Jo Anne is a Private Sector Advisor who advises students on career options in the private sector and provides practical strategies for achieving professional goals. For several years prior to joining Stanford, Jo Anne was the national Director of Attorney Recruiting for an AmLaw 100 firm, responsible for its law school and lateral attorney hiring. This experience gives her unique understanding of the national law firm recruiting market and what law firms are looking for in the law students they hire. In addition, her extensive law firm management experience in operations, finance and human resources provides rare insight into the attributes of successful associates, law firm decision-making and financial performance metrics.