Our Trustees

John Yates Trustee 2026

John C. Yates

Trustee

Yates is a co-founding partner of the Atlanta/Southeast office of the Gunderson Dettmer law firm. He serves on the Duke Law School Board of Visitors and is Trustee Emeritus with Furman University’s Board of Trustees. He also serves on the boards of the Woodruff Arts Center, YMCA of Metro Atlanta, CURE Childhood Cancer and the City of Atlanta’s AI Commission. His past board service includes the Rotary Club of Atlanta, The Carter Center, Seagull Software and Stonesoft Corp.