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Task Force Members

Under its original charge, the Task Force on Minority Alumni Relations consists of fifteen voting members appointed by the University president: one member of the Academic Council, one undergraduate student, one graduate student, six alumni (at least one of whom is a member of the Stanford Alumni Association Board of Directors), two current or former members of the Board of Trustees, one staff person from the office of campus relations, and one ethnic community center dean.

Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., '74, MA '75 - Chair

Jesse Climenko Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Clinical Programs, Harvard Law School

Stanford Service:

2001-02, Volunteer, Think Again New York
1991-2001, Stanford University Board of Trustees
1995-2000, Stanford Fund
1995-96, Chair, Board of Trustees Task Force on Minority Alumni Relations
Elected 1994, Stanford Associates
1994-1997, First National Chair, The Stanford Fund

Charles received his bachelor's and master's degrees in Political Science from Stanford where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and received his JD from Harvard Law School. He received a Stanford Associates award and a special citation for exceptional work on behalf of the Class of 1975.

Victor Arias, MBA '82 - Vice Chair

Consultant specializing in consumer products, technology and real estate industries, Spencer Stuart, Inc.

Stanford Service:

1996-present, Stanford University Board of Trustees
1999-present, Stanford Alumni Association Board of Directors
1996, National President, Stanford Business School Alumni Association
1996, Stanford GSB Advisory Council

Victor was recently appointed by President Bush to the Commission on White House Fellows. He has also served on the Boards of the North Hills School (1999-present), University of Dallas (1996), the Irving Economic Development Foundation (1994-96), the City of Chicago Treasurer Advisory Panel (1991-93), Vote Texas (1999), and ULC Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago (1987-93). He also co-founded and served as national president of the National Society of Hispanic MBAs (1988-96).

Bernadine Chuck Fong, '66, MA '68, PhD '83 - Vice Chair

President, Foothill College

Stanford Service:

1982-87, Stanford University Board of Trustees
1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, Reunion Committee Co-Chair
Co-Founder, Friends of the School of Education
Fall 2000, Visiting Professor, School of Education
Present, Board of Senior Scholars, National Center for Postsecondary Improvement, School of Education
Present, Visiting Scholar, Stanford Institute for Higher Education Research

Bernadine has served as President of Foothill College since 1994. She began her work at Foothill College as professor of psychology and child development. She is also the co-author of two textbooks in these fields. In addition, she is a member of the Board of Directors of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the American Association of Higher Education, and a Fellow of the American Council of Education.

Goodwin Liu, '91 - Vice Chair

Associate, O'Melveny & Myers LLP

Stanford Service:

1995-96, Board of Trustees Task Force on Minority Alumni Relations
1998-present, National Advisory Board, Haas Center for Public Service
2001-present, Alumni Trustee Nominating Committee
2001-02, Event Chair and Regional Co-Chair, Think Again Washington, D.C.
1996-2000, Stanford Alumni Association Board of Directors
2000, Communications Co-Chair, 10th Year Reunion
Elected 2000, Stanford Associates

Kenneth Bacon, '76

Senior Vice President, Fannie Mae

Stanford Service:

2000-present, Stanford University Board of Trustees
2002, Chair, Think Again Washington D.C.
2000, Vice Chair (2001), Campaign on Undergraduate Education (CUE) Regional Committee
2002 & 2003, Site Host, DC African American Reception

Kenneth has also served on the boards of National Equity Fund (2001), Board of Trustees for Maret Schools (2001), National Multi Housing Coucnil (2000), Fannie Fae Foundation (1997), Urban Land Institute (1996). He also served as Finance Committee Chairman for the Communities in Schools National Board (1995).

Roger A. Clay, Jr., '66

Senior Fellow, Institute on Race and Poverty

Stanford Service:

1983-87, Co-Chair 1988-89, Commission on Investment Responsibility
1987-present, Humanities and Sciences Council
1989-91, Stanford Alumni Association Board of Directors
1990-2000, Stanford University Board of Trustees
1991-present, Board Member, Haas Center for Public Service
1992-94, Annual Fund Cabinet
1995-98, Trustee Liaison to Stanford Alumni Association
1998-present, Vice Chair 2000, Chair 2001, Stanford Alumni Association Board of Directors
1999-2000, Presidential Search Committee
1982, Founding Member, Stanford Black Alumni Club

LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, JD '74

Vice Provost & Special Counselor to the President for Campus Relations, Stanford University

Stanford Service:

1978-1982, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Stanford Law School

Until she retired from the bench in February 2001, LaDoris was a judge of the Superior Court, Santa Clara County, a position she held for 19 years. During her tenure on the bench, she created several innovative programs and was the first judge in California to require convicted drunk drivers to use breath devices in their cars. She has presented public exhibits of her artwork, which has been sold to raise money for the Support Network for Battered Women, Legal Advocates for Children & Youth, and the East Palo Alto Mural Art project.

Leslie T. Hatamiya, '90, JD '97

Director of Special Projects, SOMA Networks

Stanford Service:

2000-present, Stanford University Board of Trustees
2002-present, Stanford Alumni Association Board of Directors
2002, Co-Chair, 5th Year Law School Reunion
1994-95, Research Assistant, Asian American Studies Committee (one of the committees
leading to the creation of CSRE)
Class of 1990, Senior Class President

Leslie authored Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and the Passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 (Stanford University Press: 1993) and served as Program Director for the Fellows Program in Public Affairs, Coro Northern California from 2000 to 2001. She was also Deputy Campaign Manager for Bill Bradley's presidential campaign (1999-2000).

