the collegiate basketball landscape. ... Olson, now in his fifth decade as a head coach, also has a title that befits those monumental accomplishments - Hall of Famer - as he was selected for enshrinement into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on June 5, 2002.
- Sumner Redstone
Sumner Murray Redstone (born Sumner Murray Rothstein on May 27 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts) is majority owner and Chairman of the Board of the National Amusements theater chain. Through National Amusements, he is majority owner of Midway Games, Viacom and CBS Corporation.
- Donald Bren
Donald Leroy Bren (born 1932) is a US real estate mogul born in Los Angeles, and currently residing in Newport Beach, CA. He is the son of Hollywood producer Milton Bren and the stepson of actress Claire Trevor. He attended the University of Washington, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi, on a ski scholarship and tried out for the Olympic team in 1956. He holds a degree in business administration and economics. After college he served in the Marines.
- Penny Pritzker
Penny Pritzker (1959) is the granddaughter of Abram Nicholas Pritzker, the niece of Jay Pritzker, and the operator of Classic Residence by Hyatt for the Pritzker family. In 1981 she received a BA in Economics from Harvard University also getting a JD and MBA from Stanford University, since 2002 she has sat on Harvard's Board of Overseers. Currently, she is the head of Barack Obama's presidential campaign finances
- Gaddi Vasquez
Ambassador Gaddi Holguin Vasquez (born January 22 1955) is the 8th United States Representative to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, in Rome, Italy. He was nominated by President George W. Bush and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate on June 29, 2006. Mr. Vasquez was sworn into office on September 7 2006 by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Prior to that, he was the Director of the United States Peace Corps.
- Sanford I. Weill
Sanford I. Weill, commonly known as Sandy Weill (born March 16 1933) is a banker, financier and philanthropist. He was formerly the chief executive officer and chairman of Citigroup Inc. He served in those positions until October 1 2003 and April 18, 2006 respectively.
- Kerry Killinger
Kerry Killinger Chairman, President and CEO of Washington Mutual, Inc.
- Marc Benioff
Marc Benioff , Chairman & CEO
- David Cheriton
David R. Cheriton is a Canadian-born computer science professor at Stanford University and a billionaire as a result of his investments in technology companies. He received his Masters and PhD degrees from the University of Waterloo in 1974 and 1978, respectively, and spent three years as an Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia before moving to Stanford.
- Emil B. Pielke
Emil B. Pielke (Born March 4, 1942) was appointed in 2002 to represent District 9B, which covers a portion of Baltimore County, Maryland.
- Mark Kapczynski
Mark Kapczynski is Vice President and General Manager In-Stream Solutions of EyeWonder, Inc. Mr. Kapczynski will guide EyeWonder's In-Stream Solutions development and sales while leading the company's recently launched In-Stream 2.0 Research Initiative. This initiative and its consortium will deploy, test, track and analyze consumer behavior and attitudes tied to new digital video and video-based rich media ad platforms and formats in the in-stream environment.
- William Daroff
Thirty years of political & governmental experience at all levels of the process.
- Les Thompson
I’m a software developer…technology manager and consultant with experience managing technical and non-technical teams.My experience includes team management, systems analysis, business process analysis, business unit management, software development, software pre-sales, quality assurance, database development, project and services sales, recruiting, competitive analysis, business intelligence, and applications architecture.
- Auren Hoffman
Auren Hoffman , Founding Advisor Auren Hoffman is a founding advisor to POSTroller and is the CEO of Rapleaf . Auren also serves as the Chairman of Stonebrick Group and the Connector Group (Silicon Valley 100). Auren was previously CEO of BridgePath Corporation, an enterprise software company to recruiting and staffing firms that enabled collaborative placement transactions.
- Paul Matteucci
Paul Matteucci Paul Matteucci joined US Venture Partners, as a Venture Partner in 2001. Prior to joining to USVP, Matteucci was an early pioneer in the Voice Over IP space as President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of HearMe Corporation. Matteucci currently serves as a Director on the Boards of HelloBrain and Homestead.
- Alex Lightman
Since graduating from MIT in '83 I have worked in high technology product development, customer support, sales, marketing, management, leadership, writing, forecasting, public relations, event production, and consulting. Currently I am one of the leading promoters of IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) in the US. To date I have chaired and organized (including taken the financial risk)for six of the most recent IPv6 Summits in North America, more than doubling, then quadrupling, the . . .
- Bryan D. Stolle
Bryan Stolle, a former entrepreneur, founder and chief executive officer, brings significant company building expertise to MDV. He focuses on and invests in people, ideas, and companies that are trying to solve important business problems using new technologies, business models, or processes. Stolle co-founded MDV-backed Agile Software in March 1995.
- Floyd Kvamme
Floyd Kvamme In spring of 2001, President George W. Bush appointed Floyd Kvamme , EE '59, to co-chair the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). It's the capper to a long, illustrious Silicon Valley career in semiconductors and venture capital that began at Berkeley's College of Engineering. The first member of his Norwegian immigrant family to go to university, Kvamme chose Berkeley on the advice of his high school English teacher.