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Suresh Gunasekaran is president and chief executive officer (CEO) of UCSF Health, an internationally recognized health system that includes UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals, Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital and Clinics, UCSF Benioff Children's Physicians and the UCSF Faculty Practice. UCSF Health includes approximately 18,000 staff and physicians, maintains 1,290 beds, admits 41,000 patients and has over 2.5 million outpatient visits yearly, and has annual revenue of more than $5 billion.

Leadership Theory

Introduction to Clifton Strengths 

Interactive session 

Alleysha Mullen is a strength-orientated coach, speaker, and facilitator. As a Learning and Organization Development Consultant at UCSF, Alleysha is devoted to unlocking potential. This includes partnering with executives to solve organizational challenges, creating leadership development opportunities for individual contributors, and encouraging everyone to embrace their innate talents and abilities. Alleysha holds a bachelor of science degree in organizational leadership and a graduate degree in industrial and organizational psychology.

Clifton Strengths  Results 

Team Assignments 

Dec  15th 2022

Erik Wieland is the Associate Director for IT Content Management and Communications. Erik started his career at UCSF in 1997, providing desktop and phone support to the Department of Medicine. After administering servers, developing websites, and managing operations, he became IT Services Director in 2006. He joined UCSF IT in 2013 and acted as a customer engagement manager and solutions architect before becoming an application and product manager. In 2015 Erik helped found the Tech LDP and has been a co-chair and a mentor for the program. Erik has a deep and abiding interest in professional development and mentorship. He is a graduate of and an advisor to the School of Medicine Leadership Development Program. He serves on the Administrative Management Professionals Mentorship Committee and is a member of the IT DEI Champions Team. He has spoken on the topics of professional development, networking, staff career management, and strategic technology partnerships to conferences and groups across the U.S.

Alissa Porter is the Director of Clinical Systems Training. She's been at UCSF for 12 years, first starting as a practice manager and then joining the Epic team in 2010. She's used StrengthsFinder for many years to help grow her team's capabilities and enhance their professional development. 

What’s Psychological Safety?

• In her book, The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth, Amy C. Edmondson broadly defines Psychological Safety as a climate in which people are comfortable expressing and being themselves. It is the belief that the work environment is safe for interpersonal risk taking and workers feel able to speak up with relevant ideas, questions or concerns.
  • Read: You can read a summary of the book (attached).
  • Think: Psychological Safety is a characteristic of a group, not an individual. Reflect on a team (work or other) in which you have experienced psychological safety, and one in which you haven’t. What leadership factors contributed to their respective states of psychological safety?

• In his book “The Four Stages of Psychological Safety,” Timothy R. Clark defines Psychological safety to be a condition in which you feel (1) included, (2) safe to learn, (3) safe to contribute, and (4) safe to challenge the status quo—all without fear of being embarrassed, marginalized, or punished in some way.
  • Read: You can read a summary of these stages here.
• Think: The four stages of psychological safety are: Inclusion Safety; Learner Safety; Contributor Safety; Challenger Safety. What leadership strategies have you observed from your supervisors or colleagues that have made you feel 1) welcome and accepted on the team, 2) encouraged to engage in learning, 3) invited to contribute ideas in discussions, and 4) free to offer alternative perspectives?
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Dr. Maggie Beers is the inaugural Associate Chief Information Officer for Education at the University of California, San Francisco, and is committed to ensuring equitable and inclusive access to the technology infrastructure, systems, and services needed to support the UCSF Education mission. Previously, Maggie was at San Francisco State University, where she was the Executive Director for Academic Technology, the Assistant Vice President for Teaching and Learning, and led the Center for Equity and Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CEETL). Throughout her 30+ years in public post-secondary institutions in the US, Canada, Spain, and France, Maggie has been a strong advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion and has developed deep expertise in positive leadership development, the optimization of online and classroom technologies and services, and universally inclusive approaches to instructional design and video and multimedia production.

