William G. Green, Esq.General Counsel
Bill Green is the general counsel of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
Before joining the Foundation, Bill spent 15 years as a partner at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison in San Francisco before joining Chiron Corporation in 1990 as vice president, secretary, and general counsel. At Chiron, in addition to his legal duties, Bill was directly involved in the development of Chiron's diagnostic and blood-testing businesses and he also managed the company's alliance with Gen-Probe Incorporated and its joint business with Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Inc. Bill has had a long history of involvement with non-profits including the Blood Centers of the Pacific and the California Foundation for Molecular Biology.
Bill received his undergraduate degree from Yale, and served in the United States Navy before returning to school for a law degree from Georgetown University.