Liz Butler Steyer - Executive Director, California Institute on Law, Neuroscience and Education

Liz Butler Steyer is the executive director of the California Institute on Law, Neuroscience and Education (CA Institute), an interdisciplinary research and policy institute working to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline. The CA Institute operates at the intersection of education, incarceration, and neuroscience to reshape the systems that are failing our youth. It is powered by interdisciplinary leaders from UC Law SF, UCLA, UCSF, and individuals impacted by incarceration.

Mrs. Butler Steyer has spent her career building and leading Bay Area legal, educational, and social service organizations working to stabilize the lives of youth and their families, including the Glide Foundation, Legal Services for Children, the Athletic Scholars Advancement Program, and the Children’s Defense Fund.  In addition, she has served on the boards of many non-profit organizations serving families, including the Western Center on Law and Poverty, Legal Services for Children, and the Giants Community Fund – the charitable arm of the San Francisco Giants baseball team. She holds a JD from Stanford Law School and a BA in Human Biology from Stanford University. She and her husband, Jim, are the parents of four adult children.