Schuyler Hudak

Foundation Staff

Secretary

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. Schuyler grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area before attending UCLA and UC- Berkeley to study Political Science and Early American Literature.

Schuyler then worked for Mayor Gavin Newsom on education policy in San Francisco, building partnerships between the business, political and non-profit sectors to create a stronger public school system for the city. She has worked on numerous campaigns and initiatives throughout California and was a senior staffer to Governor Jerry Brown in his historic 2010 Gubernatorial Campaign.

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 Life Insurance Company, eventually managing sales and marketing in the Southern California sales office. John worked with CIGNA HealthCare of California before joining Mercer in...

Judy Guggenhime

Board Chair

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 mark as a board member of the San Francisco Education Foundation. Additionally, Judy has chaired the CORO Foundation Board and served as Co-Chair of the...

Michael Macbryde

Treasurer

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 also a Certified Public Accountant. He has over 28 years of experience providing auditing and business advisory services to a variety of organizations, including large...

Schuyler Hudak

Secretary

Pamela Baer

Member, Advisory Council

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 York City, then married and started a family in San Francisco. Pam has become a San Francisco-based community leader whose philanthropic work includes projects related...

George H. Clyde

Co-President, Advisory Council

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 that he was a partner with law firms in San Francisco and Hong Kong and a reporter/producer with the Center for Investigative Reporting, Inc. He...

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 B.A. from Williams College. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two toddlers.

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 in medicine and anesthesiology as well as a fellowship in critical care at UCSF. She was appointed Chief of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care at the...

Charles Charnas

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 at Boalt Hall at UC-Berkeley, where he served on the California Law Review and won an award for best brief in Moot Court. He practiced at Pillsbury...

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 on teleducation and telehealth for 1st responders He has been practicing law in California for over 30 years. Andrew spent 30 years as a prosecutor...

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 of healthcare investing experience, she focuses on medical devices and equipment, health care services and facilities, and digital health technologies. Melissa is a member of...

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 Medicine with the University of California, San Francisco. ZSFG is a 397-bed acute care hospital that is a key part of the San Francisco Health...

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 her clinical expertise, Dr. Giaraudo’s professional background includes the development, administration, and supervision of pediatric clinical programs, grant administration, and teaching. She is the founder...

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 been in this field for over 30 years starting and running companies and divisions, she says she finds it a tremendously rewarding and dynamic career....

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 – to customers, employees, media, influencers, and the broader community. The firm’s clients span a spectrum of industries and geographies, from health care, to education,...

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. He received his Ph.D. in molecular biology from the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England. As Chief of the Medical Staff...

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. He returned to complete an Ed.M in Human Development and Psychology from the Harvard School of Education in 2011. Since 2014, he has been the...

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 College of Medicine in Houston, he was awarded the AO-Jack McDaniel fellowship to visit trauma centers in St. Gallen, Hannover, and Berlin. Ted currently is...

Dionne Cruz Miller, MPH

Chief Operating Officer, Kaiser Permanente

Dionne is the Chief Operating Officer at Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center. She has more than 20 years of experience working in large health care systems. Prior to joining Kaiser Permanente, she held various leadership positions such as Chief Operating Officer at the Sutter Medical Center in Roseville; Chief...

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...

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 Medicare and Medicaid Services at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where he worked to implement provisions of the Affordable Care Act that...

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, a group of the firm’s most elite and respected advisors nationally and is also Court of the Table Qualifier of the Million Dollar Round Table,...

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 St. Louis, Missouri, USA. From 1977-1986 Bob practiced law in San Francisco, joined his wife, Valli Benesch’s family business, Fritzi California in 1986, became its co-chief executive officer in 1994, and co-chief...

Jonathan Tsao, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP

Principal, TSAO Design Group

Jonathan Tsao is the founder of TSAO Design Group and managing principal of the ﬁrm’s San Francisco oﬃce. Inﬂuenced by the design work of Robert A. M. Stern, Charles Gwathmey, and Romaldo Guirgola, Jonathan brings a distinct design signature to the work of the ﬁrm, which encompasses corporate, institutional, and...

Beth S. Veniar, CPA

Certified Public Accountant

Beth is the founder of the firm Beth S. Veniar, CPA, which provides tax consulting, planning, and compliance to businesses and individuals across a spectrum of industries. Beth’s professional career began at Ernst & Young, where she specialized in real estate taxation. A Certified Public Accountant, Beth chairs the Foundation’s...

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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 the country’s top public hospitals, the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. She oversees every aspect of the Foundation and works closely with...

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 San Francisco General Hospital Foundation. Prior to the Foundation, Rebecca worked for 14 years at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, where she...

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 Senior Grants Officer for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. He holds an MBA from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.