Ronald P. Spogli

Ronald P. Spogli joined the board in July 2010 and is the current Vice Chair. He is Co-Chairman of Freeman Spogli & Co., Incorporated, one of the leading middle market private equity investors in the United States. The former United States Ambassador to the Italian Republic and to the Republic of San Marino, Spogli received the 2008 Sue M. Cobb Award for Exemplary Diplomatic Service. Currently, he serves on the boards of Trustees of Stanford University, the W.M. Keck Foundation and Public Storage. He is the Chairman of Nutkao, a multi-national food products company based in the Piedmont region of Italy, and also on the Board of Directors of White Bridge Investments, an Italian investment company. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees for the Center for American Studies in Rome, Italy. With his business partner, Bradford M. Freeman, he endowed the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford's primary center for research on international issues. Ambassador Spogli received an A.B. in history from Stanford and an MBA at Harvard.