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About Us
Board of Trustees
Gordon and Betty Moore are the founders of the Foundation, and they are also members of Foundation's Board of Trustees. Gordon also serves as chairman of the board.
Gordon Moore is co-founder of Intel Corporation and Chairman Emeritus of the Corporation's Board of Directors. Prior to Intel, Gordon co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957. A California native, Moore earned his B.S. in chemistry from the University of California at Berkeley and his Ph.D. in Chemistry and Physics from the California Institute of Technology. In 1968 he co-founded Intel, serving initially as executive vice president. He became president and chief executive officer in 1975 and held that post until elected chairman and chief executive officer in 1979. In 1987 he relinquished the CEO title and was named chairman emeritus in 1997.
He is most widely known for his 1965 prediction that the number of transistors the semi-conductor industry would be able to place on a computer chip would double every 12 months. What was intended as a rule of thumb quickly became known as "Moore's Law" and a guiding principle for the delivery of ever more powerful chips at proportionately lower costs. He updated Moore's Law in 1975 from a doubling of chip capacity every 12 months to once every two years. This was later adjusted by the industry to 18 months as technology changed.
Gordon is less well known for his philanthropic work even though he has been contributing to science, technology, education, and conservation projects for decades. Gordon received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, from George W. Bush in 2002. He received the National Medal of Technology from President George H. W. Bush in 1990. He is currently the chairman of the executive committee for Conservation International and a member of the Board of Directors of Gilead Sciences, Inc. He is also a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He served as chairman of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology from 1995 until the beginning of 2001 and continues as a senior trustee.
Betty Moore was born in Los Gatos, CA. When she was two years old her father died and she was raised by her mother and her grandparents on the grandparent's Los Gatos area fruit ranch. She attended Campbell Elementary School, Los Gatos High School, and San Jose College (where she met Gordon), receiving her B.A. in Journalism in 1949. She was also active in music and the church choir.
Betty worked for the U.S. Rubber Company in San Francisco until her marriage to Gordon in 1950. They then moved to Pasadena so Gordon could attend graduate school at the California Institute of Technology. In Pasadena she worked briefly for Consolidated Engineering Corporation in advertising and public relations, then joined the Ford Foundation shortly after its formation. When Gordon finished work on his Ph.D. in 1953, the couple moved to Silver Spring, MD where their first son, Kenneth, was born. They returned to California in 1956 when Gordon joined Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory in Mountain View. Their second son, Steven, was born there in 1959.
An outdoors enthusiast for years, Mrs. Moore was also active on the board of El Camino Hospital in Mountain View and volunteered at the Palo Alto Senior Day Care Center. Today she is a member of the Governing Board of Filoli, an historic house and garden near Woodside, CA that is part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and serves on its Fine Arts Committee. She also has an interest in restoring old homes and collecting English antiques.
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Bruce Alberts, a respected biochemist with a strong commitment to the improvement of science and mathematics education, is a member of the faculty of the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at UC San Francisco. Alberts returned to the university in 2005 after serving two six-year terms as the president of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).
During his tenure at the NAS, Alberts was instrumental in developing the landmark National Science Education standards that have been implemented in school systems nationwide. He initiated the Academy's Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science, a book that aims to help US science teachers improve the teaching of the fundamental principles of biology. Alberts is one of the original authors of The Molecular Biology of the Cell, a preeminent textbook in the field, now in its fourth edition. As president of NAS, Alberts also served as chair of the National Research Council, an operating arm of the National Academies that conducts independent science, engineering, and health policy studies. For the period 2000 to 2009, he serves as the co-chair of the InterAcademy Council, a new organization in Amsterdam governed by the presidents of 15 national academies of sciences and established to provide scientific advice to the world.
Alberts served as a faculty member in Princeton University's Department of Chemistry from 1966 to 1971 and in the Department of Biochemical Sciences from 1971 to 1976. In 1976, Alberts was appointed as professor and vice chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at UC San Francisco. He held the American Cancer Society Lifetime Research Professorship at UC San Francisco from 1981 to 1985, when he became chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics.
