Stephen Mark Dobbs

Stephen Mark Dobbs is a native San Franciscan, educated at Stanford University. During his early career as a professor, he taught the "San Francisco" course at San Francisco State University. He was also a visiting professor at Stanford, Harvard, University of London, and University of Washington. Dobbs is the author of seven books and more than one hundred articles. His most recent book, co-authored with Burt Nanus, is Leaders Who Make A Difference.

Dobbs' second career has been in philanthropy. He was senior program officer at the J. Paul Getty Trust in Los Angeles, CEO of the Koret Foundation in San Francisco, and president of the Marin Community Foundation in Larkspur. Dobbs currently serves as executive vice president of the Bernard Osher Foundation and as executive director of the Taube Foundation for Jewish Life & Culture. Dobbs' third career has been as a volunteer in the San Francisco community, having served as president of the Mount Zion Health Fund, One Act Theater Company, Brandeis-Hillel Day School and on the board of directors of Guide Dogs for the Blind, Institute on Aging, Jewish Community Federation, and San Francisco State University Foundation. Stephen Dobbs and his wife Victoria have four sons. (March 2004)