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Janis MacKenzie

Board Chair

Founder & President, MacKenzie Communications For more than 30 years, Janis has led a successful marketing and communications agency that helps organizations and individuals communicate...

Charles Charnas

Board Secretary

Community Leader Charles earned his bachelor’s degree, with a double major in comparative literature, with honors, and economics, at Stanford and earned his law degree...

Melissa Chadwick-Dunn

Board Treasurer

Portfolio Manager, RS Investments Melissa is a Portfolio Manager at RS Investments, an Affiliate of Victory Capital, and manages $15 billion of growth equity assets....

Pamela Baer

Lifetime Director

Community Leader Pam Baer is a native Texan who graduated from the University of Texas in Austin with a marketing/finance degree. Pam started her career...

George H. Clyde

Lifetime Director

Community Leader George led the effort to create the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation in 1993 and chaired the Foundation’s Board in its formative years....

Judy Guggenhime

Lifetime Director

Community Leader Judy previously worked for Election Central, an independent nonprofit organization providing results to the news media in Houston. Moving to San Francisco, she...

Deborah Anderson Bialis

Co-Founder, FertilityIQ Deborah Anderson-Bialis is the co-founder of FertilityIQ, the leading online fertility resource. Deborah received a J.D. from University of California Berkeley Law School,...

Maria Ansari, MD

Chief and Chief of Staff of Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco Medical Center and former Chief of Cardiology Maria Ansari is the physician in chief and...

Simone Balch

Regional Director of Business Development, Cambridge Associates Private Client Practice Simone Balch is a Regional Director of Business Development for Cambridge Associates Private Client Practice. Based...

John H. Bell

Principal, Mercer (US) Inc. John earned a BA in Economics from Furman University in Greenville, SC. He began his insurance career in 1983 as a...

Howard Chi

COO, San Francisco SPCA Howard Chi is currently the COO of San Francisco SPCA. For over 20 years, Howard has led multi-million dollar brands and...

Andrew Clark

President, Strategic Aid Partnerships Andrew graduated from Saint Mary’s College and the University of San Francisco School of Law. He is the President of Strategic...

Susan P. Ehrlich, MD, MPP

Chief Executive Officer, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Dr. Ehrlich is the Chief Executive Officer of the Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital...

Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, MPH

Vice Dean, UCSF School of Medicine at ZSFG Dr. Fuentes-Afflick has been a UCSF faculty member since 1993. She is Professor and Vice Dean for...

Hemal Kanzaria, MD MSc

Associate Professor, UCSF Department of Emergency Medicine; Affiliate Faculty, PRL Institute of Health Policy Studies; Medical Director, Department of Care Coordination; Zuckerberg San Francisco General...

Suzanne Giraudo, PhD

Health Commissioner, San Francisco Health Commission Dr. Giraudo is a psychologist and is the Clinical Director of the California Pacific Medical Center Department of Pediatrics...

Kimberley Goode

Chief Communications and Social Impact Officer, BMO Financial Group Kimberley Goode thrives on tackling tough challenges and developing the talent needed to address them. She currently...

Schuyler Hudak

Founder and CEO, Cor Media Schuyler is the Founder and CEO of Cor Media, a global news network based in San Francisco that is redefining...

Matthew Kinsella

Venture Capital, Partner, Maverick Ventures Matt joined Maverick in 2005 and was responsible for the public software investment effort through 2014, with a particular focus...

Jenna Lim

Founder and CEO, TRIVAD, Inc. Jenna is the founder and CEO of TRIVAD, Inc., a high-end, global Solutions Provider, specializing in architecting and designing IT...

Neda Ratanawongsa MD, MPH

Chief Medical Informatics Officer of SFDPH and Professor of Division of General Internal Medicine and the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations Neda Ratanawongsa, MD, MPH,...

Michael Macbryde

Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Mike served as a non-board volunteer on the Finance and Audit Committees since 2014. He has expertise in the insurance/medical and non-profit fields...

James D. Marks, MD, PhD

Chief of Performance Excellence, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Dr. Marks received his medical degree from UCSF, where he also completed residencies in Internal Medicine and...

Andrew McCollum

CEO, Philo Andrew attended Harvard College, taking time off as part of the founding team of Facebook, and graduating with an AB in Computer Science...

Theodore Miclau, III, MD

Lifetime Director

Vice Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Ted completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel...

Elizabeth Minick

Managing Director, San Francisco-East Bay Market Executive at Bank of America Liz Minick is the San Francisco-East Bay Market executive at Bank of America leading...

Indu Navar

Founder, EverythingALS Over the past 20 years, Indu has experience in being Co-founder/CEO of software companies and taking them through successful exits, strategic partnerships and...

Ellen Magnin Newman

Ellen Newman Associates Ellen is the founder of Ellen Newman Associates and has developed products and marketing strategies for diverse clients such as Dole Corporation,...

Candace Sue

Head of Academic Relations, Chegg Inc. Candace A. Sue is head of Academic Relations at Chegg, Inc. In this role, she works to engage and...

Bob Tandler

Co-CEO, Fritzi Realty; Co-Managing Partner, Tehama Partners Bob, a native of St. Louis, Missouri, received his B.A. (1973) and J.D. (1977) from Washington University in...

Foundation Staff

Kim Meredith

Chief Executive Officer

Kim Meredith is Chief Executive Officer of the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation and acts as the chief strategist, fundraiser, and advocate for one of...

Gerry Chow

Chief Financial Officer

Gerry Chow joined the Foundation in 2015. Previously, he served as Vice President of Finance and Risk Management for Goodwill Industries of San Francisco, and...

Rebecca Schuett

Chief Development Officer

Rebecca has more than 18 years of experience working in philanthropy in the Bay Area and currently serves as the Chief Development Officer at the...

Paul Rose

Chief External Relations and Communications Officer

Prior to joining the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation, Paul was a partner at Lighthouse Public Affairs, where he worked with clients on communications and...