Managing Director, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University; Co-Director, Stanford Directors’ College
Amanda K. Packel coordinates and executes Rock Center programs and research projects and oversees the center’s communications strategy, finances, and academic fellowship program. Packel speaks and conducts research on corporate governance issues, with publications on diversity on corporate boards, leadership, and ethics in nonprofits. She serves on the board of directors of the Thirty Percent Coalition and the Silicon Valley Directors’ Exchange (SVDX). Packel previously practiced white-collar criminal defense at Covington & Burling and at Orrick.