Widely recognized for his work in the fields of biochemistry and molecular biology, Alberts has earned many honors and awards, including 14 honorary degrees. He currently serves on the advisory boards of more than 10 nonprofit institutions. He is an Overseer at Harvard University, a Trustee of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and the President-elect of the American Society of Cell Biology.
Alberts received his undergraduate degree from Harvard College and a Ph.D. from Harvard University. In October 2001 Dr. Rosina Bierbaum joined the University of Michigan as Dean of the School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE). Since her arrival, Bierbaum has: overseen the creation of a new undergraduate Program in the Environment; enhanced interdisciplinary teaching and research by successfully recruiting thirteen new faculty to the School, eight of whom hold joint appointments in other Colleges at the University of Michigan; developed a new MS track to link business, engineering and natural resources; tripled research activity in SNRE; and expanded the mission of the School to include global change. Each year, she teaches in both the undergraduate and graduate programs and guest lectures in a dozen classes across the University. Additionally, she delivers about 50 presentations in national and international venues annually. Bierbaum currently serves as a trustee of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR); and as a board member for the Federation of American Scientists, The Energy Foundation and the Environmental and Energy Study Institute. She is also a member of the International Advisory Board for the journal “Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment”, the National Research Council’s Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, the Design Committee for The Heinz Center’s The State of the Nation’s Ecosystems project, and the Executive Committee for the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. On campus, she co-chairs the University of Michigan’s Sustainability Task Force and chairs the Deans’ Council of the Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute. Governor Granholm appointed her to serve on the State’s Task Force on Chronic Wasting Disease in Cervids in 2003. Prior to joining the School of Natural Resources and Environment, Bierbaum was acting director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) from January 2001, and preceding that, she directed the Environment Division at OSTP. Dr. Bierbaum was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Associate Director for Environment of OSTP on July 30, 1998. She served as the Administration’s senior scientific advisor on environmental research and development, with responsibilities for scientific input and guidance on a wide range of national and international environmental issues. These included global change, air and water quality, endangered species, biodiversity, ecosystem management, endocrine disruptors, environmental monitoring, natural hazards, and energy research and development. She worked closely with the President’s National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), and co-chaired its Committee on Environmental and Natural Resources, which coordinated the $5 billion Federal research and development efforts in this area. Bierbaum led the U.S. delegations to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Plenary in Shanghai in 2001, the IPCC Plenary in Montreal in 1999, and the IPCC plenary in Costa Rica in 1998, and served as alternate head of delegation to the IPCC plenary in Mexico City in 1996. She headed the U.S. Delegation for the U.S./China bilateral on Climate Science. Kathleen Justice-Moore graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1991. For the next decade she specialized in employment law and litigation, representing management-side clients in claims for wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation, sexual harassment, wage and hour violations, and reductions-in-force. From 2001 to 2003, she worked for the Foundation as a Research Director. The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation appointed Steven J. McCormick as its president and a trustee of the Board, effective January 21, 2008. Steve was most recently the president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) where he served in that capacity from 2001- 2007. As president, he led the organization into a truly global presence, capable of leveraging its resources to achieve tangible lasting results at a scale that will really make a difference, for nature and for people. During his tenure, he oversaw an operating budget of over $500 million, and a highly distributed staff of over 3,000. Under Steve’s leadership, revenues from all sources increased significantly, hitting an all-time high of $1.2 billion in 2006. Prior to his role as president and CEO of TNC, from 2000-2001 Steve was a partner at Resources Law Group, a firm based in Sacramento, which provides transactional and consulting services in land-use and natural resources law and policy, and creates innovative opportunities for conservation philanthropy. Steve began his career with TNC in 1976 as Western Regional Legal Counsel, and rose through the ranks to spend 16 years as executive director of the California state program. In that role he led an organization-wide effort that created Conservation by Design, the strategic framework that now guides all of TNC’s work in 29 countries and every state in the US. Beyond his impressive career at TNC, Steve has served on several boards, including the Advisory Board of the UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources, and the Advisory Board of the Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative. Steve has a B.S. Degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of California at Berkeley (1973), where he graduated with honors, and a J.D. Degree from the University of California, Hastings College of Law (1976). He also attended the Stanford Executive Program in 1993. Kenneth Moore is the director of Evaluation & Technology at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Ken comes to the Foundation with 24 years of experience in the semiconductor industry where he held various positions in operations planning and control, computer systems development, and supply chain and logistics management. Prior to joining the Foundation, he worked at Signetics Corporation in Sunnyvale, California and later at Phillips Semiconductors.
