DCI Advisory Council
Stanford DCI’s Advisory Council consists of leaders from around the world who provide valuable guidance and input to the DCI leadership towards the continued improvement and sustainability of the program.
![Isaac Stein](https://dci.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Isaac-Stein.png)
Isaac Stein
Co-Chair, Stanford DCI Advisory Council
Former Founder and President of Waverley Associates, Inc.; Emeritus Chair, Board of Trustees, Stanford University
DCI Class of 2020
Atherton, CA
![Marsha Vande Berg](https://dci.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Marsha-Vande-Berg.png)
Marsha Vande Berg
Co-Chair, Stanford DCI Advisory Council
Managing Director, MJV Advisory
DCI Class of 2016
San Francisco, CA
![J. Taylor Crandall](https://dci.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/J.-Taylor-Crandall.png)
J. Taylor Crandall
Chairman Emeritus and Founder, Oak Hill Capital Management
Menlo Park, CA
![David deWilde](https://dci.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/David-deWilde.png)
David deWilde
Founder and Former CEO, Chartwell Partners International
DCI Class of 2018
San Francisco, CA
![Marc Freedman](https://dci.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Marc-Freedman.png)
Marc Freedman
Founder and CEO, CoGenerate (formerly Encore)
San Francisco, CA
![David Gensler](https://dci.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/David-Gensler.png)
David Gensler
Owner, Mes Filles Vineyard; Board of Directors of NextSpace; Former Co-CEO, COO, Board Director, Gensler
DCI Class of 2016
Sebastopol, CA
![Lofton Holder Lofton Holder](https://dci.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Lofton-Holder.png)
Lofton Holder
Managing Partner Emeritus, Pine Street Alternative Asset Management Company
DCI Class of 2020
Oakland, CA
![Paul Irving](https://dci.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Paul-Irving.png)
Paul Irving
Chairman, Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging; Chairman, CoGenerate (formerly Encore)
Santa Monica, CA
![Jere King](https://dci.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Jere-King.png)
Jere B. King
Former Executive, Cisco Systems; Chair-Elect, Children’s Health Council Board; Nonprofit Leader, Stanford Women on Boards
DCI Class of 2015
Palo Alto, CA
Kim Collins Parizeau
Former Chair, Middlebury College Board of Trustees
DCI Class of 2018/19
Wellesley, MA
![Anju Patwardhan](https://dci.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Anju-Patwardhan.png)
Anju Patwardhan
Independent Board Director, FinTech VC, and Former Banking Executive
DCI Class of 2017
Singapore
![Laura Peterson](https://dci.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Laura-Peterson.png)
Laura Peterson
Executive Vice Chair and Board Director, Palladyne AI; Vice President, China Business Development, Boeing Commercial Airplanes (former)
DCI Class of 2018/19
Seattle, WA
![Paula B. Pretlow](https://dci.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Paula-B.-Pretlow.png)
Paula B. Pretlow
Independent Director and Board Trustee
DCI Class of 2017
San Francisco, CA
![Thomas S. Schreier, Jr](https://dci.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Thomas-S.-Schreier-Jr.png)
Thomas S. Schreier, Jr.
Founding Director, Inspired Leadership Initiative
Notre Dame, IN
![Jane Shaw](https://dci.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Jane-Shaw.png)
Jane Shaw
Principal of Harris Manchester College; Professor of the History of Religion and Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Oxford; Former Dean for Religious Life and Professor of Religious Studies at Stanford University
Oxford, UK
![Arnold Silverman](https://dci.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Arnold-Silverman.png)
Arnold Silverman
Partner, Discovery Ventures, Empactful Ventures
Menlo Park, CA
![Anna Waring](https://dci.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Anna-Waring.png)
Anna L. Waring
Consultant; Formerly Executive Director of The Foundation for a College Education (FCE)
DCI Class of 2018/19
East Palo Alto, CA