Hal MICKELSON (Chair)
Term Expires: 3/31/2026
Hal M. Mickelson retired from the Hewlett-Packard Company in 2012 as Senior Corporate Counsel after 33 years as an attorney in HP’s legal department. Joining HP in 1979, he initially provided legal support for sales and marketing activities, focusing on antitrust and commercial law issues. Beginning in 1987, he concentrated on labor and employment law, including the HR aspects of mergers and acquisitions. In addition, he provided advice and management training regarding product liability, trade secret protection and business ethics. Starting in 1996, he served for several years as manager of the department’s legal education and compliance programs. In 2008, he moved to the Intellectual Property Section of the department with responsibility for trademark licensing.
A native of San Pedro, California, Hal graduated from Stanford University with an A.B. in history, Phi Beta Kappa, in 1971, and received his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1974. He joined the California bar in 1974, and practiced in San Francisco with Athearn, Chandler & Hoffman from 1975 through 1979. He was admitted to the bar of the United States Supreme Court in 2011.
Hal is an active member and past president of the Rotary Club of Palo Alto and a former director of the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce, the Palo Alto Area Chapter of the American Red Cross, and the Stanford Daily Publishing Corporation. He served fifteen years - starting with his junior year in college - as stadium announcer for the Stanford Marching Band. He is an opera buff, a Shakespeare enthusiast, a Gilbert & Sullivan fan, and a devoted follower of Stanford's football, basketball and baseball programs.
Dena MOSSAR (Vice Chair)
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David BOWER
Term Expires: 3/31/2024

Marilyn KELLER
Term Expires: 3/31/2024
Ron OWES
Term Expires: 3/31/2024

Ron Owes is a Licensed Civil Engineer with BSCE and MSCE degrees from the University of Washington in Seattle. His masters’ degree was in the environmental engineering division where he was an instructor while he worked toward an advanced degree. He presently resides in Palo Alto, California.
Ron has practiced as a principal on civil and environmental engineering projects for over 40 years. Projects have included planning, design and construction services for wastewater conveyance and treatment facilities, solid waste landfills and transfer facilities, and environmental remediation. Surface water handling, conveyance and disposal have been a major component of most of the projects he has been involved with.
Ron’s career has included a stint in the White House in the Office of Emergency Preparedness in the Office of the President. His work included making recommendations to modify the stock pile program to include resource recovery and recycling.
Bob WENZLAU
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CATHERINE PERMAN
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