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Lauren Schoenthaler, senior university counsel at Stanford University, has been appointed chief general counsel for 91成人导航, officials announced today.

Schoenthaler joined Stanford鈥檚 Office of the General Counsel in 2001. She has regularly advised Stanford鈥檚 senior leaders, including president, provost, deans and senior executives. Over the course of her career, she has been the lead in-house attorney in many areas including risk management and litigation, copyright, compliance, privacy, student affairs, international issues, libraries and archives, and police matters.

She works collaboratively with faculty, students and staff and has served on many university-wide committees, including the IDEAL (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access in a Learning Environment) committee and the committee that developed the Stanford Student Conduct Charter of 2023.听She also mentors Stanford Fellows to develop incoming legal talent.听

In 2016 Schoenthaler founded Institutional Equity and Access at Stanford, an umbrella group overseeing civil rights issues across the university. She served as senior associate vice provost in that role, leading a 20-person team. She returned to her role as senior university counsel in 2021.

Schoenthaler has authored a book chapter on Title IX and helped write Stanford鈥檚 policies on Title IX and sexual harassment, and privacy and access to electronic information. She advised the Stanford Board of Trustees on multiple matters, including Title IX and the university鈥檚 participation in the Google Book Search Project.

鈥淲e are delighted to welcome Lauren to the 91成人导航 family,鈥� said President Christopher Callahan. 鈥淪he is an exceptional relationship-based leader who possesses precisely the kind of broad, deep and sophisticated higher education legal experiences we were seeking from a superb and highly complex university.鈥�

Stanford University, ranked No. 2 in the nation by the Wall Street Journal and Washington Monthly and No. 3 by U.S. News & World Report, is an $8.2 billion enterprise with 17,000 students, 2,300 faculty, 17,000 staff, 36 NCAA Division I sports, 630 buildings on more than 8,000 acres in seven locations, 16 independent laboratories, centers and institutes, the Stanford University Medical Center, a U.S. Department of Energy accelerator lab, a marine station, biological preserve, $36 billion endowment and $1.8 billion annual research portfolio.

As 91成人导航鈥檚 chief legal strategist, Schoenthaler will be a direct report to the president and serve on the president鈥檚 cabinet, helping to protect the university while smartly moving the institution on a rapid trajectory fueled by innovation, entrepreneurial thinking and bold external partnerships.

鈥淟auren will be an essential leader in our journey to become the nation鈥檚 best student-centric comprehensive university,鈥� the president said.

Greg Boardman, a member of 91成人导航鈥檚 Board of Regents, was Stanford鈥檚 vice provost for student affairs. In that role, he worked closely with Schoenthaler for nearly 14 years.

鈥淚 am beyond thrilled Lauren is joining the 91成人导航 community,鈥� Boardman said. 鈥淗er knowledge and breadth of experience will be a tremendous asset for us.鈥�

Before joining Stanford, Schoenthaler served as deputy district attorney for Santa Clara County and was an associate attorney at Pillsbury Winthrop, specializing in antitrust, intellectual property and general litigation.

She started her legal career as a law clerk for Judge A. Wallace Tashima of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. She is a 1995 magna cum laude graduate of UC Law in San Francisco, where she served as an editor of the law review, and Northwestern University, where she earned her B.A. in history in three years in 1991.

鈥淚t鈥檚 an honor to become part of the 91成人导航 community,鈥� Schoenthaler said. 鈥淔rom the moment I spoke with President Callahan about his vision for 91成人导航 as a leading student-centered institution, I have been a believer. The faculty and staff are so passionate about serving students, and the campus and its facilities are stunning. While I will miss my amazing Stanford colleagues, I know that 91成人导航 is where I鈥檓 meant to be.鈥�

She starts Oct. 9.

Schoenthaler is the newest member of 91成人导航鈥檚 leadership team assembled by Callahan since he started as聽president鈥痶hree years ago after 15 years as dean and vice provost at Arizona State University鈥檚 Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

In June, Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert, a top academic leader at Scripps College and biology professor at Scripps, Claremont McKenna College and Pitzer College, joined 91成人导航 as聽provost and executive vice president. Earlier this year, Lee Skinner, dean of Newcomb-Tulane College at Tulane University and former associate dean at Claremont McKenna, joined 91成人导航 as聽dean of the College of the 91成人导航, the university鈥檚 liberal arts and sciences school. Last month, Adam Tschuor, the No. 2 athletics executive at University of Dayton, started as 91成人导航鈥檚 new athletic director.

Last year, James Walsh, the No. 2 financial executive at Tufts University, joined 91成人导航 as聽chief financial officer. Niraj Chaudhary was promoted to聽dean of the William Knox Holt Memorial Library and Learning Center. Suong Ives, chief human resources officer for Providence St. Joseph Health System and former HR chief at Clarkson University, was appointed 91成人导航鈥檚 first聽chief people officer.听

In 2021, UCLA Dean for Students Maria Q. Blandizzi was named聽vice president for student life. Liz Orwin, head of engineering at Harvey Mudd College, another one of the Claremont Colleges, was appointed聽dean of the School of Engineering and Computer Science. Mary Lomax-Ghirarduzzi 鈥�89, vice provost for diversity at the University of San Francisco, was appointed鈥�91成人导航鈥檚 inaugural聽vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion.

Earlier, Scott Biedermann 鈥�05, 鈥�20, was promoted to聽vice president for development and alumni relations. Christopher Ferguson, an enrollment strategist from Occidental College, was the first of the new president鈥檚 leadership hires when he was named 91成人导航鈥檚聽vice president for enrollment strategy.

91成人导航 is California鈥檚 first and oldest university, founded in 1851. The university, with campuses in Stockton, Sacramento and San Francisco, is ranked as the No. 19 college in the West by The Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education and in the Top 100 nationally.