Centers for Equity, Community, and Leadership Alumni Hall of Fame
Established in 1995, the Centers for Equity, Community, and Leadership Alumni Hall of Fame, formerly the Multicultural Alumni Hall of Fame, honors alumni with distinguished service to Stanford’s community centers and society at large.
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2025 Inductees, pictured above, left to right: Amanda Renteria, ’96, Rosalind Conerly, Nicole Taylor, ’90, MA ’91, Elvira Prieto, ’96, Dan-el Padilla Peralta, PhD ’14, Linda Tran, ’06, MA ’07, Francis Wong, ’79, Elizabeth “Betty” Parent, MA ’78, PhD ’84, and Blue Tarpalechee. | Fontejon Photography, Inc.
Historically, the Multicultural Alumni Hall of Fame, established in 1995, recognized alumni who have advanced the mission of Stanford’s community centers through their educational, professional, and civic contributions to the university and beyond.
Originally, the Asian American Activities Center, the Black Community Services Center, El Centro Chicano y Latino, and the Native American Cultural Center have participated in naming inductees, with honorees celebrated at a ceremony during Reunion Homecoming each October.
Starting with Reunion Homecoming 2026, the Hall of Fame has been expanded to include additional Community Centers - the First-Generation and/or Low-Income Student Success Center (FLISSC) and the Markaz Resource Center. Accordingly, the Hall of Fame has been renamed the Centers for Equity Community and Leadership (CECL) Alumni Hall of Fame. All Stanford alumni are eligible for nomination, with a specific focus on their contributions to advancing each center's mission.
Asian American Activities Center
2025 | Francis Wong ’79, Musician and Community Worker
2024 | Timmy Lu, ’05, executive director, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders for Civic Empowerment
2023 | Celine Parreñas Shimizu, PhD ’01, Dean of the Arts and distinguished professor, Film and Digital Media, UC Santa Cruz
2022 | Aly Kassam-Remtulla, ’98, chief international officer of Princeton University
2021 | Linda Youa Lee, ’07, associate director, Chinese Progressive Association - San Francisco
2019 | Mae Lee ’92, MA ’93, professor at De Anza Community College
2018 | Srinija Srinivasan, ’93, co-founder, Loove
2017 | Kris Hayashi, ’97, executive director, Transgender Law Center
2016 | Goodwin H. Liu, ’91, associate justice, California Supreme Court
2015 | Sylvia Yee, ’70, MA ’83, EDS ’87, PhD ’88, vice president of programs, Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
2014 | Emory M. Lee, ’59, MA ’64, retired executive officer and former acting regional director, office of the regional director, Region IX, US Department of Health and Human Services
2013 | Premal Shah, ’98, co-founder and president, Kiva.org
2012 | Juju Chang, ’87, news correspondent, ABC News
2011 | Bernadine Chuck Fong, ’66, MA ’68, PhD ’83, senior managing partner for the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and president emerita of Foothill College in Los Altos Hills
2010 | Kathy Lim Ko, ’80, president and chief executive officer of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF)
2009 | David Henry Hwang, ’79, award-winning playwright
2008 | Mr. Henry Der, ’68, MA ’00, senior programs officer for the Four Freedoms Fund and previously executive director at Chinese for Affirmative Action
2007 | George Leong, ’46, MA ’47, PhD ’51, president, GFL-en Consultants
2006 | Quyen N. Vuong, MBA ’94, co-founder and executive director of International Children Assistance Network (ICAN)
2005 | Connie L. Matsui, ’75, MBA ’77, executive vice president, corporate strategy and communications for Biogen Idec Inc.
