Dawn joined Stanford Health Care in 2018 as the Vice President of Human Resources and has made a tremendous impact on the HR function - transforming the approach to talent acquisition and onboarding, compensation and benefits, and employee and labor relations. In addition, she has effectively led the stabilization and streamlining of department operations resulting in significant improvements in recruitment and employee retention.

Before her tenure at Stanford Health Care, Dawn dedicated nearly 20 years at Charles Schwab, where she held the position of Senior Vice President for Human Resources. There, she led a 150-member human resources team responsible for managing the firm’s more than 16,000 global employees.

Michele is an experienced manager with deep knowledge of Stanford University. She started her Stanford career 13 years ago as a research administrator in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. She moved to a finance specialist role in Molecular and Cellular Physiology (MCP) in 2013 and was promoted to Associate DFA in 2017.  She was responsible for all financial and administrative functions within MCP including human resources, grants management, and department budgeting and financial activity. She also participated in Lean process improvement teams in Finance as part of her role. Michele spent a year in Biochemistry as the DFA where she was responsible for administrative and financial functions. 

In February 2020, Michele joined the Department of Medicine as an Administrative Division Director for Immunology/Rheumatology. Her strong interest in both research and clinical initiatives, and her ability to mentor and train staff on financial and other tasks fueled her success in I/R.

Michele holds Bachelor's degrees in Biology and Spanish from Johns Hopkins University. 

Krithika is a venture capitalist, scientist, and entrepreneur. Her career spans multiple sectors and geographies, first as a founder of a health tech company in India, then with her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Postdoctoral Research in gut microbiome in the US, and lastly, through her VC investments in sector-agnostic startups in the US, Asia, and LATAM.

Prior to joining Catalyst at Stanford Medicine, Krithika was working part-time as the interim CEO of a women’s health startup and a Principal at Alumni Ventures where she led over 25 deals and diligence in life sciences, clean tech, digital health, AI/ML, consumer, enterprise, fintech, and web3, among others.

Jennifer has her Ph.D. from Drexel University and has worked in higher education for over 20 years at multiple universities including Dartmouth College and Texas Christian University. She came to Stanford 12 years ago to work in Student Affairs and has served as the Chief of Staff and Assistant Vice Provost for strategy for the division for the last five years. Jennifer was instrumental in helping manage key initiatives including the development of the division's long-term vision and acting as the project manager for ResX, one of the first initiatives in the President and Provost’s Long Range Vision. She has also been a strong force in advancing fundraising efforts, leading communications, and gathering data to understand the impact and chart the future pathways for the division. Jennifer is also a Resident Fellow in Neighborhood D’s Schiff House.

In her new role, Jennifer will assist in managing organizational cadence to achieve Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability's strategic goals, focusing on expediting communication and decision-making inside the school. In addition, she will play integral roles in supporting external engagements and supporting the stewardship team headed up by External Relations. 

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