Feb 16th, 2023

Jenn Chan serves as Senior Manager for the UCSF Program Management providing leadership to a team of consultant-coaches who work on continuous improvement (CI) initiatives and projects. As consultant/coach/program manager she enjoys supporting leaders and departments to leverage Lean, as a philosophy and management system, to support people development while solving problems; fostering and building a CI culture. Jenn has been working at UCSF for over 15 years with prior experience at SF Department of Public Health and local community based organizations.

Berna Declet is a Program Manager, Lean Practitioner and Coach with the UCSF Program Management Office. Prior to joining UCSF in 2019, Berna worked in biotech and pharmaceutical companies as a facilitator and project manager for continuous improvement . At UCSF, she enjoys facilitating and teaching the Lean Learning Program courses such as Lean Fundamentals, coaching teams for Value Improvement (VI) and Active Daily Engagement (ADE), and supporting teams who are implementing process improvement projects and change management.

How to have difficult conversations

Ellen Goldstein, MA, CO-OP has served as the Director of the Office of the Ombuds since 2020 after 8 years of providing Ombuds services at UCSF. Ellen earned her Master’s degree in Social Psychology, trained as a volunteer mediator in 2007, and is a Certified Organizational Ombuds Practitioner. She has been at UCSF since 1988, starting with a focus on collaborations and linking research to the community and governmental partners at the AIDS Health Project and the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies. In 1993, Ellen then helped launch and then managed the Community Engagement and Health Policy Program of the Clinical & Translational Science Institute. With a background as a program manager, researcher, and course lecturer, Ellen brings a commitment to individual coaching, facilitation, and bridging the gap between diverse stakeholders. Her work includes helping individuals and teams navigate challenging situations by building or restoring trust and exploring options that meet people’s goals for moving forward

April 20th, 2023

Tanya Jansen is a UC Berkeley graduate and an award-winning communications and outreach professional, with 20 years in communications including overlooking strategic communications, events, public relations, and more to meet the needs of various stakeholders and their audiences, ranging from employees to students and the public. Her background includes IT communications at UC Berkeley, managing communications and marketing for the Bay Area’s 511 program, as well as leading communications and outreach campaigns at UCSF. She has the technical, yet charismatic business demeanor to connect with stakeholders and to effectively drive change in audiences.

Ki Lai leads the development, implementation, and ongoing operation of an enterprise-wide data strategy aligned with UCSF's institutional priorities supporting the education, research, and care mission areas. He collaborates with a broad array of leaders across UCSF in further enhancing access to and use of data and analytics, including appropriate data governance, stewardship, and innovation in a manner that meets the unique needs across the institution's mission areas. Before joining UCSF, Ki served as Chief Data Officer for UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX. He holds a BS and MS in Industrial Engineering from the University of Oklahoma.

• Leading change through dynamic times and circumstances 
• Working through staff turnover and burnout
• Getting leaders and groups on board with specific initiatives  

Sheila Antrum is the Senior Vice President/Chief Operating Officer of UCSF Health.

In her role, Sheila serves as an integral member of the UCSF Health System’s executive leadership team. She plans, directs, and evaluates all core operational functions in a matrixed oversight of the four UCSF Health entities (Adult Services, Benioff Children’s Hospitals, Faculty Practice Organization, and the Affiliate Network) as well as oversees clinical and support services for the enterprise. In collaboration with physician leadership, she designs the operational strategies and infrastructure to support the continuum of patient care.

Sheila has worked for UCSF four times in various clinical and leadership positions, such as Service Line Administration, Chief Nursing Officer, and President of the Adult Hospital. Prior to returning to UCSF in 2007, Sheila was Chief of Ambulatory Operations at the University of California San Diego Medical Group, where she was responsible for operations, quality and fiscal management of all medical group and hospital-based clinics, including facilities, resource scheduling, and ambulatory clinical system deployment. Sheila also served as the clinical division administrator for Gastroenterology in the Department of Medicine at Penn and started her career as an ICU nurse at some of the nation’s leading hospitals including the University of Michigan, Yale, Johns Hopkins, and UCSF Medical Center.

Harold R Collard, MD, MS

 As vice chancellor for Research, Collard oversees and stewards UCSF's research mission. Deeply committed to advancing UCSF’s research mission, Collard previously served as associate vice chancellor of Clinical Research and director of UCSF’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute. In this role, he helped to position the University as a leader in the NIH’s national consortium of clinical research institutions and developed programs to support the needs of its clinical trialists and biospecimen-based researchers. During this time, Collard also helped lead the UCSF research community through the early phases of the SARS CoV-2 pandemic, advocating strongly for their needs.

As a professor of Medicine and Health Policy, Collard has written seminal articles on the epidemiology, natural history, and management of interstitial lung disease, and is an internationally recognized clinical researcher. Collard has trained dozens of clinical and translational research fellows, a number of whom are now leading academic research programs in interstitial lung disease around the world.

Catherine Lucey, MD, a key campus leader who has been instrumental in UCSF’s success over the past decade, has been named executive vice chancellor and provost, beginning in January 2023.

As vice dean for education and executive vice dean of the School of Medicine, Lucey has helped oversee every aspect of UCSF’s mission: education, patient care, research and public service. She is a practicing physician, a leading national voice on medical school education and a key member of the leadership group under Dean Talmadge E. King, Jr., MD.

Joe Bengfort is the Senior Vice President of Information Technology, Chief Information Officer at UCSF Health, as well as an Associate Vice Chancellor at UCSF. His responsibilities span across the university and UCSF Health, including research, education, administration, as well as strategic information technology (IT) initiatives. At UCSF, he leads IT information and analytics, financial and human resources core systems, infrastructure, operations, customer support services, and security. He represents UCSF at UC to establish strategy and tactics to protect data, systems, and university and health system operations.                                                  

Bengfort joined UCSF in 2011. He worked for 22 years at Perot Systems, where he held a broad range of senior leadership positions, including the management of client relationships and service delivery at Parkland Hospital, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Triad Hospitals, and Stanford Health Care. He has a bachelor of science in electronic engineering technology from Texas A&M University.

Photo credit Barbara Ries 

ERIN S. GORE   

Senior Vice Chancellor, Finance and Administration   

University of California San Francisco   

Erin S. Gore 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. She joined UCSF in February 2022, drawn to its mission and people.   

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 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. 

Our 2022/2023 project presentations will be August 25th 1:00 - 4:00 PM 

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This was an opportunity for our new cohort of mentees to meet and greet potential mentors. Chance to learn about each other in hope to make the ultimate match and maximize mentorship experperience in the coming year.

Key skills: 

• Networking 

Tom Chen has been with UCSF since 2007 and transitioned to Network Infrastructure team in 2012. He is overseeing network operations with HCL partnership, focusing on KTLO, and proactive on team development while improving internal and external team/vendor cohesiveness through process improvement. Tom is also an alumnus of the Tech Leadership and Development Program.

Armanda Edwards-Newman Technical Project Coordinator, Info Tech Services, LDP Alumni

Armanda is a Technical Project Manager at the University of California, San Francisco in Information Technology. She brings over 19 years of successful management in high technology environments. 

A strong advocate of diversity, equity and inclusion, Armanda participates in and leads multiple efforts to encourage, educate and cultivate communities where differences can thrive. Interests include Tech Leadership and Development Program, Co-Chair, Black Caucus Scholarship Committee, Chair, Women In Technology at UCSF, Member

Keynote speaker  

Leadership connections and doing the right thing  

Mark R. Laret is President and Chief Executive Officer of UCSF Health, an internationally recognized health system that includes UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals, more than 950 beds, nearly 2 million outpatient visits, and annual revenue of over $5 billion. Read more about Mark here.

A Matter of Values 

CliftonStrengths 
(Previously known as: StrengthsFinder 2.0);  

Team Bonding Activity 

Jonathan Meyers is the Business Applications Director of Clinical Systems. He has been with UCSF since 1997. Before joining Clinical Systems in 2010, as one of the original members of the APeX implementation team, he had roles with Learning Services, Executive Health, and Medical Group Billing Services. Jonathan has a deep interest in the practice of leadership.

Alissa Porter is the Director of Clinical Systems Training. She's been at UCSF for 12 years, first starting as a practice manager and then joining the Epic team in 2010. She's used StrengthsFinder for many years to help grow her team's capabilities and enhance their professional development. 

Creating and leading effective teams 

• Mentee results 
• One leader’s discussion on her journey, strengths, and how CS and Maslow’s hierarchy of needs combine for leadership support 

Alissa Porter is the Director of Clinical Systems Training. She's been at UCSF for 12 years, first starting as a practice manager and then joining the Epic team in 2010. She's used StrengthsFinder for many years to help grow her team's capabilities and enhance their professional development. 

Pamela Hudson, RN 

Prior to her retirement in July 2020, Pam was the Chief Integration Officer UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital. Pam had responsibility for facilitating the physician integration and alignment within the Benioff Children’s Hospital (BCH) enterprise.

During her career with the University of California San Francisco, Pam served in a a variety of different roles. Prior to joining BCH Leadership, she was the Chief Information Officer for Canopy Health - Accountable Care Network serving the Bay Area. Canopy Health is a limited Knox-Keene Health Plan and formed thru a joint venture between the University of California San Francisco, John Muir Health and four bay area IPAs. Canopy Health has 13 health systems participating in the network. Prior to her assignment at Canopy Health, Pam led operations/people readiness effort for the opening of UCSF’s Mission Bay Medical Campus, a $1.5 billion investment for the University. The Mission Bay Medical Campus is comprised of a 283 bed Women, Cancer and Pediatric hospital with an associated Medical Office building in the heart of San Francisco’s Bio-Medical Research district, as well as led the design/ implementation of the EMR (Clinical, Finance and Research) for University of California San Francisco enterprise. 

Prior to joining the University of California San Francisco, Pam work in London with the National Health System, Kaiser Permanente/Permanente Medical Group and several consulting firms leading large programs/initiatives. Pam began her healthcare career at Stanford Medical Center as a pediatric/neo-natal intensive care nurse.

Erik Wieland is the Associate Director for IT Content Management and Communications. Erik started his career at UCSF in 1997, providing desktop and phone support to the Department of Medicine. After administering servers, developing websites, and managing operations, he became IT Services Director in 2006. He joined UCSF IT in 2013 and acted as a customer engagement manager and a solutions architect before becoming an application and product manager. In 2015 Erik helped found the Tech LDP and has been a co-chair and a mentor for the program. Erik has a deep and abiding interest in professional development and mentorship. He is a graduate of and an advisor to the School of Medicine Leadership Development Program. He serves on the Administrative Management Professionals Mentorship Committee and is a member of the IT DEI Champions Team. He has spoken on the topics of professional development, networking, staff career management, and strategic technology partnerships to conferences and groups across the U.S.

The panel discussion was a chance for us to learn more directly from key leaders at UCSF Health. We heard from our speakers about their personal leadership journeys, overcoming challenges, and what keeps them grounded. 

Skills/Learnings: 

• Real examples of leadership journeys 
• How our leaders were impacted by events in 2020 
• How our leaders overcame personal hurdles 

Sheila Antrum is Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at UCSF Health. She ensures that the operations of patient services across the health system align with UCSF Health's vision and strategic objectives. She oversees strategic implementation of UCSF Health's affiliations, finances, quality and safety for adult patient services across UCSF Health's locations and affiliates on the west side of the bay, and has matrixed responsibilities for operations in children's and cancer services. Nursing, clinical services, facilities, supply chain, major construction projects, pharmaceutical, women's services, and perioperative services report to her. 

Antrum has been with the University of California for more than two decades. She recently served as Chief Nursing and Patient Care Services Officer for UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco and previously worked at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center and the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine. She holds a bachelor's degree in nursing from Hampton University and a master's in health services administration from the University of Michigan School of Public Health. 

Corey Jackson, JD is the Senior Vice President of Human Resources for UCSF Health and the Associate Vice Chancellor of Human Resources for UCSF. He oversees all human resources functions to support talent management across UCSF's academic, research, administrative, and clinical departments. He is charged with strengthening UCSF's ability to attract, develop, and retain the diverse talent necessary to be a leader in patient care and the world's preeminent health sciences innovator and to make the organization the best place to work. 

Jackson previously was Executive Vice President and Chief Talent Officer at Parkland Health & Hospital Systems in Dallas, Texas. At Parkland, he evolved the human resources environment from a task-oriented, people management function to a talent management department dedicated to supporting the entire employee life cycle, from recruitment to retirement. Before his position at Parkland, he was Vice President for Compliance, Diversity and Ethics at George Mason University, Director of Diversity and Inclusion at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and a legislative counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives. Jackson holds a juris doctor from the University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida, and a bachelor of science from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Virginia. 

Shelby Decosta is Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at UCSF Health as well as President of the UCSF Health Affiliates Network. She is responsible for leading and executing strategic planning and business development for UCSF Health. As the chief strategy officer, she oversees relationship and network development for the health system, as well as concierge and executive health, managed care, and marketing and branding. As President of the UCSF Health Affiliates Network, she is responsible for executing each contract, managing these relationships, and ensuring their successful operational alignment with UCSF Health strategic priorities. 

Decosta joined UCSF Health in 2015. She previously was Senior Vice President of Mergers, Acquisitions and Partnerships at Trinity Health in Michigan. She also served in various strategic planning roles at Dignity Health in San Francisco and Nevada and at Southern California Permanente Medical Group (Kaiser Permanente). Decosta received her master's degree in healthcare administration and a bachelor of science in health promotion and disease prevention/health policy and management, both from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. 

Dr. Hill spoke with us about the history of diversity at UCSF and the opportunities we still have to grow. 

Key learnings: 

• Diverse teams are more innovative 
• Ideas for advocacy 

LaMisha Hill, PhD (pronouns: she, her, hers) is the Director of the MRC. Originally from the Chicago-Land Area, Dr. Hill moved to the west coast to complete a doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology at the University of Oregon. Dr. Hill holds over 6 years of experience in higher education and has supported students at two UC campuses. Most recently, she completed a post-doctoral fellowship in psychology at UC Berkeley’s Counseling and Psychological Services. Prior to moving to the Bay Area, Dr. Hill completed a pre-doctoral internship at the Counseling Center at UC Riverside. 

Dr. Hill’s professional experiences include providing direct clinical services to graduate and undergraduate students, engaging in outreach with campus partners, group facilitation, and program development/evaluation. She holds expertise in college student mental health, multicultural counseling, and assessment. Dr. Hill was the recipient of a 2014 UC Berkeley Spot Award for her service with The Mentoring Center (an Oakland based non-profit that supports youth of color). 

Dr. Hill is passionate about advocacy, education, equity, and mentorship and strives to support students with navigating the complexities of a university system. Professionally, she is dedicated to multiculturalism, diversity, and supporting underrepresented communities. Dr. Hill is honored to join the Office of Diversity and Outreach under the leadership of Dr. Renée Navarro. 

Introduction to A3 (Lean tools) 

Key learnings: 

• Problem identification and resolution 

Pierre Brickey is the IT Director for Strategy. He has been with UCSF for ten years with a focus on improving operational performance, quality and efficiency, aligning business goals with IT solutions, and program management. He is also a strong advocate of change, innovation, and transformation within the UCSF IT enterprise as well as an A3 thinking practitioner. 

Problem identification and resolution 

Key learnings: 

• Product management - solutions are a product  
• Skill focus (look at team strengths)  
• Skill focus - product backlog and definition 
• Case study 

Dana Adams is a Technical Program Manager in UCSF IT Web Services, overseeing agency services and coordinating technical and production efforts on a broad array of websites. Since joining UCSF in 2017, he has worked on ucsf.edu, campaign.ucsf.edu, medicine.ucsf.edu, it.ucsf.edu, and several dozens of smaller website projects as well. With an emphasis on customer value and utility, Dana applies agile and commitment-based management techniques to deliver projects efficiently. 

Before joining UCSF, Dana worked as the head of product for a silicon valley agency and ran his own digital communications shop for many years before closing in 2012. Dana has been working in web and technical project leadership since 1998. 

Judy Lewenthal Daniel is the Content Program Manager for the Web Services team within IT Content Management and Communications. Judy was a news, business, and technology magazine writer and editor until the Internet created space for content. She brings a dozen years of B2B and B2C tech and healthcare client services experience to her role at UCSF. In her tenure at UCSF she drives content program, strategy, governance, and editorial expertise for the Jumpstarts consulting practice as well as large, strategic initiatives including the IT and HR website redesigns. Judy is a make-stuff-happen pro, who’s committed to making UCSF a great place to work through building a strong, diverse network of peers. She’s a member of the Committee on the Status of Women and has completed the UCSF DEI Champion training. Judy brings her whole self to work: high standards, collaborative approach, and a sense of humor.

Public speaking 

Key learnings: 

• Presentation prep 
• Anxiety 
• How to practice, recording yourself, video taping 
• Storytelling 

Alleysha Mullen is a strength-orientated coach, speaker, and facilitator. As a Learning and Organization Development Consultant at UCSF, Alleysha is devoted to unlocking potential. This includes partnering with executives to solve organizational challenges, creating leadership development opportunities for individual contributors, and encouraging everyone to embrace their innate talents and abilities. Alleysha holds a bachelor of science degree in organizational leadership and a graduate degree in industrial and organizational psychology.

Effective listening 

 
Key learnings: 

• Effectively providing and receiving feedback 
• Coaching for leadership and inspiring team 

Ellen Goldstein, MA, CO-OP was appointed the Director of the University of California San Francisco Office of the Ombuds on July 1, 2020 after 8 years of providing Ombuds services in the office. Ellen earned her master’s degree in social psychology, trained as a UCSF volunteer mediator in 2007, and is a certified organizational ombuds practitioner. Her work includes helping individuals and teams navigate challenging situations by building or restoring trust and exploring options that meet people’s goals for moving forward. She has had several careers while at UCSF, starting in 1988 with a focus on linking research to community and governmental partners in HIV/AIDS at the AIDS Health Project and the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies. After service on the EVCP Gene Washington’s Task Force on Community Engagement, Ellen helped launch and then managed the Community Engagement and Health Policy Program of the Clinical & Translational Science Institute. As a facilitator, researcher, manager, and TICR course lecturer, Ellen brings a commitment to individual coaching, facilitation, and bridging the gap between diverse stakeholders.

Flexibility as a leader in the time of COVID 

Key learnings: 

• Creating and leading effective teams 
• Effective situational communication 
• Flexibility and problem solving during COVID - lessons learned as a leader 

Jamie C. Phillips is the Chief Operating Officer at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. She has extensive years of diverse health care administration experiences with leading-edge health care delivery systems and organizations, including Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Trinity Health System, Novi, Michigan, Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center, and OhioHealth Corporation.

Ms. Phillips earned her master’s degree in healthcare administration from The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. She earned a bachelor of science from Ohio University in healthcare administration with minor in business administration. Jamie Phillips serves as an adjunct professor in Health Administration at Franklin University. Mrs. Phillips is an active fellow with American College of Healthcare Executives.

Jamie completed the Columbus United Way Project Diversity and Greater Cincinnati Urban League Leadership Development Programs. She was a recipient of the YMCA Black Achiever Award in Cincinnati, Ohio and Ohio Diversity and Leadership Multicultural Leadership Award. She served as a mentor for the Big Brother and Big Sister School-Based Program. Ms. Phillips is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

Kay Burke is the Chief Nursing Informatics Officer at UCSF Health. Kay has navigated a progressive path in nursing leadership, informatics, analytics, and solutions delivery in healthcare settings. She currently has oversight of all nursing informatics activities, capabilities, and initiatives across the UCSF Health System. She’s led informatics teams across Magnet-accredited academic medical centers, including MUSC in Charleston, South Carolina and CHOP in Philadelphia.  Her clinical background is in pediatrics as well as adult cardiology. Her informatics career has focused on technology selection, design and implementation, strategy development in informatics and analytics plans, and complex nursing projects and systems that support efficiency and effectiveness. 

Jane Wong has been with UCSF since 2005 with various roles. She implemented the PeopleSoft Research Administration System as her first assignment. Then she led the Campus Administrative Systems team that includes financials, HR/payroll, research administration, faculty administrations, and timekeeping. Her portfolio expanded to infrastructure: network, compute, identity, web, and finance.    

Prior to UCSF, she grew up at PeopleSoft while it was a startup, doing various roles from product development to product strategy, Customer Support to QA. Prior to her departure and after Oracle’s acquisition, she was leading the Quality Engineering and Sustaining Engineering teams. Being hands on and doing various roles provided her with the foundation to try different things and expanded her horizon.     

Jane's biggest learning is, “One cannot be complacent with their work. There should always be new things to learn; otherwise, is time to move on!" 

Sam Hawgood MBBS, a renowned researcher, professor, academic leader, and pediatrician, has been Chancellor of UCSF since 2014. Recognized for his strong leadership as Dean of UCSF School of Medicine from 2009 to 2014 and brief tenure as Interim Chancellor, Hawgood was selected after a national search as UCSF’s 10th Chancellor. He reports to UC President and the UC Board of Regents. Today, Hawgood, the Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Distinguished Professor at UCSF, oversees a multi-billion-dollar UCSF enterprise, which is the top public recipient of research funds from the National Institutes of Health, a nationally-ranked medical center, and San Francisco’s second-largest employer of more than 30,000 faculty and staff. Read more about Chancellor Hawgood here. 

Joe Bengfort is the Senior Vice President of Information Technology, Chief Information Officer at UCSF Health, as well as an Associate Vice Chancellor at UCSF. His responsibilities span across the university and UCSF Health, including research, education, administration, as well as strategic information technology (IT) initiatives. At UCSF, he leads IT information and analytics, financial and human resources core systems, infrastructure, operations, customer support services, and security. He represents UCSF at UC to establish strategy and tactics to protect data, systems, and university and health system operations.                                                  

Bengfort joined UCSF in 2011. He worked for 22 years at Perot Systems, where he held a broad range of senior leadership positions, including the management of client relationships and service delivery at Parkland Hospital, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Triad Hospitals, and Stanford Health Care. He has a bachelor of science in electronic engineering technology from Texas A&M University. 

Heidi Collins is the Vice President for Clinical Systems at UCSF Health. She drives transformational change by aligning diverse stakeholders and organizing complex operational concepts into step-by-step execution plans. Her background in healthcare finance, information technology, and operations allows her to intuitively see across domains in the organization and pull seemingly unrelated threads into a cohesive vision and strategy. She is an authentic leader who uses a straightforward and even-handed style to coalesce efforts around the institutional mission. Respected as a credible voice in thoughtful decision making, strategic execution, and establishing sound operating principles, Heidi is known for her attention to detail and ability to execute on multiple fronts. 
 
Currently, as Vice President of Clinical Systems at UCSF Health, a 1000+ bed multi-hospital academic health system, Heidi oversees clinical and business information systems across multiple business units and affiliate operations. She led the integration of Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland’s technology platforms and electronic health record into the overall health system, including overseeing the harmonization of more than 2000 workflows across the Children’s enterprise. Currently, her efforts are focused on redefining the IT operating model within the health system to help drive more rapid and agile transformation of operations. 

Russ Cucina, MD, MS is the Vice President of Health Informatics, Chief Health Information Officer for the UCSF Health System, and Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine. In addition to his clinical practice, he is responsible for the clinical executive leadership of UCSF’s analytics, software, and information infrastructure to advance the missions of UCSF and its partners.