Partner Bill Lee has been elected to join the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Board of Directors at its June 2024 Board meeting. Northwestern University’s vice president and chief investment officer Amy Falls and acclaimed social scientist Alondra Nelson were also elected to the board alongside Bill Lee.

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a private foundation that makes grants and impact investments to support non-profit organizations in approximately 117 countries around the world. The foundation strives toward transformative change in areas of profound concern, including the existential threats of climate change and nuclear risk, the challenges of criminal justice reform in the US and corruption in Nigeria.

“The MacArthur Board is pleased to welcome these notable individuals who bring unique and deep expertise and have each delivered phenomenal contributions in their areas of work,” Board Chair Martha Minow said.

Through the work of the Board and its Committees, the Board sets policies and strategic direction for the Foundation, approves grantmaking areas, initiatives and grants in excess of $500,000, oversees investments and the audit process.

Bill Lee, who was a previous co-managing partner of WilmerHale, is a leading trial and appellate lawyer and intellectual property litigator who has represented a variety of technology-focused clients for more than 40 years. Lee has tried more than 200 cases to verdict and argued more than 100 cases to the Court of Appeals of the Federal Circuit and other appellate courts. Those have included some of the highest profile cases of the last decade.