Our Work
The University of California, San Francisco Foundation and its volunteer
Board of Directors support UCSF’s core mission of advancing health worldwide
by raising money for the University.
Gifts from private donors keep UCSF among the top health sciences
universities in the world by helping us attract and retain the best students
and faculty members, make groundbreaking discoveries, and deliver
compassionate care.
In fiscal year 2024, 30,678 generous donors gave a total of $799.9 million to the UCSF Foundation.
The UCSF Foundation:
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encourages and manages donations from alumni, friends, companies, and
foundations to all of UCSF’s schools.
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ensures that gifts are used in strict accordance with donors' wishes.
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manages donated assets through the not-for-profit UCSF
Foundation Investment
Company.
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administers gifts through UCSF’s Office of University Development and
Alumni Relations, which handles communication with donors.
UCSF Board of Directors
2024-25 UCSF Board of Directors
Philip Hammarskjold, Chair
Dana Emery, Vice Chair
Neeraj Arora
Andrew Ballard
Allison Bhusri
Susan Bloch
Pete Briger
Huifen Chan
Connie E. Chen
Fred Cohen
JP Conte
Phyllis Coulter
Dipanjan Deb
Stephanie DiMarco
Kathryn Hall
Kenneth Hao
Andre Iguodala
Roger Kuo
Nellie Levchin
Rebecca Lin
Divesh Makan
Meyer Malka
Ian McKinnon
Diane Morris
Joyce Newstat
Paul Paradis
Ruchi Sanghvi
Lydia Shorenstein
Shahan Soghikian
Distinguished Directors
Barbara Bass Bakar
Todd Carter
William H. Davidow
Sameer Gandhi
Carl Kawaja
Richard Kimball
George Marcus
Carmen Policy
Jaclyn Safier
Lifetime Directors
Lynne Benioff
Brook H. Byers
Doris F. Fisher
William E. Oberndorf
Joan Weill
Diane B. Wilsey
Founding Chair
Ellen Magnin Newman, Lifetime Director
Foundation President
Sam Hawgood, Chancellor
Foundation Vice President
Erin Hickey, Vice Chancellor of University Development and Alumni Relations
UCSF Foundation Investment Company
David Harkins, President
Kathryn Hall, Board of Directors Chair
Committee Chairs
Andrew Ballard: Audit, Compliance, and Risk Management Committee Chair
Dana Emery: Development Committee Chair
Joyce Newstat: External Affairs Committee Chair
Ian McKinnon: Finance Committee Chair
Pete Briger/Fred Cohen: Innovation and Partnerships Committee Co-Chairs
DJ Deb: Nominating and Governance Committee Chair
Fred Cohen/Catherine Lucey: Student and Faculty Committee Co-Chairs
Paul Paradis: Real Estate Committee Chair
UCSF Foundation Officers
Sam Hawgood, MBBS, President
Sam Hawgood, MBBS, is the chancellor of the University of California, San
Francisco and president of the UCSF Foundation. He previously served as dean
of the UCSF School of Medicine and vice chancellor for medical affairs. In
addition to his distinguished career at UCSF, where he also was chair of the
Department of Pediatrics and associate director of the Cardiovascular
Research Institute, Chancellor Hawgood has an international reputation in
neonatology research.
Erin Hickey, Vice President
As the head of University Development, Ms. Hickey designs and directs
fundraising strategies in support of the entire University, including
UCSF’s hospitals and clinical and research programs.
Ms. Hickey has extensive experience creating and managing strategies that
have secured multiple seven-, eight- and nine-figure commitments from some
of the most notable donors in philanthropy. Since 2016, Hickey served as
assistant vice chancellor of development for children's health at UCSF,
where she helped accelerate fundraising for programs and research for UCSF
Benioff Children’s Hospitals. Under Ms. Hickey's direction, the children’s
health enterprise increased its annual fundraising revenue by more than 20%.
In that role, she was one of the executives on the team that managed UCSF:
The Campaign, the largest capital campaign in the University’s history,
which raised $6.2 billion, surpassing its goal by almost 24 percent. She was
appointed vice chancellor in 2021.
Ms. Hickey joined UCSF in 2007 as the lead consultant and campaign manager
for the $500+ million fundraising campaign for the UCSF Medical Center at
Mission Bay. Prior to her role with UCSF, she worked as a consultant with
CCS, the largest fundraising consulting firm in the country. Ms. Hickey
earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Oregon.
Paul Velaski, Secretary
Mr. Velaski is chief financial officer of UCSF Foundation, executive
director of Gift Policy, and Accounting and secretary of the UCSF
Foundation. He oversees acceptance, accounting, and reporting of all gifts
made to UCSF through the foundation and ensures that policies related to
gifts are up to date and in compliance. He has more than 25 years of
experience in nonprofit accounting, development, and investment management
for large national and international organizations. Mr. Velaski also serves
as a staff liaison to the foundation’s audit committee and is a certified
public accountant licensed in California.
Gardner Trimble, Assistant Secretary
Mr. Trimble is executive director of Gift and Endowment Planning in the
Office of University Development and Alumni Relations and assistant
secretary of the UCSF Foundation. He oversees planned giving within the
development office and the UCSF Foundation. In addition, he currently serves
as an interim member of the foundation’s Investment Committee and Audit
Committee.
Erin S. Gore, Treasurer
Erin S. Gore, MPA, serves as the senior vice chancellor of Finance and
Administration at UCSF, where she directs and facilitates highly complex
initiatives and engagements to advance health locally, regionally,
nationally, and globally since February 2022.
She is a seasoned executive with more than 20 years of experience in
financial strategy at Fortune 100 Companies and top ten universities. Prior
to joining UCSF, Gore was the executive vice president of Growth
Initiatives, Strategy and Communications with Wells Fargo Bank. She led in
the areas of strategic planning and modeling, public relations, policy
development, capital planning, change management, crisis communications, and
financial and treasury management. Her expert knowledge of financial
management and administration was grounded in leadership principles and
experiences gained as the associate vice chancellor and chief finance
officer for the University of California, Berkeley. There, she specialized
in operating budget development and implementation, capital project planning
and budgeting, debt financing and treasury responsibilities, sponsored
research administration, and general administration in collaboration with
faculty, staff, students, deans, administrators, and Regents.
An Oakland native, Gore earned a Master of Public Administration degree from
Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs and her
Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of
California, Los Angeles. She is an active member in her community and
dedicates her expertise to multiple deserving boards and non-profit
organizations.
Joseph Calger, Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Calger is the associate vice chancellor of Central Development
Services. He serves as the chief operating officer for the Office of
University Development and Alumni Relations, providing leadership to the
budget and operations, gift and endowment policy and accounting,
prospect development, gift administration, annual giving, and
information systems and technology areas. Mr. Calger has more than 30
years of experience in advancement services at major private and public
universities and health care organizations.