https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/05/03/stanford-provost-persis-drell-steps-down-after-six-years/

STANFORD — University provost Persis Drell will be stepping down as the university’s chief academic officer and chief budget officer in the fall quarter after six years on the job, according to a Wednesday announcement.

Drell, a physicist and former director of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, became provost in February 2017. She will continue to be a member of the Stanford faculty and plans to remain active in teaching this fall, the university said. President Marc Tessier-Lavigne will appoint a successor.