Susan Packard Orr is an American philanthropist and the former chair of the

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of the

David and Lucile Packard Foundation The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is a private foundation that provides grants to not-for-profit organizations. It was created in 1964 by David Packard (co-founder of HP) and his wife Lucile Salter Packard. Following David Packard's death ...

. In addition to the Packard Foundation, she is a current or previous board member of several prominent

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including

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

and the

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford (LPCH) is a nationally ranked women's and children's hospital which is part of the Stanford University Health system. The hospital is located adjacent to the campus at 725 Welch Road, Palo Alto, Cal ...

at Stanford. She also served on the Hewlett-Packard board for 7 years (1993–2001), leaving shortly before the Compaq merger. Orr currently is founder and CEO of Telosa Software. She holds Economics and MBA degrees from

Stanford Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is considere ...

, and a master's degree in computer science from

New Mexico Tech The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech and formerly New Mexico School of Mines) is a public university in Socorro, New Mexico. It offers over 30 bachelor of science degrees in technology, the sciences, engineering, man ...

Personal

Orr is the daughter of

David Packard David Packard ( ; September 7, 1912 – March 26, 1996) was an American electrical engineer and co-founder, with Bill Hewlett, of Hewlett-Packard (1939), serving as president (1947–64), CEO (1964–68), and chairman of the board (1964–6 ...

and Lucile Salter Packard. Like both of them, she attended

, where she graduated with a BA in economics (1968) and an MBA (1970). After spending time as an economist at the National Institutes of Health, she obtained a master's degree in computer science from

. She is married to

Franklin Orr Franklin (Lynn) M. Orr, Jr. is an American chemical engineer and former Under Secretary for Science and Energy of the U.S. Department of Energy from 2014 to 2017. Prior to his government service, he was a professor of engineering at the Stanford ...

, who was

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in the Obama administration, and is a professor emeritus at Stanford.

Philanthropy

Orr joined the

of the

at age 21 along with her three siblings, and was appointed chairman of the board in 1996 after David Packard's death. Orr also has served on the board of trustees of the

at Stanford since it was founded in 1991, including serving as vice-chair. Other nonprofit boards that Orr has served on include the

Audubon Society The National Audubon Society (Audubon; ) is an American non-profit environmental organization dedicated to conservation of birds and their habitats. Located in the United States and incorporated in 1905, Audubon is one of the oldest of such orga ...

, the

Monterey Bay Aquarium Monterey Bay Aquarium is a nonprofit public aquarium in Monterey, California. Known for its regional focus on the marine habitats of Monterey Bay, it was the first to exhibit a living kelp forest when it opened in October 1984. Its biologists ...

, the

Packard Humanities Institute The Packard Humanities Institute (PHI) is a non-profit foundation, established in 1987, and located in Los Altos, California, which funds projects in a wide range of conservation concerns in the fields of archaeology, music, film preservation, an ...

, the

Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health {{COI, date=May 2012 The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health is an independent public charity, devoted exclusively to elevating the priority of children's health and increasing the quality and accessibility of children's health care thr ...

, and

. Orr was named the first Distinguished Fellow in Family Philanthropy by the National Center for Family Philanthropy, where she has written about donor legacies and board composition for family foundations.

References

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