2004 | Wilma Chan, MA ’95, first Asian American to hold the position of Assembly Majority Leader
2003 | Dado Banatao, MS ’72, entrepreneur and engineer who developed advanced chip designs that helped put Silicon Valley on the map
2002 | Glen Fukushima, ’72, former leader of Japan operations of Cadence Design Systems
2002 | Sakie Fukushima, MBA ’87, partner in and regional director for Korn/Ferry International
2001 | Jerry Yang, ’90, MS ’90, co-creator of the Yahoo! Internet navigational guide
2000 | Evelyn Hu-DeHart, ’68, professor of history; chair of the department of ethnic studies; and director of the Center for Studies of Ethnicity and Race in America
2000 | Purnima Mankekar, MA ’85, assistant professor in the department of anthropology at Stanford
2000 | Denny S. Roja, MBA ’71, managing director of Acuity Ventures in San Jose, California
1999 | Dr. Bienvenido Nebres, SJ, MS ’67, PhD ’70, president of Ateneo de Manila University
1998 | Professor Shau Wing Chan, MA ’32, PhD ’37, professor emeritus of Chinese and Chinese literature at Stanford
1997 | Professor Gordon Chang, MA ’72, PhD ’87, first director of Stanford’s newly developed Asian American Studies Program in 1997
1996 | Professor Yamato Ichihashi, BA 1907, MA ’08, first Asian professor at Stanford; professor 1913–1942; and professor emeritus 1943–1963
1995 | Dr. Frank Y. Chuck, ’22, PhD ’25, cofounder of the Chinese Clubhouse and father of Bernadine Chuck Fong, former Stanford Trustee member
Black Community Services Center
2025 | Nicole Taylor, ’90, MA ’91, President and Chief Executive Officer of Silicon Valley Community Foundation
2024 | Dana Weeks Ugwonali, ’94, chief executive officer
2023 | Henry Jefferson Brandon III, ’78, chief operating officer, chief financial officer and partner
2022 | Jan Barker Alexander, assistant vice provost and executive director of the Centers for Equity, Community, and Leadership, Stanford University
2021 | Hilda Hutcherson, ’76, senior associate dean and professor, Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
2019 | Sidney Dillard, ’84, partner, Loop Capital Markets
2018 | Take Back the Mic in ’68, group of students who took the mic in 1968 from then Provost Richard Lyman during a convocation held in the wake of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination.
2017 | Yvette Lee Bowser, ’87, writer, producer and president, SisterLee Productions, Inc.
2016 | LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, JD ’74, retired judge of the Superior Court of California; former independent police auditor for the city of San Jose; former Palo Alto city Council Member; and former vice provost and special counselor to the president for campus relations
2015 | Dr. Joyce E. King, ’69, PhD ’74, Benjamin E. Mays Endowed Chair for Urban Teaching, Learning, and Leadership, and professor of educational policy studies at Georgia State University
2014 | Augustus A. White, III, MD ’61, Ellen and Melvin Gordon Distinguished Professor of Medical Education; professor of orthopaedic surgery, Harvard Medical School; and orthopaedic surgeon-in-chief emeritus, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2013 | Valerie B. Jarrett, ’78, senior advisor to President Barack Obama
2012 | Michelle Alexander, JD ’92, civil rights lawyer, advocate and legal scholar
2011 | Cory A. Booker, ’91, MA ’92, mayor of Newark, New Jersey
2010 | Roger A. Clay, ’66, president of the Insight Center for Community Economic Development in Oakland, California
2009 | V. Joy Simmons, ’74, MD, physician and director of computerized tomography and sonography at Kaiser in Los Angeles, California
2008 | Dr. Michael V. Drake, ’71, chancellor, UC Irvine; former vice president for health affairs for UC; professor of ophthalmology; and the senior associate dean for admissions and extramural academic programs at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine
2007 | Mark Dean, PhD ’92, vice president, IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California
2006 | Kennell Jackson, PhD, assistant professor of history at Stanford; resident fellow, Branner Hall
2005 | St. Clair Drake, PhD, founding director, African and African American Studies at Stanford
2004 | Woodrow A. Myers, ’73, MBA ’82, executive vice president and chief medical officer of Wellpoint Health Networks, and former commissioner of health for the state of Indiana and New York City
2003 | Ira D. Hall, ’67, MBA ’76, president and CEO of Utendahl Capital Management, L.P.
2002 | Susan E. Rice, ’86, managing director and principal at Intellibridge International
2001 | Faye McNair-Knox, ’72, MA ’75, PhD ’85, executive director of a non-profit organization; former Assistant Dean of Students and Director of Black Community Services Center
2000 | Harold Boyd, assistant and associate dean of students, and director of the Medical Fund for the Office of Development
2000 | Bell Hooks, ’73, cultural critic, feminist theorist, activist and writer
1999 | Dr. Mae C. Jemison, ’77, first African American female in space, and founder and president of The Jemison Group, Inc.
1998 | William E. Kennard ’78, first African American chairman of the FCC
1997 | Albert E. Manley, PhD ’46, educator and former president of Spelman College
1996 | James L. Gibbs, Jr., professor emeritus and first tenured African American professor at Stanford
1995 | Ernest Houston Johnson, BS 1895, first Black graduate of Stanford
El Centro Chicano y Latino
2025 | Dan-el Padilla Peralta, PhD ’14, Professor of Classics and Associated Faculty in African American Studies, Princeton University
2024 | Robert L. Anchondo, ’69, US Army Lieutenant Colonel, ESL teacher
2023 | Anna Marie Zarate Porras, ’89, MA