Obama Reappoints Keker ’70 to Presidio Trust Board of Directors
SAN FRANCISCO—(BUSINESS WIRE)—The White House has announced the reappointment of John W. Keker ’70 to fill the seat previously occupied by Alex Mehran on the seven person board of the Presidio Trust.
John W. Keker, founder of the San Francisco law firm of Keker, Van Nest & Peters, is a celebrated attorney and decorated military veteran. Among other professional honors, he was recently listed as one of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers in the United States, and the best lawyer in the San Francisco Bay Area. Keker served as law clerk to Retired Chief Justice Earl Warren at the U.S. Supreme Court. He served as President of the San Francisco Police Commission twice, under Mayors Agnos and Brown, as Chairman of the San Francisco Bay Water Quality Control Board under Governor Jerry Brown ’64, and as Vice President of the San Francisco Fire Commission during the Loma Prieta earthquake. Keker graduated from Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and Yale Law School.
“I am very pleased to have the opportunity to continue serving on the board of the Presidio Trust,” says Keker. “It’s a particularly exciting time in the park with the opening of the Presidio Visitor Center next month and the completion of 14 acres of spectacular new parklands above Doyle Drive in the next few years.”
