Mariann Byerwalter

Mariann Byerwalter Mariann Byerwalter is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pacific Life Insurance Company, and Lead Independent Director of Franklin Resources. She was Interim President and CEO of Stanford Health Care from January 2016 to July 2016. Prior to this, Ms. Byerwalter served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Stanford Hospital and Clinics (now Stanford Health Care) from 2006 through 2013. She continues to serve on the Board of Directors at Stanford Health Care.

Ms. Byerwalter served as a director at SRI International from 1997 through December 2023, including three terms as Chairman of the Board from 2014 to 2020. She is a Trustee Emerita of the Stanford University Board of Trustees, having served three terms as a Trustee between 1992 and 2012. She sat on the Board of Directors of Lucile Packard Childrens Hospital from 1994 until 1996 and again from 2000 through 2023. Ms. Byerwalter served as a Trustee for SchwabFunds from 2000 to 2015, chairing the Governance Committee for four years, and has served on several other private, public and non-profit boards over the last two decades.

Education[edit]

Byerwalter received a bachelor's degree in economics and political science/public policy from Stanford University in 1982. She then received a master's degree in business administration (MBA) from Harvard Business School in 1984.

Career[edit]

Byerwalter was chief financial officer and vice president for business affairs of Stanford University from 1996 to 2000. Prior to this she was a partner and co-founder of America First Financial Corporation, which raised funds to purchase and turn-around failed savings and loans from the government. Before this she was vice president for strategic planning and corporate development at BankAmerica Corporation, managing acquisitions and divestitures for BankAmerica.

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