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      The California Health Care Foundation is an independent, nonprofit philanthropy that works to improve the health care system so that all Californians have the care they need.
      
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      The California Health Care Foundation is an independent, nonprofit philanthropy that works to improve the health care system so that all Californians have the care they need.
      
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Board of Directors

Chair

Carolina Reyes

Associate Clinical Professor, Maternal Fetal Medicine, School of Medicine, UC Davis Health*

President

Sandra R. Hernández

President & Chief Executive Officer*

Board Members

David Carlisle

President and CEO, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science

Deborah Deas

Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences and Pam Rubin Dean of the School of Medicine, University of California at Riverside

Zoila D. Escobar

Senior Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer, AltaMed*

Liz Gibboney

Former CEO, Partnership HealthPlan of California*

Mark Laret

President and CEO (retired) University of California San Francisco Health*

Melvin Lindsey

Founder and Managing Partner, Nile Capital Group*

Kristin Torres Mowat

Partner, Health Velocity Capital

*Photos: Karen Santos
See a list of former members of the CHCF Board of Directors.

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