Melinda Dunn is the Chair Elect of the GGU Board of Trustees and the retired Global CFO and CCO of Sequoia Capital where she worked for 25 years on entrepreneurial and multinational financial services.

Barbara Mendelson is the Past-Chair of the Board of Trustees of Golden Gate University. She is an alum of GGU, receiving a BA in Business.

Francis Ryu, who is fluent in Korean, is a business attorney who leverages trial success and dispute resolution skills to help clients prevent future threats to their companies.

Nancy and her husband, Herb, have deep roots in the San Francisco Bay Area. Nancy earned her BA from UC Berkeley and went on to be a teacher and raise a family.

Nicholas Dirks is an internationally renowned historian and anthropologist who currently serves as President and CEO of the New York Academy of Sciences. He was the 10th Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, where he launched key initiatives in data science, arts, and undergraduate education, and strengthened partnerships with global institutions.

Dr. Robert Patterson is the Leader of the Worldwide Tax & Customs Controllership Center of Excellence at Microsoft Corporation where he oversees a global team. Previously, Robert worked on initiatives related to global and domestic tax compliance and policies with the Big Four accounting firms (PwC and EY), multinational companies Walmart and American Express, and the state of Kansas where he helped draft tax legislation.

Diane Yu is the Counselor to Leadership at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) and the Executive Director of the Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Community Programs, overseeing initiatives like the NYUAD Summer Academy and the Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Scholars Program.