Biography

Scott Showalter has been part of the Stanford community for 17 years, first as a student (BA '94) and later as a staff member in the university's office of development, where he helped launch The Stanford Fund and established the Class Giving Program, which now raises many millions of dollars each year. After a two-year hiatus to earn his MBA from UCLA, Scott returned to Stanford in 2001 as a major gifts officer. In 2004, he joined Stanford Law School as director of development, where he oversaw the school's fundraising operation and helped raise a record $135 million leading up to the public launch of The Stanford Challenge.