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To: Anthony Suber; Michael Gallagher
Subject: Online Form Submittal: Application for Town Committee/Commission Date: Thursday, July 17, 2025 10:33:05 AM
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Application for Town Committee/Commission
Name Don Keller
Address
Phone Number
Email Address
Commission/Committee
of Interest
Park and Recreation
Education Dartmouth College (1979) and Boston College Law School (1982)
List your civic
affiliations and
community activities,
including service on
other commissions and
committees?
Long Term Partner and Leader at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.
Past member of Orrick Board. Past head of Orrick corporate group. Past head of Orrick Silicon Valley Office on Marsh Road.
Past head of diversity initiative at Orrick. Past CEO and founder of Joinder, a startup legal tech company sold to Brightflag.
Describe your
understanding of the
responsibilities of the
commission or
committee that you are
applying for and how
your personal,
community or
professional experience
relate to these
responsibilities?
Goal would be to optimize usage of Atherton facilities by Atherton residents and to enhance a sense of community. I am a former High School (2 years basketball, four years baseball and football) and College athlete (1 year baseball and three years rugby). 50 years of recreational tennis and 3 years of
recreational pickleball.
Describe why you want
to serve on this
commission and what
you hope to accomplish
as a member?
My objective would be to serve Atherton residents. I have time available to do so due to lesser commitments at Orrick--and would like to give back to the Atherton community after 35 years living in Atherton.
Additional Information
you would like to add?
I played tennis with my wife and kids at HPP for 20 years or so-- and am now playing pickleball in various communities--and would like to enhance the pickleball and tennis communities in Atherton. I also love the baseball diammond and play structure.
My toddlers used the playground for years--and my son played baseball for Menlo Atherton and went on to play at Dartmouth and is in their sports Hall of Fame.