Board Resumes

Sutanto Widjaja
President

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Mr. Widjaja is a Portfolio Manager at Symphony Asset Management, LLC.   Prior to joining Symphony, Mr. Widjaja was Manager of Finance at Wine.com, an analyst in investment banking at Robertson, Stephens & Co. and an analyst at Accenture.  He is the co-founder of Fundamental Applied Biology, a startup launched at Stanford University.  Mr. Widjaja holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley, and he received an M.B.A. from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.  Mr. Widjaja joined the Board of Directors of SFPHF in 2003.

Daniel A. Cody

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Daniel A. Cody is an Attorney with Reed Smith, LLP in San Francisco. Prior to joining the San Francisco branch of the law firm, Mr. Cody was with the Washington, D.C. branch of the firm. In his capacity of Attorney, Mr. Cody councils and advises clients made up of a wide range of health entities concerning a wide range of matters including complex Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement and coverage issues. In addition to council for clients in federal and state corporate practice, he councils clients regarding compliance and investigations involving federal and state fraud and abuse law. Prior to his current position, Mr. Cody was an administrator and legal Intern with the National Health Law Program, a public interest law firm in Washington, D.C. Mr. Cody received His Juris Doctor from William and Mary School of Law. He has been a board member since 2005.

Cynthia A. Gomez Ph.D.

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Dr. Gomez is Director, Health Equity Initiatives, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs & Professor, Department of Health Education at the University of California, San Francisco. She has been with the University since 1991.  Prior to her various positions at UC San Francisco, she worked in a variety of health positions in several cities in Massachusetts.   Dr. Gomez is widely published and serves with many national, regional, state and locals organizations and associations.  She received her B.A. in psychology from Boston University, her Ed.M. in Counseling and Consulting Psychology from Harvard University and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Boston University.
Dr. Gomez recently joined the Foundation’s board of directors in 2007.

Randy Wittorp

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Randy Wittorp is Director of Public Affairs for Kaiser Permanente's San Francisco Service Area. Mr. Wittorp manages community and government relations, community grants, event marketing, communications and media relations. Prior to joining Kaiser Permanente, Mr. Wittorp worked as a spokesman for the US EPA covering the Southwest Region from 1997 to 2001. He also served as a Public Information Officer for the Bay Area Air Quality District from 1991 to 1997, focusing on outreach and education programs aimed at reducing air pollution. Mr. Wittorp received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from San Francisco State University and trained in crisis communications through the California Office of Emergency Services.

Arthur Weiss

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Arthur Weiss was a Portfolio Manager at Group G Capital Partners from 2005 through 2008, where he managed the firm’s distressed debt fund. Before joining Group G, Mr. Weiss spent more than three years as a credit analyst at Severn River Capital and Symphony Asset Management. Prior to business school, he was an associate at private equity firm Seven Hills Partners and spent two years as an investment banking financial analyst at Credit Suisse. Mr. Weiss received his MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, holds a B.S. in Accountancy from the University of Illinois and is a CPA. He joined the Board of Directors of SFPHF in 2009.

Anne Kronenberg

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Ms. Kronenberg is the SFDPH Deputy Director of Health for Administration and Policy. She has been with the Health Department for 13 years, serving in a number of capacities including Director of External Affairs, Public Information Officer and Liaison to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Prior to working with SFDPH, Ms. Kronenberg was the Director of the San Francisco Mayor's Criminal Justice Council from 1991-94.  Ms. Kronenberg was appointed to the state Board of Podiatric Medicine in 1998 and served as the President and Vice President during her 6 year tenure. She chairs the Board of Supervisor's Single Room Occupancy (SRO) Task Force.  Ms. Kronenberg serves as the representative from SFDPH Director's Office to SFPHF Board of Directors.

Lisa Hammann

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Lisa Hammann is the Director of Managed Care Marketing at Genentech in South San Francisco. During her career at Genentech, she has held positions in brand marketing, value-based program development, and market planning. Prior to Genentech, Ms. Hammann worked at GeneSage, a genetic health services start-up, as well the Pacific Business Group on Health and the Institute for Health Policy Studies at UCSF. Ms. Hammann has a Bachelor of Arts in English from Yale University and a Master of Health Services Administration from the University of Michigan. Ms. Hammann joined the Board of Directors of SFPHF in 2008.

Danielle Nolan

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Danielle Nolan is a Sales & Marketing Executive with Ernst & Young, LLP.
Ms Nolan has an extensive marketing background working with major companies that include General Electric & Toshiba America Information Systems. She has her Bachelors degree inn Economics and Political Science and a MBA from University of California, Irvine. Ms Nolan volunteer work includes Environmental Travel Companions, Team In Training - Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly. Ms. Nolan joined the Foundation's board of directors in 2006.

Steven Tierney, Ed.D.

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 Dr. Tierney is the Deputy Executive Director of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.  From 2000 to2005, he was director of HIV Prevention with the San Francisco Department of Health for five years.   He has held several positions related to Health and HIV issues since 1993.  Dr. Tierney has been a lecturer and Instructor with the Graduate Schools at Northeastern University, Boston University and San Francisco State University and an instructor for the HIV Certificate Program at San Francisco City College. Dr. Tierney earned his Ed.D. from Northeastern University and a Post-Graduate Certificate in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy from Boston University.  Dr. Tierney joined the board of and currently represents the Health Commission on the Board of Directors of SHPHF.

Carol Newkirk
Executive Director

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Ms. Newkirk has been the Executive Director of SFPHF since its inception in 1990. Her primary career was as Executive Director with five YWCAs for 28 years.  Before semi-retiring, she held interim executive positions with six other nonprofit organizations.   As a consultant, Ms. Newkirk coordinated the San Francisco Liz Claiborne Domestic Violence Public Awareness Campaign, facilitated board and staff development, held training and strategic planning sessions, and coordinated small and medium sized special events.   She received her B.S. in Social Work and Psychology at Fresno State College and her M.S. in Planning/Community Development from Lone Mountain College.  She has been a volunteer for many nonprofit agencies including the Board of Directors of the United Way of the Bay Area.  

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