Susan Packard Orr
Susan Packard Orr | |
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Education | Stanford University, BA (1968), MBA (1970) New Mexico Tech, MS (1984) |
Employer | Telosa Software |
Known for | David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital |
Spouse(s) | Lynn Orr |
Parent(s) | David Packard, Lucile Salter Packard |
Relatives | David Woodley Packard, Nancy Burnett, Julie Packard |
Susan Packard Orr has been the chair of the Board of Directors of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation since 1996. She is the daughter of Hewlett-Packard co-founder David Packard, and is a current or previous board member of several prominent nonprofit organizations including Stanford University and the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford. She also served on the HP board for 7 years (1993-2001)[1], leaving shortly before the Compaq merger[2]. Susan currently is founder and CEO of Telosa Software. She holds Economics and MBA degrees from Stanford, and a Masters in Computer Science from New Mexico Tech. Her husband, Dr. Franklin (Lynn) Orr, was Under Secretary of Energy for Science in the Obama administration[3], and is a Professor Emeritus at Stanford.
Personal
Orr is the daughter of David Packard and Lucile Salter Packard.[4]. Like both of them, she attended Stanford University, where she graduated with a BA in Economics (1968) and an MBA (1970).[5] After spending time as an economist at the National Institutes of Health, she obtained a Masters in Computer Science from New Mexico Tech.[6]
Philanthropy
Orr joined the Board of Directors of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation at age 21 along with her three siblings[7], and was appointed Chairman of the board in 1996 after David Packard's death[8].
Orr also has served on the Board of Trustees of the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford since it was founded in 1991[9], including serving as vice-chair.[10].
Other nonprofit boards that Orr has served on include the Audubon Society[11], the Monterey Bay Aquarium[12], the Packard Humanities Institute[13], the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health[14], and Stanford University[15].
Orr was named the first Distinguished Fellow in Family Philanthropy by the National Center for Family Philanthropy[16], where she has written about donor legacies and board composition for family foundations[17].
References
- ↑ "Susan Packard Orr - The David and Lucile Packard Foundation".
- ↑ Branson, Douglas M. (December 16, 2009). "The Last Male Bastion: Gender and the CEO Suite in America's Public Companies". Routledge – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Franklin (Lynn) Orr - Department of Energy". www.energy.gov.
- ↑ "Stanford mourns loss of David Packard". news.stanford.edu.
- ↑ "PGNet Error Page". www.stanfordalumni.org.
- ↑ "Susan Packard Orr - The David and Lucile Packard Foundation".
- ↑ "Business - Giving Away Father's $9 Billion Isn't Easy -- Packard's Wishes A Challenge For Heirs - Seattle Times Newspaper". community.seattletimes.nwsource.com.
- ↑ "With Fortune Built, Packard Heirs Look To Build a Legacy". The New York Times. May 6, 1996.
- ↑ "Board of Directors - Stanford Children's Health". www.stanfordchildrens.org.
- ↑ "Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford celebrates 25 years - Stanford Children's Health". www.stanfordchildrens.org.
- ↑ "Susan Packard Orr". October 27, 2017.
- ↑ "NCFP - Susan Packard Orr on the legacy of her parents, David and Lucile Packard". www.ncfp.org.
- ↑ "Excellence in Philanthropy - The Philanthropy Roundtable".
- ↑ "Board of Directors - Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health". www.lpfch.org.
- ↑ "New trustee elected (4/98)". web.stanford.edu.
- ↑ "Susan Packard Orr Named First Distinguished Fellow in Family Philanthropy". May 14, 2014.
- ↑ "NCFP - Susan Packard Orr". www.ncfp.org.