Of Counsel to Jones Day, a law firm, and a Co-Director of Executive Education Programs at Stanford University School of Law. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International. He is also a Director of the Investor Responsibility Research Center Institute and the National Association of Corporate Directors. He served as a principal of American Partners Capital Group, a venture capital and consulting firm, from 1996 to 1998. From 1986 to 1996, Mr. Koppes held several positions with the California Public Employees' Retirement System, including General Counsel, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Deputy Executive Officer. Mr. Koppes was also a Director of Mercy Healthcare, Sacramento, a non-profit hospital system, from 1994 to 2001 and General Counsel of the California State Department of Health Services from 1977 to 1986.