ABOUT THE LES FOUNDATION

LES Foundation (USA & Canada) Inc., Board of Trustees

President

Arthur Rose (2006/12)
Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
2040 Main Street, 14th Floor
Irvine, CA 92614
Tel: (949) 760-0404
arose@kmob.com

Secretary

Les Goff, Ph.D. (2009/12)
Noetic Technologies, Inc.
A University of Southern Mississippi
Research Foundation Company
518 Main Street, Hattiesburg, MS 39401
Tel: 601-818-2933
leslie.goff@noetictechnologies.com

Treasurer

Thomas (Tom) Britven (2011/14)
Duff & Phelps
1111 Bagby Street
Suite 1900
Houston, TX 77002, USA
Tel: (713) 237-5310
tom.britven@duffandphelps.com

Tom Britven

VICE-PRESIDENTS - FUNCTIONAL

Co-Chair 2012 Graduate Student Business Plan Competition

Linda Chao (2010/13)
Stanford University
Office of Technology Licensing

1705 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA. 94306
Tel: (650) 725-9408
linda.chao@stanford.edu

Vice President, Communications

Simmone Misra (2011/14)
Microsoft Corporation
1 Microsoft Way
Bldg 8 -1135
Redmond, WA 98052, USA
Tel: (425) 705-8980
smisra@microsoft.com

Simmone Misra

Vice President, Fundraising

Michael Samardzija (2011/14)
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
711 Louisiana Street
Suite 2300
Houston, TX 77002, USA
Tel: (713) 221-1112
michael.samardzija@bgllp.com
Michael Samardzija

Vice President, USA

Michael J. Lasinski (2011/12)
284 Partners, LLC
339 East Liberty
Suite 340
Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA
Tel: (734) 369-8723
mlasinski@284partners.com

Michael Lasinski

Vice President, Canada

Peter Ross (2010/13)
Ross Mongeon Covello & Co
205-509 Commissioners Road West
London, Canada N6J 1Y5
Skype: peter.m.ross01
Tel: 519-282-8712
Petermross@me.com

Vice President, International

Patrick O'Reilley (2011/14)
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
901 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001-4413, USA
Tel: (202) 408-4100
pat.oreilley@finnegan.com

Patrick O'Reilley

COMPETITION CO-CHAIR & PAST PRESIDENT ADVISOR

Co-Chair 2012 Graduate Student Business Plan Competition

Annemarie Meike
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
7000 East Avenue
MC 795
Livermore, CA 94550, USA
Tel: (925) 422-3735
Bplan@lesfoundation.org

Annemarie Meike

LES Past President Advisor

Ada Nielsen (2010/12)
BP America Inc.
546 Timber Lane
Lake Forest, IL 60045
Tel: (312) 953-1083
Fax: (847) 234-4134
Ada@AdaCNielsen.com