Board of Trustees welcomes four new members, bids six others farewell
Among the four new trustees, one holds a doctorate in molecular biology and three hold MBAs from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
The Stanford University Board of Trustees has elected four new members, who will join the board in September: Frank Don Lee, founder of Dragonfly Sciences; Paul Alan Ormond, chief executive officer of HCR ManorCare; Armando Garza Sada, chairman of the Mexican conglomerate Alfa; and Deborah Anne Zoullas, an advisory director at Morgan Stanley.
The four new trustees were elected through the alumni nominations process. Every two-and-a-half years the Stanford Alumni Association and the board's Committee on Nominations present four names to the board for election.
"We are fortunate to welcome to the Board of Trustees four extraordinary alumni with a broad perspective on the university and a deep commitment to Stanford," said Leslie Hume, chair of the board. "Their varied backgrounds and expertise will benefit and enrich our deliberations in many areas. I am grateful that Frank Lee, Paul Ormond, Armando Garza Sada and Deborah Zoullas are willing to serve Stanford in this capacity and know that everyone on the board looks forward to having these talented individuals as colleagues."
The incoming members will succeed William Barnum, Ying-Ying Goh, Phil Satre and Ross Walker, who were elected in 2005 and whose terms end Aug. 31.
Trustees Mary Cranston and John Scully, both of whom were elected in 2000 and served two five-year terms each, left the board in June.
"I want to acknowledge and thank Bill Barnum, Mary Cranston, Ying-Ying Goh, Phil Satre, John Scully and Ross Walker for the exceptional service they have provided to Stanford during their time on the board," Hume said. "Stanford could not have asked for more hard-working, thoughtful or dedicated trustees, and they have made lasting contributions to the university. They have been wonderful board colleagues and are truly outstanding Stanford citizens."
Including the four new trustees, the board will have 30 members in September, five fewer than its limit of 35.
Four new trustees
Frank Don Lee
Frank Don Lee is the founder and chief executive officer of Dragonfly Sciences, a biopharmaceutical company based in Wellesley, Mass.
Lee earned a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from the University of California-Berkeley in 1972 and a doctorate in molecular biology from Stanford in 1977. After earning his PhD, Lee was awarded postdoctoral fellowships at the Center for Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at Stanford's School of Medicine.
He has been a fellow at the Helen Hay Whitney Foundation and the American Cancer Society.
Lee and his wife, Carol Hall, who earned a doctorate in molecular biology from Stanford in 1982, are members of the Stanford Challenge Leadership Council. The couple spearheaded an effort to raise funds for a graduate fellowship honoring Charles Yanofsky, professor emeritus of biology. They also established the Frank Lee and Carol Hall Professorship in the Department of Biology.
Lee is a member of the campaign's Boston Major Gifts Committee. He is a member of the Interdisciplinary Biosciences Advisory Council, which helps the university set strategic directions for the Bio-X program and the Department of Bioengineering. In addition, Lee is a member of Stanford's Humanities and Sciences Deans' Council, an outside advisory group of the School of Humanities and Sciences.
Lee is a trustee and chair of the capital campaign of Gould Academy, a college preparatory boarding school in Maine. In 2007, Lee and Hall co-founded the Tanzania Education Corporation, which supports the Tumaini Junior School, a private, English-language primary school located in northeastern Tanzania.
Paul Alan Ormond
Paul Alan Ormond is the chairman, president and chief executive officer of HCR ManorCare, based in Toledo, Ohio. The company provides medical and rehabilitative care through a nationwide network of skilled nursing and rehabilitation centers, assisted living facilities, outpatient rehabilitation clinics, hospice and home care agencies.
Ormond earned two degrees at Stanford: a bachelor's degree in economics in 1971 and an MBA in 1973.
He has been an active volunteer for Stanford for more than 40 years. Currently, he is serving as a member of the Stanford Challenge Steering Committee and chair of the major gifts committee for the central and southern United States.
Ormond, who played varsity baseball during his undergraduate years, has endowed a full athletic scholarship at Stanford. In addition, he has made major contributions to Stanford Athletics for upgrading the facilities of its tennis and soccer programs.
He is a member of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Advisory Council, which provides external perspective and review, as well as advocacy and support, for the school's programs, strategic direction and overall objectives.
He has been a major donor to the Knight Management Center, the school's new campus, which is expected to open this year. He has contributed to a fund honoring the school's former dean Robert Joss and has funded a faculty scholar position.
Ormond has served as chair of the advisory board of the College of Business Administration at the University of Toledo, a public research university in Ohio.
Armando Garza Sada
Armando Garza Sada is the chairman of Alfa, one of Mexico's largest conglomerates, which is based in the city of Monterrey, in the northeastern state of Nuevo León.
Prior to becoming chairman, Garza Sada served as vice chairman of the board and senior vice president of development at Alfa. He also has served as president of Versax, the company's auto parts division, and of Sigma, its refrigerated food group.
Garza Sada earned a bachelor's degree in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1978 and an MBA from Stanford in 1981.
At Stanford, he is a member of the Graduate School of Business Advisory Council.
He also has served on the board of directors of the Stanford Business School Alumni Association and the Stanford Alumni Association.
Deborah Anne Zoullas
Deborah Anne Zoullas is an advisory director at Morgan Stanley.
Zoullas, who earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Smith College in 1974, began working at Morgan Stanley that same year as an analyst. In 1976, she enrolled in the Stanford Graduate School of Business. After earning an MBA in 1978, she returned to the firm, where she worked in various capacities in its investment banking division. She retired as a managing director in 1996.
Zoullas was the executive vice president of Sotheby's Holdings Inc. from December 1998 to December 2000 and served on its board of directors in 2000. She was the lead director at Armor Holdings – maker of military, law enforcement and personnel safety equipment – during its 2007 sale to BAE Systems, a global defense and aerospace company.
At Stanford, Zoullas served on the Graduate School of Business Advisory Council from 2003 to 2009.
She also served as a member of the Business School Trust from 1995 to 2002, including a stint as secretary from 1998 to 2000 and as chair from 2001 to 2002. The trust, which is run by alumni, has funded a variety of projects over the last four decades, ranging from fellowships to capital improvements.
Zoullas was the chair of her 20th-year reunion in 1998 and co-chair of her 25th-year reunion in 2003.
In 2008, Zoullas received the John W. Gardner Volunteer Leadership Award from the Business School. The award honors alumni with 25 years or more of volunteer service whose efforts have had a significant impact on the school.
More recently, Zoullas served on the outreach committee for Leading Matters New York, a daylong inspirational event for alumni, family and friends held Nov. 14, 2009. The event showcased how Stanford is addressing some of the world's biggest challenges and was part of a four-year, 19-city international tour that began in 2008.
Zoullas is the co-chair of the Special Projects Committee of the Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City and a member of the board of directors of the Helena Rubenstein Foundation and the Henry Street Settlement.