Howard Clowes joined our Board in March 2020. A retired partner after nearly four decades at DLA Piper, a leading law firm, Mr. Clowes has served in leadership positions in the firm’s Corporate and Securities Practice, advising public and private companies on securities law, financing, Mergers and Acquisition and general corporate matters. At the law firm of Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP, which was acquired by DLA Piper, he served as a partner in the Corporate Group, member of the Executive Committee and managing partner of the Transactions Group. Mr. Clowes has a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley (where he now serves as a Lecturer), and a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara. A resident of the Bay Area, Mr. Clowes served as President, Board Member and Chair of the Strategic Planning and Search Committee of the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley.