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DLA Piper partner elected to board of Silicon Valley Leadership Group
DLA Piper partner elected to board of Silicon Valley Leadership Group Dean Fealk becomes the first-ever law firm leader to join the prestigious advocacy group set up 43 years ago Dean Fealk, the managing partner of DLA Piper in its San Francisco office has been elected to the board of directors of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. Fealk is the first-ever law firm leader to be elected...
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DLA Piper partner elected to board of Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Dean Fealk becomes the first-ever law firm leader to join the prestigious advocacy group set up 43 years ago
Dean Fealk, the managing partner of DLA Piper in its San Francisco office has been elected to the board of directors of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. Fealk is the first-ever law firm leader to be elected to the board of the prestigious group.
The Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG) is a nonprofit advocacy group founded in 1978 by David Packard, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard.
SVLG supports, enriches and drives the entrepreneurial innovation ecosystem of Silicon Valley. The organization represents more than 390 leading firms of Silicon Valley.
Fealk counsels multinational companies on international transactional and regulatory matters. He also advises world leaders and politicians on public policy issues related to international trade, economics and foreign policy. He has advised three US presidential campaigns and represented the state of California on trade and investment missions around the globe.
Active in civic leadership, Fealk is honorary chair and a founding member of the Halifax International Security Forum besides being the past chair of the Northern California District Export Council.
Fealk was appointed by California Governor Gavin Newsom to the California Workforce Development Board. He served as national co-chair of Lawyers for the US President Joe Biden and serves on the board of directors of the Bay Area Council, the California Business Roundtable and as a trustee of World Affairs.
He has been designated an honorary Senator of the German Economy, an Eisenhower Fellow to China, a Marshall Memorial Fellow to the EU, a Fulbright Scholar to Korea, a Presidential Leadership Scholar, a Carnegie New Leader and a Truman National Security Fellow.
Fealk is a graduate of Leadership San Francisco and a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations.