Steve Daetz is president of the Sandler Foundation, where he has overseen grantmaking and operations since 2007. He previously was vice president and deputy general counsel at a Fortune 500 company, advising the board and senior management on corporate and securities matters, regulatory compliance and public policy issues. He began his career at the Cooley law firm in San Francisco, representing companies and venture investors in strategic and financing transactions. A Bay Area native, Daetz received a J.D. from Berkeley Law, a masters from the London School of Economics as a Rotary Foundation scholar and a B.A. magna cum laude from UCLA. He serves on the boards of several nonprofit organizations.