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. He has served on the boards of several nonprofit organizations.