Committees

Governing Board

Our Governing Board is made up of physicians, members, and representatives from hospitals and clinics, most of whom are appointed by the SF Board of Supervisors. The Governing Board decides on major policies and oversees the administration of San Francisco Health Plan.

The Governing Board of the San Francisco Health Plan meets from 12:00pm to 2:00pm on the first Wednesday of January, March, May, September, and November, with a special meeting in late June to approve the budget. Meetings are held at our administrative offices at:

San Francisco Health Plan
50 Beale Street, 12th Floor
P.O. Box 194247
San Francisco, CA 94119

Agenda and printed meeting materials are available for inspection at the same location in addition to the San Francisco Health Plan website.

Governing Board Members:
  • Steven Fugaro, MD, (Chair of SFHP Governing Board)
  • Roland Pickens, Director and CEO, DPH (Vice-Chair of SFHP Governing Board)
  • Eddie Chan, PharmD, President & CEO, NEMS
  • Norlissa Cooper, PhD, MS, RN: ZSFGH and Trauma Center
  • Deneen Hadley, Chief Contracting Officer, UCSF Health & VP, Health Plan Strategy
  • Johanna Liu, MBA, President & CEO, SFCCC
  • Adina Safer, MBA
  • Greg Wagner, Chief Operating Officer, DPH
  • Jian Zhang, DNP, MS, FNP-BC, CEO, Chinese Hospital
Governing Board Meetings

Finance Committee

The San Francisco Health Plan Finance Committee is composed of five members of the San Francisco Health Plan Governing Board. The Finance Committee provides direction to the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer on a broad variety of fiscal and budgetary issues. The Finance Committee monitors the health plan’s financial operations, investment income, reserve levels, annual financial audit and overall financial soundness. It is responsible for review and approval of the health plan’s annual budget for recommendation to the full Governing Board. The Finance Committee typically meets one hour prior to the full Governing Board meeting.

Finance Committee Members:
  • Eddie Chan, PharmD, President & CEO of North East Medical Services
  • Greg Wagner, CFO, San Francisco Department of Public Health
  • Steven Fugaro, MD, Medical Society Chair
  • Emily Webb, MPH – Director of Community Health Programs, California Pacific Medical Center
Finance Committee Meetings
Agenda Minutes
January 2024
November 2024
September 2023
June 2023
May 2023
March 2023
January 2023
November 2022
September 2022
June 2022
March 2022
January 2022
November 2021
September 2021
June 2021
May 2021
April 2021
March 2021
January 2021
November 2020
September 2020
June 2020 June 2020
May 2020 May 6, 2020
March 2020 March 2020
November 2019 November 2019
September 2019 September 2019
June 2019 June 2019
May 1, 2019 May 2019
March 2019 March 2019
January 2019 January 2019

Any documents distributed to the majority of the Board Members regarding any agenda item for an open session after the agenda has been posted will be available for public inspection during regular business hours, Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm.

We encourage you to use the SFHP website to access Governing Board and Finance Committee meeting materials. Members of the public may request to be mailed a copy of the agenda and board materials, which is subject to a fee that equals the cost of mailing and preparation. If you wish to have the Governing Board agenda and/or materials mailed to you, please contact Valerie Huggins at 1(415) 615-4235 or by email.

Meetings are accessible to people with disabilities. Individuals who may require any accommodations (alternative formats — i.e., large print, audio, translation of meeting materials, interpretation, etc.) to participate in this meeting and wish to request an alternative format for the agenda, meeting notice, and meeting packet may contact Valerie Huggins at 1(415) 615-4235 or by email.

Notification at least one week before the meeting will enable us to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to the meetings and to the related materials.

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