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Sam Karp

Sam Karp is vice president of programs at the California HealthCare Foundation. He is responsible for leading the programmatic and grantmaking activities of the Foundation's three priority areas: Innovations for the Underserved, Better Chronic Disease Care, and Market and Policy Monitor.

Karp previously served as the Foundation's director of health information technology and as the chief information officer.

Prior to joining CHCF, Karp served as the founder and chief executive officer of HandsNet, Inc., a national nonprofit technology intermediary. He previously directed a large community health and nutrition organization in Santa Cruz, California, where he pioneered the development of integrated service delivery systems for low-income children, families, and the elderly. Karp has been active in a variety of nonprofit organizations as well as state and national campaigns and has consulted internationally.

Karp chairs the board of directors of the California Food Policy Advocates, is a board member of Grantmakers in Health, and is an advisory board member of the Center for Information Technology Leadership at Partners Healthcare System.

Karp received a bachelor's degree from Washington and Jefferson College.

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