Sonrisa Lucero, '03

Senior, Environmental Systems Engineering

Stanford Service:

2001-02, ASSU Senator
1999-Present, Stanford Women's Rugby
Present, Faculty Diversity Task Force
Present, Stanford Society of Chicano/Latino Engineers and Scientists

Sonrisa's notable work as an ASSU Senator includes establishing the student-run Faculty Diversity Task Force, support of the living wage campaign on campus, and efforts to reinstate the Latin American Studies major. She has been a member of the Stanford Women's Rugby Team since 1999 and served as co-captain for 2001-02.

Reiko Osaki, '00

Associate, Silver Oak Partners, Inc.

Stanford Service:

Spring 2002, Teaching Assistant for upper division seminar on race and education
Class of 2000, Senior Class President
2000, Senior Gift Chair
1998-99, Class of 2000 Junior Class President
1996-97, Leadership Core Member, Asian American Students Association
Elected 2000, Stanford Associates

Reiko is a current member of Culture Shock San Francisco hip-hop dance troupe and youth outreach program. She works with the Chinatown Community Development Center and Chinatown Beacon Center in San Francisco as a volunteer teaching dance classes. She recently served as teaching assistant for Jim Montoya and Jim Steyer's upper division seminar on race and education.

Monifa Porter, MBA '03

Stanford Service:

2002-present, Co-President, Black Business Students Association

Monifa is an Entrepreneurship Mentor for BUILD, a social venture which provides real-world entrepreneurial experience to high school students in East Palo Alto and Eastern Menlo Park. She's also a member of the Board of Directors of Youth Speaks, the pulse of performance poetry for Bay Area teens.

Ramón Saldóvar

Professor, Departments of English & Comparative Literature, Stanford University

Stanford Service:

Present, Faculty Athletic Representative for Stanford University to the National Association of Collegiate Athletics (NCAA)
2002-present, Milligan Family University Fellow in Undergraduate Education
1991-present, Professor, Departments of English & Comparative Literature
2001-02, Graduate Advisor, Comparative Literature
2001-02, Chairman, Comparative Literature Department
1994-99, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, School of Humanities & Sciences
1994-99, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education

Ramón Saldóvar holds the Hoagland Family Chair in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University. He received the M. Phil. and PhD degrees in Comparative Literature from Yale University in 1975 and 1977, respectively. He has received the Lillian and Thomas B. Rhodes Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (1994) and the Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education (1998).

Michelle Vasquez, '88

Senior Marketing Manager, Visa

Stanford Service:

1984-88, Volunteer through Stanford Public Service Center and El Centro Chicano
Present, Mentor through Stanford Alumni Association

Michelle's outside interests and hobbies include improvisation and volunteer work with the elderly.

Malia Villegas, '01

Policy Research Assistant, WestEd

Stanford Service:

2000-present, Liaison, Native American Alumni Association
2000-01, Vice-President, Associated Students of Stanford University

Malia is still transitioning from active student to active alum. After working as a student to make Stanford her own, she's realized that the access granted to alumni has meant that she doesn't have to talk as loud because her voice carries further. But that doesn't mean she won't.

Richard Yuen

Director, Asian American Activities Center and Assistant Dean of Students, Stanford University

Stanford Service:

1989-present, Director, Asian American Activities Center, Assistant Dean of Students
1996, Judicial Affairs Officer
1999-2002, Dean and Advisor to the Freshman Class Council

Richard, known to many as "Dean Rick" has created many innovative programs at Stanford that enhance student leadership, community development, and academic excellence. These successful programs include the Asian American Interactive Mentoring Program, which pairs undergraduates with faculty and alumni mentors. He also instituted the PhD Forum, a quarterly dinner that provides a unique opportunity for Asian American doctoral students and faculty to come together and form a rich community of scholars.

Staff:

Julie C. Lythcott-Haims, '89

Dean of Freshmen & Transfer Students, Stanford University

Stanford Service

2002-present, Dean of Freshmen & Transfer Students
2000-02, Assistant to the President, Stanford University
1998-2002, Stanford Alumni Association Board of Directors
1998-2000, Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Stanford Law School
Major Gifts Committee
1999, 10th Reunion

Julie received her Bachelor's Degree from Stanford in American Studies in 1989, and a law degree from Harvard in 1994. She was a corporate litigator in Silicon Valley for 4 years prior to joining the staff at Stanford.

Carolyn Manning. '78

Vice President, Stanford Alumni Association

Stanford Service:

1980-present, Vice President (1998-present), Stanford Alumni Association
Elected 2002, Member, Stanford Associates
1984-86, Volunteer for development office with phone appeals, and the annual fund celebrations committee
1998, 20th Reunion Events Committee
1977-78, Senior Pledge

Carolyn has worked in alumni relations at Stanford for 23 years. She was responsible for the traditional alumni relations departments (reunions, regional programming, student programs and alumni education) until February 2000. For the past three years she has focused on general management issues and special projects, including President Hennessy's inauguration, construction of the new Arrillaga Alumni Center and staffing the Board of Trustees Task Force on Minority Alumni Relations.