Ken holds a degree in business administration. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Exploratorium in San Francisco and the school board of Bullis Charter School in Los Altos. Kris Moore has a B.A. from UC Santa Barbara. She worked in marketing at Signetics/Philips Semiconductors for eight years.
Kris is a member of the Chairman's Council for Conservation International. She is a board member of Bullis-Purissima Elementary School Foundation, which supports Bullis Charter School. She is also a Moore Family Foundation trustee. In addition to raising her two children, she enjoys scuba diving, tennis, photography, and traveling.
Steven Moore has been the executive director and a trustee of the Moore Family Foundation since its inception in 1986. A fifth-generation Californian, Steve was born in Palo Alto and attended Los Altos High School. He graduated in 1983 from Santa Clara University with a B.S. in Business Management.
Steve enjoys camping, hiking, scuba diving, fishing, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, and travel of all kinds, especially to natural environments. He is also very interested in the restoration and driving of classic automobiles. Ed Penhoet is a member of the board of trustees. He was the Foundation's president from 2004 - 2007, and prior to that, Ed worked as the organization's chief program officer for the Science Program.
Prior to coming to the Foundation, Ed served as dean of the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1981, he co-founded Chiron Corporation and served as its chief executive officer until 1998. For 10 years prior to founding Chiron, Ed was a faculty member of the Biochemistry Department of U.C. Berkeley. Ed currently serves as the vice chairman of the Independent Citizen’s Oversight Committee which oversees the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine created by the passage of Proposition 71, the stem cell initiative. Ed has received numerous awards, including the Association of Fundraising Professionals' Outstanding Philanthropist award, the first Distinguished Faculty Award in the Life Sciences from the department of Molecular and Cell Biology at U.C. Berkeley, the Northern California Entrepreneur of the Year Award presented by Ernst & Young and Inc. Magazine, and the Harvard Business School Northern California Alumni Chapter award as Entrepreneur of the Year. Ed earned his A.B. in biology from Stanford University, and his Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Washington. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of California, San Diego.
To keep equally busy outside his daily work schedule, Ed has served as chairman of the California Health Care Institute, of the Chabot Space & Science Center, and of the San Francisco Bay Area Bioscience Center. Ed sits on the boards of Zymogenetics, Scynexis, Metabolex and Renovis, Inc. A member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies and a member of the American Society of Biological Chemists, Ed has published more than 50 scientific articles and papers. He is married with two grown children and lives with his wife Camille in Northern California. Kenneth F. Siebel has over 36 years experience in the investment business with an emphasis on wealth management for individuals and families. He is currently the chairman of Private Wealth Partners, LLC.
Ken received his B.B.A. and M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Wisconsin. He worked in New York and San Francisco for Smith, Barney & Co. until 1969 when he co-founded the firm of Robertson, Colman & Siebel (now Banc of America Securities and Bank of Boston Robertson Stephens.) He resigned his partnership in 1977 to devote himself fulltime to investment management and formed the investment advisory firm of Wood Island Associates where he served as chairman and chief executive officer. In 1998, U.S. Trust Company acquired Wood Island Associates.
Mr. Siebel currently serves on the Finance and Investment Committee, Corporate Partnerships Committee, and Resources Commitment Committee of Conservation International. He is on the Board of Trustees and Investment Committee of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
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