Blue Ribbon Panel Member Directory
The "Blue Ribbon" panel was created under the guidance of Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier and the Director of Public Health, Mitch Katz, MD as part of an inclusive public-private planning process that will ensure that California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) continues to bear its appropriate share of responsibility for the health care needs of all San Franciscans.
| Chair: | |
| Steven Shortell, PhD | Dean of the School of Public Health at the University of California at Berkeley |
| Vice Chair: | |
| Rt. Rev. Marc Andrus | California Episcopal Diocese |
| Facilitators: | |
| Rev. John Golenski, EdD | Executive Director, George Mark Children’s House |
| Co-Facilitator: | |
| Nancy Shemick, MPA | Shemick and Associates Health Care Consultants |
| Confirmed Panelists: | |
| Michela Alioto-Pier | Supervisor, District Two, San Francisco Board of Supervisors |
| Damian Augustyn, MD | CPMC Chief of Medical Staff |
| Kenneth Barnes, MD | Savestlukes.org |
| Kevin Barnett, DrPH, MCP | Senior Investigator Public Health Institute |
| Dan Bernal | District Director for Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House |
| Ed Chow, MD | Chinese Community Health Plan and SF Health Commissioner |
| Catherine Dodd, PhD, RN | Deputy Chief of Staff for Health and Human Services |
| Steve Falk | President & CEO, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce |
| Cheryl Fama | Executive Director, Peninsula Health Care District |
| Anna Eng | Senior Organizer, Bay Area Organizing Committee |
| Jean Fraser | Former CEO San Francisco Health Plan |
| Roma Guy | MSW, Former President of the Health Commission, designee to the Blue Ribbon Panel by Supervisor Tom Ammiano |
| Louis J.Giraudo | Co-Founder and Principal of GESD Capital Partners |
| John Gressman | President & CEO , of the San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium |
| Sandra Hernandez, MD | President, San Francisco Foundation |
| Mitch Katz, MD | Director, Department of Public Health |
| Edward Kersh, MD | St. Luke's Medical Staff Representative |
| Paul Kumar | Administrative Vice President, United Health Workers (SEIU) |
| David Lawrence, MD | Former CEO of Kaiser Permanente |
| Michael Lighty | Director of Public Policy, California Nurses Association |
| Gabriel Metcalf | Executive Director, San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association |
| Anthony Miles | CPMC Board Member |
| Jacob Moody | Bayview Hunters Point Foundation |
| Bob Morales | Labor Leader, 350 Secretary General |
| Laura Norrell, MD | Medical Director, St. Luke’s Women’s Center, designee to the Blue Ribbon Panel by Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier |
| Tim Paulson | Executive Director, San Francisco Labor Council |
| Bob Prentice | Board member, Bernal Heights Neighborhood Community Center |
| Anthony Wagner | Former VP of the National Labor Management Partnership, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan |
| Jim Wunderman | CEO, Bay Area Council |
