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Jackson Smith Parell
Master of Arts Student in Public Policy, admitted Winter 2020
BioJackson Parell is a senior majoring in Economics and pursuing a master's degree in Public Policy. During his undergraduate, Jackson focused on measuring and quantifying the effects of climate change and implementing policy and entrepreneurial solutions to address those effects. He has industry experience in strategic consulting, computational research, engineering and VC, which have equipped him with a deep understanding of both teams and technology. Jackson is an avid outdoorsman, holding the world record for the youngest hiker to complete the calendar year triple crown (read more below), and spends his free time climbing, surfing, and volunteering for local governments in the Bay Area.
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Greg Priest
Ph.D. Student in History, admitted Autumn 2011
BioI am a PhD candidate (ABD) in History of Science at Stanford. I focus on the history and philosophy of biology and the historical sciences, with particular interests in Charles Darwin and in the sciences of complex systems.
Before coming to Stanford, I was a lawyer, serving as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and then representing Silicon Valley technology companies. I left the law for the software business, first as CFO of a publicly-traded software company, next as founding CEO of a software start-up, and finally as Chairman and CEO of a global, publicly-traded internet education company.
I did my undergraduate work at Princeton and got my law degree at Stanford. I also have a Masters of Liberal Arts from Stanford. I am married, have two children and one grandchild and am an avid hiker, skier, and cook.
