2015 01 20 LUNCH WITH DENNIS BEATRICE SRI INTERNATIONAL

Dennis Beatrice

Senior Advisor, Education Division

Dennis Beatrice is a senior advisor of and past vice president to SRI Education, which helps government, nonprofit, and commercial clients solve problems and capitalize on opportunities posed by complex issues in education, health, economic development, and human services.

Prior to joining SRI in 1999, Beatrice spent four years as management professor and director of policy for the Institute for Health Policy at the Heller School of Brandeis University. His research areas included foundation programs and practices, state health policy, services and programs for persons with disabilities, and implementation of public programs.

Previously, Beatrice was vice president of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, one of the most active private philanthropies in the health care field. Beatrice designed and directed the Government and Health program, which applied the resources of the foundation to make government more responsive to the needs of the American people.

Beatrice has authored or co-authored more than 30 publications related to health issues. He holds a B.A. in political science from Boston College and an MPA from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

SRI International (SRI), founded as Stanford Research Institute, is an American nonprofit research instituteheadquartered in Menlo Park, California. The trustees of Stanford University established SRI in 1946 as a center of innovation to support economic development in the region. SRI is now one of the largest contract research institutes in the world.

The institute formally separated from Stanford University in 1970 and became known as SRI International in 1977. SRI describes its mission as discovery and the application of science and technology for knowledge, commerce, prosperity, and peace.^[1] It performs client-sponsored research and development for government agencies, commercial businesses, and private foundations. It also licenses its technologies,^[2] forms strategic partnerships, sells products,^[3] and creates spin-off companies.^[4]

SRI's annual revenue in 2013 was approximately $540 million. SRI's headquarters are located near the Stanford University campus. William A. Jeffrey has served as SRI's president and CEO since September 2014.

SRI employs about 2,300 people.^[1] Sarnoff Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of SRI since 1988, was fully integrated into SRI in January 2011.^[5] SRI International Sarnoff is used as a brand name for some business activities based in Princeton, New Jersey.

SRI's focus areas include biomedical sciences, chemistry and materials, computing, Earth and space systems, economic development, education and learning, energy and environmental technology, security and national defense, as well as sensing and devices.^[6] SRI has received more than 1,000 patents and patent applications worldwide.^[7]