Megan W. Pierson

Megan Pierson is the Chief of Staff to the President at Stanford University. Before assuming her current position with Stanford, Pierson served in general counsel positions with two publicly held communications companies and previously as a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. In those roles she advised clients on a broad variety of legal issues, including operational concerns, strategic initiatives and mergers and acquisitions, including the $70 billion Verizon Wireless joint venture.

Pierson received her bachelor’s degree (with distinction) from Stanford University and her J.D. from the University of Southern California.