Maria Ansari, MD

Board of Directors

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 chief of staff for Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco Medical Center, where she oversees the outpatient and inpatient care delivery in an integrated health care model for a population of over 240,000. She is a cardiologist who specializes in heart failure. She serves on the board for The Permanente Medical Group, the largest physician led medical group in the country. Her focus has been on medical education and equitable health care. She has fostered partnerships with the SF department of public health and was the medical director of the Moscone Mass Vaccine Hub, which was the largest COVID vaccine distribution center in California in 2021. Maria completed her cardiology fellowship at UCSF where she remains an assistant clinical professor of medicine. Prior to that, she received her training at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor for Biology, Medicine, and Internal Medicine. She lives in San Francisco with her family where she raised her 2 children and enjoys running in the Presidio.

Our Team

Board of Directors

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...

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....

Howard Chi

Board Secretary

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...

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...

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...

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...

Rodney A. Fong

President & CEO, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Rodney A. Fong is a native San Franciscan and a third-generation owner of the world-famous Wax Museum...

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...

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...

Cristina Huezo

Vice President, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Cristina is Vice President at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), the philanthropic organization founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Dr. Priscilla...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Janet Wojcicki, PhD, MPH

Adjunct Professor, Pediatrics, UCSF Dr. Wojcicki is an anthropologist and epidemiologist with an expertise in early life risk factors for the development of obesity and associated...

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 20 years of experience working in philanthropy in the Bay Area and currently serves as the Chief Development Officer at the San Francisco...

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...