Ellen Magnin Newman

Foundation Staff

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, McKesson Corporation, Neiman Marcus, Lord and Taylor, and Max Mara and Wells Fargo. She is a founding member of the Retail Management Institute at the University of Santa Clara and currently serves on the Board of the Foundation of City College and the San Francisco Symphony.

Ellen is committed to helping the community and is a Co-Founder and past Chairman Emerita of the University of California San Francisco Foundation. She is also Founding Member and Past President of the University Art Museum at UC-Berkeley and a past member of the Advisory Council at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.

Our Team

Board of Directors

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John H. Bell

Board President

John earned a BA in Economics from Furman University in Greenville, SC. He began his insurance career in 1983 as a financial analyst for Aetna...

Charles Charnas

Secretary

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

Bob Tandler

Treasurer

Bob, a native of St. Louis, Missouri, received his B.A. (1973) and J.D. (1977) from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. From 1977-1986 Bob...

Pamela Baer

Lifetime Director

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

George H. Clyde

Lifetime Director

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

Judy Guggenhime

Lifetime Director

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

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, and a...

Sue Carlisle, MD, PhD

Vice Dean, UCSF School of Medicine at ZSFG

Sue earned her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where she was also inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. She completed her residencies...

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 Aid Partners–a 501(c)(3) nonprofit–focused...

Melissa Chadwick-Dunn

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. With over 20 years...

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 and Trauma Center, and a Professor of...

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 Child Development Center. In addition to...

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 news for the next generation....

Jenna Lim

Founder and CEO, TRIVAD, Inc.

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

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 and is...

Janis MacKenzie

Founder & President, MacKenzie Communications

For more than 30 years, Janis has led a successful marketing and communications agency that helps organizations and individuals communicate with clarity, authenticity and impact...

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 Anesthesia and a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine....

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 in 2007....

Theodore Miclau, III, MD

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 Hill. After finishing an orthopaedic trauma fellowship at the Baylor...

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, McKesson Corporation, Neiman...

John K. Noonan

Community Leader

John is the managing partner of LifeForce Capital. Previously, John served as a Senior Advisor in the Office of the Secretary and at Centers for...

Alex Rosenblatt, CLTC

Wealth Management Advisor, Northwestern Mutual

Alex currently serves as a Wealth Management Advisor at the San Francisco office of Northwestern Mutual. He is a member of the Northwestern Mutual Forum,...

Foundation Staff

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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...

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...

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...