Local Staff
Amy Hewitt
Executive Director
Patty McCormac, RN
Senior Director, Programs
Celine Koh
Program Manager
Doris Lew
Community Outreach Coordinator
Board of Advisors
Rick Barnett
Board Chair
Former President & CEO
Satellite Healthcare
Anne Barr
Immediate Past Board Chair
CIO
Brown & Tolland
Hamoudi Al-Bander, MD
Nephrologist
Chabot Nephrology
Osama W. Amro, MD, MBBCH
Nephrologist
Swedish Medical Center
Christine Hartley, RN, MS, ACNP-BC
Administrative Director
Solid Organ Transplant Destination Service Line
Stanford Health Care
Tracy Y. Jonelis, MD
Chair of Nephrology Chiefs
The Permanente Medical Group
Chief of Nephrology Services
Kaiser Permanente SF Medical Center
Sasha King
Chief Marketing Officer
CareDx
Audrey Kitzke
General Manager
Upside Down Wine l Kitzke Cellars
Mike Kuczkowski
Founder & CEO
Orangefiery
Luis Mayen
Vice President, Strategic Partnerships & Business Development
Donor Network West
Sa’ed Nemr, MD, FACP, FASN
Transplant Nephrologist
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children’s Hospital
Robin M. Pearson, Esq.
Nominating Committee Co-Chair
Partner & CEO
Pearson and Schachter
Robin Reitzes
Deputy City Attorney
San Francisco City Attorney’s Office
Todd Ungard
VP & Chief Commercial Officer
Relypsa, Inc
Bernadette Vincent
President & COO
Satellite Healthcare
Laura Williams, MD, MPH
Senior Vice President, Global Therapeutic Strategies and Patient Advocacy
Ardelyx