Stephen "Steve" G. Newberry served as chairman of the board of Lam Research Corporation from 2012-2019. From 2010 to 2012, he was the company's vice chairman; he was CEO from 2005-2012 and president from 1998-2010. He joined Lam Research in 1997 as executive vice president, a role in which he served until 1998, and COO, a role in which he served until 2005. 

In today’s face-paced, highly scrutinized and transparent business world, the biggest challenge facing leaders is adroitly balancing the needs of the organization and its success with the social and ethical obligations owed to different and often conflicting stakeholders.

Robert Fox, retired president and CEO of Foster Farms, served as the Graduate School of Management's Executive-in-Residence in spring 2001. He taught a 10-week seminar on corporate strategy from the perspective of the CEO position.

In April 2007 Fox made a generous gift to the School to endow the Executive-in-Residence program.