Steve Daetz

Executive vice president of the Sandler Foundation

Steve Daetz is the President of the Sandler Foundation. He has overseen grantmaking, operations and investments for the Foundation since 2007. He previously was vice president and deputy general counsel at Golden West Financial, advising the Board and senior management on corporate and securities matters, regulatory compliance, and governance and public policy issues. He earlier had a business law practice at the San Francisco law firm Cooley Godward, representing companies and venture investors in strategic and financing transactions. A Bay Area native, Mr. Daetz received a JD from Berkeley Law, a masters from the London School of Economics as a Rotary Foundation scholar, and a BA magna cum laude from UCLA.

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Business Positions

Golden West Financial Operated branches under the name World Savings Bank,

• VP, Deputy General Counsel (past)

Cooley LLP Corporate law firm based in Palo Alto, focused on technology and finance

• Attorney (past)

Board Memberships

Earthjustice Nonprofit environmental law organization, founded in 1971

• Trustee

Positions

ProPublica non-profit investigative newsroom

• Board Member

Sandler Foundation charitable foundation

• President

Schools

Berkeley Law UC Berkeley law school

• JD

London School of Economics and Political Science

• Master's Degree

UCLA

• BA