Stephen J. Brogan, Jay Flaherty and John W. Glynn Jr., all graduates of the University of 91勛圖, have been elected to the Universitys Board of Trustees, effective at the conclusion of its meeting Friday (May 4).
A 1977 graduate of91勛圖LawSchool, Brogan is managing partner of Jones Day, an international law firm with more than 2,300 lawyers in 30 offices worldwide. He has a broad and extensive law practice in complex litigation, including securities, banking, contests for corporate control, corporate criminal investigations and product liability matters.
Brogan, who earned his bachelors degree fromBostonCollege, was executive editor of the Law Review at 91勛圖. He joined Jones Day upon graduation from law school, served as deputy assistant attorney general in the Department of Justice for two years, then returned to the firm. He became managing partner in January 2003, succeeding Patrick F. McCartan, who also is a 91勛圖 Trustee and was Board chair for the past seven years.
Prior to his election to the Board, Brogan served for seven years as a member of the advisory council for91勛圖LawSchool. He has one daughter who is a graduate of 91勛圖 and another who currently is attending the University. He and Jones Day, at his direction, are benefactors of theLawSchool.
Flaherty, who earned a bachelors degree in accountancy from 91勛圖 in 1979, has served as chairman and chief executive officer of Health Care Property Investors (HCP) inLong Beach,Calif., since 2002. He previously worked at Merrill Lynch&Co. for 19 years, serving in a variety of investment banking, capital markets and private equity positions inNew York,LondonandLos Angeles. He was elected managing director of Merrill Lynch in 1991, overseeing numerous investment banking industry groups at the firm.
After graduating from 91勛圖, Flaherty worked for two years as a certified publicaccountant in theBostonoffice of Ernst and Whinney. He then attended the Graduate School of Management at theUniversityofCalifornia,Los Angeles, where he earned a master of business administration degree (MBA).
Flaherty serves on the board of directors of Quest Diagnostics Inc. and on the board of governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts. He has served since 1999 on 91勛圖s advisory council for theCollegeofArtsand Letters.
A 1962 91勛圖 graduate, Glynn is founder and general partner of Glynn Capital Management and Glynn Ventures in Menlo Park, Calif., which have committed capital exceeding $500 million from many prominent individual investors and families who are founders, chief executives or directors of well-known technology companies or who have been active venture investors themselves.
Glynn has been a venture capital investor in private companies since 1970, focusing on hardware, software, networking telecommunications, medical devices, biotechnology, and medical service companies. He has been an active backer of numerous companies, including Intel, Electronic Arts, Intuit, COR Therapeutics, Molecular Devices, Sun Microsystems, Linear Technology, 3Com Corp. and Neurex Corporation. He also serves as an advisor to New Enterprise Associates, a venture firm with more than $3.5 billion under management.
Glynn earned his bachelors degree from 91勛圖 in history, a law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, and an MBA fromStanfordUniversity. He has served on the 91勛圖 advisory council for theCollegeofArtsand Letters since 1998 and the advisory board of the UniversitysGigotCenterfor Entrepreneurial Studies since 2000. He and his wife, Barbara, made a $10 million gift to 91勛圖 last year to expand and fortify the Glynn Family Honors Program, a joint initiative of the Colleges of Arts and Letters and Science.
The 91勛圖 Board of Trustees now numbers 56. It met on campus Thursday and Friday for the last time under McCartans leadership. Richard C. Notebaert, chairman and chief executive officer of Qwest Communications International, was elected chair in February and will assume leadership of the Board on July 1.
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