The Advisory Council is comprised of distinguished Alumni and Friends of Stanford University.

Bob Burke - Chair of the Advisory Council Katherine and T. Robert Burke, '64, JD '67, have made a five-year commitment to The Stanford Challenge to support the costs of a director for the initiative on Improving K–12 Education. "Bob and I are both products of the public school system and believe it reflects important civic values," says Katherine. "We hope the director of the K–12 effort can engage the talent, power, and creativity of the broad Stanford community in addressing the profound challenges our schools face."

Other members of the Advisory Council Judy Avery   Phil Halperin   Roy Romer Bill Barnum   Latonia Karr   Jim Shelton Katherine Burke   John Kissick   Vijay Shriram LeRoy Eakin   Ted Lempert   Elizabeth Simons Angela Filo   Ted Mitchell   Maddy Stein Laura Fisher   Angela Nomellini