Maureen Dollente

President
B.A. Political Science, 1989

Maureen is Director of Client Delivery at Future State, a consulting firm working with global companies and organizations to ensure people are the center of focus to achieve operational transformation and organization change. She got her start in consulting with Accenture, where she specialized in organizational change management and project management for enterprise software implementations for Fortune 100 companies. Following Accenture, she consulted at Chevron for 11 years on global projects, including leading a global implementation to improve the data management and reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy usage. Maureen received her B.A. in Political Science in 1989. She also studied at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland as part of Stanford's Overseas Studies program. Maureen resides in Menlo Park with her husband Tom Dollente ('89), and two teenagers. Much of her free time is spent as a Girl Scout Volunteer and riding her horse at Webb Ranch (on Stanford land), and which her daughter competes with in Jumpers. Maureen also enjoys spending time with her son, who is in high school and aspires to work for ILM as a graphic artist and content producer.

Sandy McNabb

Treasurer
J.D. 1977

Sandy retired from the practice of law in 2019 after a 40+ year career in business litigation and transactional work. She is a director of the San Mateo County Women Lawyers' Section Educational Foundation, which raises money for legal scholarships, as well as a director of Will's Dream Foundation, which raises money for culinary students in memory of Will Bullis, who was killed in the 2010 PG&E explosion in San Bruno. Sandy and her husband (also a Stanford alum) have held Stanford football season tickets for more than 40 years and are also avid Stanford women's volleyball fans. When not cheering on Stanford teams, she enjoys hiking, skiing and travel (especially to North Carolina, where her two granddaughters live.)

Ming Zhu

Secretary
B.A. International Relations, 2005

Ming received her B.A. from Stanford in International Relations in 2005, with honors in International Security Studies, where she was active in a-cappella, musical theater, and Stanford FACES. A native of Beijing, Ming spent her formative years in Buffalo and Western Michigan, and later worked as an attorney in Boston and Washington D.C., before returning to the Bay Area. Ming now resides in Menlo Park (a short bike ride to campus) and, in her free time, enjoys running, traveling, and generally spending time with her husband (fellow class of 2005) and twin daughters.

Lisa Falkson

Communications Chair
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, 1996

After Stanford, Lisa completed a Masters in Electrical Engineering at UCLA, specializing in speech and auditory perception. She has lived in the Bay area since 1998, pursuing a career in hardware and software products. She currently works as Senior Conversation Designer at Amazon, managing a team that designs speech recognition solutions for Alexa. Lisa lives in Los Altos, and enjoys weightlifting, watching and playing tennis, football and baseball with her husband and son. She is also an amateur professional baker, catering small events and delivering goodies to her friends on a regular basis.

Jacqueline Dory Prescott

Membership Chair
B.S. Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2011
M.S. Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2012

After graduating from Stanford, Jacqueline joined a structural engineering firm and later worked for Planning, Design and Construction at Stanford Hospital. In these positions, she worked on various Bay Area projects including the Kennedy Graduate Residences on Stanford's campus and the modular steam plant at Stanford Hospital. She currently works at Facebook as an Energy Program Manager and manages electrical infrastructure projects for several Facebook data centers in the United States. Jacqueline lives in Menlo Park and in her free time enjoys tutoring local students in math. On most Saturdays in the fall enjoys she hosting tailgates with her friends for Stanford Football games.

Kate Yang

Marketing Chair
Stanford Executive Program (SEP), 2022

Kate was born and raised in Taiwan and came to the U.S. for graduate study. She graduated from Purdue University with a doctoral degree in Environmental Engineering. Prior to the completion of Stanford Executive Program (SEP) from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, she had worked for several semiconductors manufacturing firms in the Silicon Valley, including SanDisk, Applied Materials and Western Digital. She recently joined a solar energy manufacturing firm, SolarEdge. Kate is passionate about building an inclusive team culture and promoting gender equality in the workplace, and she believes we should balance environmental, economic and social goals to achieve a sustainable business. On a personal note, Kate enjoys traveling, reading, photography, Chinese Calligraphy and learning something new every day.

Angela Sherry Evans

Board Member
B.S. Earth Systems, 1997, M.B.A. 2004

Angela serves as Environmental Quality Commissioner to the City of Menlo Park, where she’s working to implement the city’s Climate Action Plan (zero carbon by 2030) and protect vulnerable communities most impacted by climate change hazards. Angela has devoted most of her professional life to public service, working to influence climate policy, preserve aquatic ecosystems, eliminate toxic pesticides in schools and parks, and protect immigrant rights. She also held senior managerial roles at eBay, led California water policy work at Environmental Defense Fund, and served on the board of the Stanford Women’s Leadership Organization. Angela recently worked on the campaign leadership team for a Stanford alumna, who was elected to a Bay Area city council. She volunteers with AllStudentsMatter.org, tutoring students in East Palo Alto and Belle Haven. In her free time, Angela enjoys spending time with her husband and two children.

Past Presidents

Ellen Brigham, M.A. in Slavic Literature, 1978
Connie Lin, B.S. and M.S. Biological Sciences, 2002, 2003
Dagmara Avanindra, B.S. and M.S. Electrical Engineering, 2000
Nita Singh Kaushal, B.S. Electrical Engineering, 2003
Janis Ahmadjian-Baer, A.M. 1975, Ph.D. Educ. Research, 1980 [B.A. 1973, UMass, Amherst]
Nancy Chapman, B.S. 1966, M.S. 1967 Statistics
Marcia Mathog, A.M. Education, Stanford, 1964 [B.A. 1961, St. John's College, Annapolis]
Laura Torres, B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1988