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Board of Directors

2013

  • William E. Oberndorf, Chair
  • Arthur Kern, Vice Chair


  • Andrew Ach
  • Barbara Bass Bakar
  • Nancy Hellman Bechtle Chair, Nominating Committee
  • Lynne Benioff, Chair, Marketing Committee
  • Faustino Bernadett, Jr., MD
  • Zachary Bogue
  • William K. Bowes
  • Brook H. Byers
  • Selina Gaw Cha
  • William H. Davidow
  • Dipanjan Deb
  • Kenneth T. Derr
  • Doris F. Fisher
  • Nanci Bakar Fredkin
  • Robert B. Friend
  • Andrew S. Grove, PhD, Honorary Director
  • Kathryn A. Hall
  • F. Van Kasper
  • Christine E. Lamond
  • Mary Vaughan Lester
  • Virginia Madden
  • George Marcus
  • Leigh Sherwood Matthes
  • Nan Tucker McEvoy
  • Nion McEvoy
  • Steven Merrill
  • Ellen Magnin Newman, Chair Emerita
  • Catherine H. Podell
  • Carmen Policy, Chair, Government Relations Committee
  • Jeanne Robertson
  • Kenneth T. Rosen, Chair, Real Estate Committee
  • Richard M. Rosenberg, Immediate Past Chair
  • Jaclyn Safier
  • Chara Schreyer
  • W. Clarke Swanson, Jr., Chair, Audit Committee
  • Myron E. Ullman, III
  • John S. Wadsworth, Jr.
  • Amanda M. Wallis
  • Debra Wetherby, Chair, Investment Committee
  • Diane B. Wilsey
  • Andrew Woeber
  • Gideon Yu

Foundation Officers

Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, President

Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, is Chancellor of the University of California, San Francisco and President of the UCSF Foundation. Desmond-Hellmann previously served as president of product development at Genentech, a position she held from 2004-2009. In this role, she was responsible for Genentech's pre-clinical and clinical development, process research and development, business development, and product portfolio management.

John Ford, Vice President

John B. Ford is Vice Chancellor of University Development and Alumni Relations at UCSF and Vice President of the UCSF Foundation. Ford leads efforts to raise philanthropic support for the university and medical center and oversees comprehensive programs in alumni relations. He has over 40 years of experience in development and has previously helped organize and successfully implement three campaigns with goals of more than $1 billion.

John Plotts, Treasurer

John Plotts is the Senior Vice Chancellor, Finance and Administration and Treasurer of the UCSF Foundation. Plotts is responsible for the planning, design and construction of new buildings, including those at Mission Bay, and for creating and funding their capital and operating budgets. He came to UCSF in January 2010 after 14 years at University of California’s Office of the President, where he was Assistant Vice President for Financial Management.

Steve Downs, Secretary

Steve Downs is Executive Director of University Development and Alumni Relations (UDAR) and Secretary of the UCSF Foundation. Downs is responsible for all financial and administrative services within the Development Office and the UCSF Foundation. In addition, he staffs the Investment and Audit Committees of the UCSF Foundation.