Mark and Mary Stevens

Mark Stevens earned his B.S. in electrical engineering and his B.A. in economics simultaneously at USC.  He went on to earn an M.S. in computer science, and joined Intel, then a mid-sized company about to capitalize on the PC boom.  He later earned an MBA at Harvard University.

In 1989, Stevens became a partner at Sequoia Capital and began to concentrate his talents on semiconductor, software, and systems-related investments.  Over the years, he became a rising star on Forbes magazine’s Midas List of top 100 venture capitalists, climbing as high as 10th place in the ranking.

Currently he is one of five voting partners at Sequoia Capital and jointly responsible for some of the high-tech industry’s most spectacular investments: Google, Yahoo!, NVIDIA, YouTube, and others.

Stevens is a member of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering Board of Councilors and the USC Board of Trustees.

Team at USC Stevens

Krisztina Holly
Vice Provost
Executive Director


Communications

Elisa Wiefel
Director of Communications


Operations

Arnel Mendoza
Director of Information Technology

Gretchen Villaluz – Picazo
Executive Assistant to Vice Provost and Office Manager

Nikki Berhane
Finance / Business Analyst


Licensing Team

Joe Koepnick
Director of Licensing

Chris Moulding
Senior Licensing Associate, Health Science

Toni Gray
Senior Licensing Associate, Health Science

Bonnie Phan
Licensing / Marketing Specialist, Health Science

Cindy Santorelli
Licensing / Marketing Coordinator

Ed Beres
Licensing Associate

John Sweet
Licensing Associate

Joyce Williams
Administrative Assistant, Compliance

Keith Johnson
Senior Patent Advisor


Innovation Studies

Peter Beerel
Faculty Chair, Innovation Studies


Innovation Development

Juan Felipe Vallejo
Director of Innovation Development


Naming Donors

Mark and Mary Stevens