&gt;I don&#x27;t think the makeup of the board is that weird.<p>There&#x27;s not a single person on the board who is an expert in anything close to their core technology. I can understand wanting some politically influential people, but <i>only</i> politically influential people. How is that not weird?<p>&gt; You don&#x27;t know what her coursework was a Stanford. She may well have skipped the intro classes.<p>I&#x27;m fairly certain Stanford some curriculum requirements. Even if they didn&#x27;t, no matter how smart you are, you can&#x27;t just hop in and start taking upper level Chemical Engineering classes because you took AP Chem in high school. There&#x27;s too much prerequisite knowledge that you just won&#x27;t have.