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 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

Janis MacKenzie
Board President

Charles Charnas
Board Secretary

Melissa Chadwick-Dunn
Board Treasurer

Pamela Baer
Lifetime Director

George H. Clyde
Lifetime Director

Judy Guggenhime
Lifetime Director

Simone Balch

John H. Bell

Deborah Anderson Bialis

Howard Chi

Andrew Clark

Susan P. Ehrlich, MD, MPP

Hemal Kanzaria, MD MSc

Suzanne Giraudo, PhD

Kimberley Goode

Schuyler Hudak

Matthew Kinsella

Elizabeth Minick

Neda Ratanawongsa MD, MPH

Jenna Lim

Michael Macbryde

James D. Marks, MD, PhD

Andrew McCollum

Theodore Miclau, III, MD
Lifetime Director

Ellen Magnin Newman

Bob Tandler
Foundation Staff

Kim Meredith
Chief Executive Officer

Gerry Chow
Chief Financial Officer

Rebecca Schuett
Chief Development Officer

Paul Rose
Chief External Relations and Communications Officer

Saeed Mirfattah
Chief of Staff

Alice He
Assistant Controller

David Yu
Senior Accountant

Allison Arden
Director of Development, Major and Individual Gifts

Melissa Moore
Director of Development, Institutional & Corporate Giving

Damian Bass
Director of Events

Jenna Casey
Associate Director of Communications

Helene Sims
Associate Director of Events

Quinn King
Associate Director, Donor Relations

Tiffany Liu
Associate Director, Grants and Program

Joey Castaneda
Corporate Partnership Manager

Jessie Lee
Development Manager, Grants and Administration

Beth Ferreira
Gift Compliance Manager

Marissa Filice
Database and Donor Information Manager

Aileen Flores
Development Associate

Kaeya Patel
Marketing and Communications Associate

Alyssa Angeles
Bookkeeper