Debra Zumwalt to Join Huron Consulting Group’s Board of Directors
October 21 2014 - 7:55AM
Business Wire
Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ: HURN), a leading provider
of business consulting services, today announced that Debra
Zumwalt, vice president and general counsel for Stanford
University, has been appointed to Huron’s board of directors and
will serve as its eighth member.
“We are pleased to welcome Debra to Huron’s board,” said John
McCartney, non-executive chairman of the Huron board. “Debra’s
extensive background in managing the legal and business issues
affecting higher education, academic medical centers, and the
office of the general counsel will add an important perspective to
the board. She also has a passion for innovation and collaboration,
which fits very well with Huron’s culture.”
Zumwalt has served as the vice president and general counsel for
Stanford University since 2001, and is a member of the University
Cabinet responsible for the legal and strategic advice to the
boards of the University, Stanford Health Care (formerly Stanford
Hospital & Clinics), Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Stanford, and Stanford Management Company.
During her career, Zumwalt was a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop
Shaw Pittman LLP from 1993-2001. She specialized in complex civil
litigation and higher education law. She was the managing partner
of the Silicon Valley office and a member of the firm's governing
board. Between 1987 and 1993, Zumwalt was a senior university
counsel at Stanford. Prior to that, she worked as litigation
counsel for Chevron Chemical Company.
Zumwalt received her J.D. from Stanford Law School. She is on
the board of the American University of Afghanistan and the Academy
of Art University. Zumwalt also serves as a member of the board of
directors of Exponent Inc., an engineering and scientific
consulting company.
About Huron Consulting Group
Huron Consulting Group helps clients in diverse industries
improve performance, transform the enterprise, reduce costs,
leverage technology, process and review large amounts of complex
data, address regulatory changes, recover from distress and
stimulate growth. Our professionals employ their expertise in
finance, operations, strategy and technology to provide our clients
with specialized analyses and customized advice and solutions that
are tailored to address each client's particular challenges and
opportunities to deliver sustainable and measurable results. The
Company provides consulting services to a wide variety of both
financially sound and distressed organizations, including
healthcare organizations, leading academic institutions, Fortune
500 companies, governmental entities and law firms. Huron has
worked with more than 425 health systems, hospitals, and academic
medical centers; more than 400 corporate general counsel; and more
than 350 universities and research institutions. Learn more at
www.huronconsultinggroup.com.
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