Speaker Profile
Dr. Sandra R. Hernández
Dr. Sandra R. Hernández, MD, is chief executive officer of The San Francisco Foundation.
Dr. Hernández is a graduate of Yale University, Tufts School of Medicine, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Prior to becoming CEO of the Foundation she served as the director of public health for the City and County of San Francisco. She is an assistant clinical professor at UCSF School of Medicine and maintains an active clinical practice at San Francisco General Hospital in the AIDS clinic.
Dr. Hernández currently serves on the boards of the Council on Foundations, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Corporation for Supportive Housing, and the National Alliance for Hispanic Health. She is also a trustee of the Western Asbestos Settlement Trust, and a member of the Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Implementation of Antiviral Medication Strategies for an Influenza Pandemic.
Her prior affiliations include President Clinton's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Healthcare Industry; the Pew Commission on Environmental Health; the Foundation Consortium for California's Children and Youth; Grantmakers in Health; American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR); the Volunteerism Project; Stern Grove Festival Association; the Institute of Medicine's Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance; Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government Executive Session on Philanthropy; Blackbaud, Inc., a leading provider of software and online services for the nonprofit community; the Latino Community Foundation, a supporting organization of The San Francisco Foundation; and the California Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, which is the governing body for California's Children's Health Insurance Program.
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