Connie Chao

Connie Chao is Operations Manager at the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development (PESD) at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. She oversees PESD's daily operations, finance, personnel, sponsored research, and facilities.

Before coming to Stanford, she held management positions at Hewlett-Packard focusing on university relations, Open Innovation, research strategic planning, and product and program management.  Connie holds both a BS in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley.