Local Staff
Amy Hewitt
Executive Director
Patty McCormac, RN
Senior Director, Programs
Lindsay Ward
Development Director
John Calender
Development Manager
Joe Grubbs
Development Manager
Celine Koh
Senior Program Manager
Doris Lew
Program Manager
Trina McManus
Operations & Administration Manager
Franco Reyna
Community Outreach Manager
Nina Sherpa-Pine
Director, Community Impact and Health Partnerships
Board of Advisors
Rick Barnett
Board Chair
President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
RJB Healthcare Advisors
Anne Barr
Immediate Past Board Chair, National NKF Board Member
President
Counterpoint Advisors Network
Hamoudi Al-Bander, MD
Nephrologist, Former President
Chabot Nephrology
Osama Amro, MD, MS
Chief of Nephrology
Swedish Medical Center
Tara Chang, MD, MS
Division Chief & Associate Professor of Medicine
Stanford University, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
Derrell Chapman
Global Director, Technology PMO
Lululemon
Parveen Coomar
Talent Acquisition Advisor
Capital Group
Michael Fell
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Call the Car
Tracy Y. Jonelis, MD
HealthCare Delivery Improvement Advisor, Nephrologist
Kaiser Permanente SF Medical Center
Sasha King
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Anatomy Financial
Luis Mayen
Vice President (VP), External Affairs & Strategic Partnerships
Donor Network West
Susanne Nicholas, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine & Clinical Hypertension Specialist in Division of Nephrology
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Margo Parks
Senior Associate Director, State Government Affairs
Boehringer Ingelheim
Robin M. Pearson, Esq.
Nominating Committee Chair
Attorney at Law
Brothers Smith LLP
Robin Reitzes
Retired Deputy City Attorney
San Francisco City Attorney’s Office
Todd Ungard
Vice President (VP), Global Client Solutions
Syneos Health
Bernadette Vincent
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Winners Circle Group of Texas
Mike Watts
President
Wasserman Group
Laura Williams, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer
Ardelyx