Sandra R. Hernández, MD

Sandra R. Hernández, MD, is chief executive officer of The San Francisco Foundation, a community foundation serving the five San Francisco Bay Area counties. One of the largest community foundations in the nation, its mission is to mobilize resources and act as a catalyst for change to build strong communities, foster civic leadership, and promote philanthropy. Bringing together donors and building on community assets through grantmaking, leveraging, public policy, advocacy, and leadership development, The San Francisco Foundation addresses community needs in the areas of community health, education, arts and culture, neighborhood revitalization, and environmental justice.

Dr. Hernández currently serves on the boards of Blackbaud, Inc., a leading provider of software and online services for the nonprofit community, the Lucille Packard Children's Hospital, Foundation Consortium, Corporation for Supportive Housing, National Alliance for Hispanic Health, and the California Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, which is the governing body for California's Children's Health Insurance Program. Her prior affiliations include President Clinton's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Healthcare Industry, The Pew Commission on Environmental Health, American Foundation for AIDS Research, Grantmakers in Health, the Institute of Medicine's Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance, and Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government Executive Session on Philanthropy.

Dr. Hernández is a graduate of Yale University, Tufts School of Medicine, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Prior to becoming CEO for the Foundation, she served as the director of public health for the City and County of San Francisco. She is an assistant clinical professor at UCSF School of Medicine and maintains an active clinical practice at San Francisco General Hospital in the AIDS clinic.