Staff

Jory Steele’s career has consistently reflected a deep commitment to racial justice, and her commitment to dismantling discrimination is evident throughout her journey. She began her legal journey at the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center in San Francisco, dedicating nearly six years to handling racial and sexual employment discrimination cases. Subsequently, Steele spent almost a decade at the ACLU of Northern California, where she was both the managing attorney and the founder and director of the organization's Education Equity project.

Jasmine Dehghan brings to the institute extensive experience with the development and management of domestic and global programs in coordination with external partners for organizations such as the U.S. Agency for International Development, the United States Institute of Peace, and Mercy Corps. A Stanford alumna, Jasmine’s professional career rests on a solid foundation of academic and pre-professional work including serving as a global partnerships and data analyst intern for the international nonprofit Kiva, a research assistant at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and a…

Pat Lopes Harris brings to the institute two decades of experience in journalism and communications. Previously, she was the senior director of communications for the Office of the Vice Provost for Student Affairs at Stanford and the media relations director for San Jose State University. Earlier in her career, she was a staff writer for the San Jose Mercury News, and a reporter for the San Jose/Silicon Valley Business Journal and Washington (D.C.) Business Journal. During her college years, she served as an intern in the Washington, D.C. office of U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawai’i.

Chau Lam-Glover has over 25 years of event planning experience for a diverse clientele. Previously, she was a senior manager of special events at Larkin Street Youth Services, a San Francisco nonprofit. Lam-Glover also led her own project management and event planning firm for 20 years, serving corporate, governmental, and cultural institutions and organizations including the CREWSF (Commercial Real Estate Women San Francisco) Association, the APA (Asian American and Pacific Islander) Heritage Foundation, and the Asian Chefs Association. She is a fluent Mandarin and Cantonese speaker.

Şihla Tümkaya’s record reflects a lifelong commitment to human rights and higher education, including more than 15 years of experience at Stanford. Previous to her appointment as the director of finance and administration for the institute, she was the director of finance and operations for the Department of Sociology and the Urban Studies Program, the associate director of the Ford Dorsey Master’s in International Policy Program, and the graduate program manager for the Department of Political Science. Earlier in her career, she was a senior project manager at The University of Hong Kong.