Graduate School of Business
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Michael Victor Sianipar
MBA, expected graduation 2028
BioMichael Victor Sianipar concurrently holds the positions of Chairman of the Indonesian Futsal Federation and the General Treasurer of the Indonesian Unity Party. He has operated at the intersection of Indonesian politics, public governance, and institutional reform. Michael’s track record spans driving strategic campaigns for regional leaders and spearheading governance overhauls in major provinces like Jakarta and West Nusa Tenggara. A champion of ecosystem transformation, his leadership experience extends from building emergent political parties and scaling civil society networks to modernizing the national sports industry. Previously, he was the Regional Personal Aide to the Governor of Jakarta from 2012 to 2017 and Governor of West Nusa Tenggara from 2018 to 2019, Head of Indonesian Solidarity Party in Jakarta (2017-2022), and Chair of the Indonesian Youth Diplomacy (2020-2025).
Michael’s mission is to catalyze deep-seated societal transformation by architecting high-impact synergies between the public sector, private enterprise, and civil society across local, national, and global ecosystems. Throughout the years in government offices, he has handled various portfolios ranging from budgeting, government transparency, corruption eradication, internship program, district-level management, personnel management, to the development of smart city and open data initiatives.
Michael graduated from Yonsei University in 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Relations. He was also a recipient of the Alumni Appreciation Award from Yonsei University, awarded in 2015, as one of two alumni who contributed the most for the past ten years and whose work continue to reflect the University’s core values. He will take a sabbatical from active political participation by pursuing an MBA at Stanford University starting in 2026. -
Robert E. Siegel
Lecturer, Graduate School of Business - Other Faculty
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsRobert Siegel researches strategy and innovation in both large and small companies, as well as the opportunities and challenges that technological change brings to these firms. Additionally, Robert teaches product management and product development best practices and methods, as well as entrepreneurial finance over the life-cycle of growing companies.
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Lisa Sanchez-Corea Simpson
Corporation and Society Initiative Director, GSB Research Hub
Current Role at StanfordDirector of the Corporations and Society Initiative at Stanford GSB
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Kiran Sivadas
Affiliate, Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies (SEED)
BioTech Entrepreneur with 25+ years global experience building businesses, creating brands, developing product/service portfolios, expanding markets, enriching client relationships and ensuring business health.
Partner at Enventure Engineering | ComplianceXL
President of Stanford Seed Transformation Network, South Asia -
Gabriella (Gaby) Brigitte Smith
MD Student with Scholarly Concentration in Clinical Research / Surgery, expected graduation Spring 2028
MBA, expected graduation 2028BioGaby is pursuing an MD/MBA at Stanford as a Knight-Hennessy Scholar. She graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Washington University in St. Louis with a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry. She is interested in orthopaedic surgery with research in pediatric osteonecrosis, postoperative pain management, and carpometacarpal osteoarthritis.
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Sarah Soule
Philip H. Knight Professor for the Dean at the Graduate School of Business, Morgridge Professor in the Graduate School of Business and Professor, by courtesy, of Sociology
BioSarah A. Soule is the Morgridge Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Graduate School of Business. Her major areas of interest are organizational theory, social movements, and political sociology. She has written two recent books, the first with Cambridge University Press, entitled Contention and Corporate Social Responsibility, and the second with Norton, called A Primer on Social Movements. She is the series editor for the Cambridge University Press Contentious Politics series. She is a member of the founding team of the new journal, Sociological Science, an open access journal that is disrupting academic publishing. She has served on a number of boards of non-profit organizations, is currently a member Board of Advisors to the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (the Stanford d.school) Fellowship program, and is currently serving on the faculty advisory board to the Stanford Center for the Advancement of Women’s Leadership. She has taught a number of courses with the Stanford d.school, and is the Faculty Director for the Executive Program on Social Entrepreneurship at the Graduate School of Business. She has served as a judge for the Center for Social Innovation Fellowship program, and for the Tech Awards (Tech Museum of Innovation). Her research examines state and organizational-level policy change and diffusion, and the role social movements have on these processes. She has recently published papers on how protest impacts multi-national firm-level decisions regarding divestment in Burma, and on how advocacy organizations learn new strategies and tactics from those with which they collaborate. She is currently working on a study of how protest affects the outcomes of shareholder resolutions, and another study of how advocacy organizations innovate. She has published a book with Cambridge University Press, entitled Contention and Corporate Social Responsibility. Recent published work has appeared in the American Journal of Sociology, Administrative Science Quarterly, the American Sociological Review, Organizational Studies, the Strategic Management Journal, and the Annual Review of Sociology.
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Max Stoaks
Enterprise Architecture and Information Security, Graduate School of Business - Digital Solutions
Current Role at StanfordSenior Enterprise Architect, Stanford University GSB
