Learn About Pepperdine's New Board of Regents Member Anna Mergele

Pepperdine University has appointed attorney and philanthropist Anna Mergele to the Board of Regents, the legal governing body and chief policy board of the University. 

An esteemed attorney with a passion for humanitarian work, Mergele is deeply connected to the greater Washington, DC, area. Her work as an attorney includes tenure at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Resolution Trust Corporation, the US Department of the Interior, and American Insurance Association. 

Since leaving law practice, Mergele has focused her energies philanthropically, sitting on the boards of Jill’s House and Good Shepherd Alliance. Other philanthropic endeavors include involvement with Best Buddies International, Bishop John T. Walker School for Boys, Christian Legal Society, Iowa State Fair Blue-Ribbon Foundation, Religious Freedom Institute, Together We Rise, Unlikely Heroes, and Washington National Cathedral.

Mergele now resides in Florida with her husband, Carl, CEO of Stats Perform. Their son, Ethan (MDR ’24), is a recent graduate of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University’s Caruso School of Law.