As committed volunteers, they represent the community’s constituents: neighborhood residents, grateful patients, physicians, corporate partners and others who have a keen interest in making San Francisco a healthy place to live and work. They share a passion for a vibrant community and a healthy civic life.
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Deanna Berzins, CFP, is a Senior Portfolio Manager with TIAA, FSB, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Deanna has over 20 years of asset management experience. Deanna earned her BS in Mathematics/Applied Economics from UCLA, and Personal Financial Planning Certification from UC Berkeley. She has been active with a variety of organizations, including Meals on Wheels and Junior Achievement.
Board Chair
Matt Brady recently joined the Citibank Private Bank as managing director and regional market manager for Northern California and the Pacific Northwest. Before joining Citi, Matt served as regional managing director for the Wells Fargo Private Bank in the San Francisco and northern California market. In that role he led a 200-person team which conducted the combined banking, investment, and brokerage business for Private Bank clients in one of Wells Fargo’s largest offices. Matt began his career as an attorney in New York City specializing in tax matters and has spent over 20 years in the northern California area advising high net worth families, public and privately held companies, and charitable organizations. Prior to Wells Fargo, Matt worked at firms including Robertson Stephens, Lehman Brothers, Barclays Bank, and Deutsche Bank. Matt has an A.B. degree, cum laude, from Princeton University and graduated from Stanford Law School, where he was a note editor on the Stanford Law Review. Matt has published a number of articles on various wealth management and planning topics and is an experienced speaker. He has presented at conferences including the Institutional Investor Integrated Wealth Management Forum, the Stanford/SVCF Conference on Charitable Giving, the Hawaii Tax Institute, the Northern California Planned Giving Council, and the High Tech Tax Institute. He is currently serving as chair of the Saint Francis Foundation, which supports health care and welfare in San Francisco.
Board Vice-Chair
A Senior Consultant with over 20-years experience in the banking and financial industries, Michele leads the US expansion of the Global Asset Management Executive Search practice in the US for Hanover Search Group, partnering with industry leaders and top-tier asset management firms across the US to find the highest caliber talent. She is a key contributor to the Hanover Search Diversity & Inclusion agenda, creating a strategy to grow capabilities, understanding and culture, as well as advise clients.
Elizabeth Johnson is a veteran in the Financial Services Industry since 1996. For the past 23 years, she has worked with Financial Advisor Professionals in Northern California with an areas of focus that includes, ESG Portfolio Management and Construction, Sustainable and Responsible presentations, Wealth Preservation, Tax Advantageous Investments and Institutional Portfolio Management. Her most recent position held was Executive Director at Morgan Stanley. Elizabeth is a Chartered Socially Responsible Investment Consultant and graduate of the University of Washington in Seattle. In her spare time, she enjoys charitable work for a variety of Bay Area organizations, travel and parenting her daughter.
Laurette Slawson Hartigan brings over 20 years of experience in international finance, venture, and technology. Ms. Hartigan is a strategic CFO who advises and invests in Silicon Valley companies in new media, health tech, cleantech and fintech. Laurette holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, a B.A. in International Political Economics and a Minor in French from University of California, Berkeley. Laurette is active in various non-profit organizations including the President’s Leadership Council of The Asia Foundation.
Will retired in 2020 from AXA IM Rosenberg Equities after working there for nearly 30 years. During that time, Will served in several roles including CEO Europe, Chief Investment Officer Americas, and a Director of Research. Will earned an MBA in Finance from Wharton Business School and a BA with distinction in Mathematics from Swarthmore College.
Brandon Kline is Deputy Attorney General at the Office of the Attorney General, California Department of Justice. A lifelong higher education advocate, Kline previously served in leadership roles with the University of California, as well as San Francisco State University, where he launched the SF Rebound Institute Legal Clinic. Kline earned his JD and LLM degrees from Lewis & Clark Law School, where he was awarded an Energy Law Fellowship with the Green Energy Institute. In 2016, Kline was named as a Presidential Leadership Scholar, a unique leadership development organization launched by former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. He is admitted to practice law in California and Washington.
Secretary
Aneesh Krishna is a partner at McKinsey & Company and the North America Co-lead for Healthcare Transformations. He is currently a member of the board of Project Open Hand and for five years was a principal at Booz & Company, a global strategy consulting team. Aneesh graduated with an MBA in the top tenth percentile from the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley.
Noriko Lim-Tepper is the Chief of Staff to the President of San Francisco State University. Prior to her current role, she was the Director of Government and Community Relations for the University and has led federal and state advocacy efforts for the campus.
Before her arrival at SF State, Noriko was a senior field representative to California State Assemblyman Phil Ting and was an aide to former Assemblyman Tom Ammiano and former State Senator Carole Migden. During her tenure in the Legislature, she worked on the advancement of LGBTQ+ rights, housing, transportation, immigration, and educational issues.
Noriko received her Doctorate of Education from the University of Southern California, a Masters’s in International and Multicultural Education, and a Bachelor’s in Political Science from the University of San Francisco.
Frank Malin, MD, has been a member of the active medical staff at Saint Francis Memorial Hospital for over 30 years. He has held a number of staff positions, as well as served on the Hospital’s Board of Trustees. Frank is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, American College of Cardiology, and the American Heart Association. Frank received both his BA and his MD from the University of Minnesota.
Nili is a Co–Founder and current General Counsel of Vinyl Interactive, LLC. Nili earned her B.A. with honors in political science and psychology from Boston University, Boston, MA. Afterwards, she went on to receive both her Juris Doctorate and an MBA with a concentration in Law from Golden Gate University in San Francisco, CA, and was admitted to the State Bar of California in 2004.
Sotha Saing came to the United States at the age of five as a Cambodian refugee. She was raised and attended school in San Francisco. She has always had a passion for serving the community and by the age of nineteen, she founded Accounting Paramedics. The main mission of the company was to help people become successful business owners. She inspired and encouraged many by bringing out their entrepreneur spirit which enabled them to provide financial stability to their families. As a Finance Consultant, Sotha brings over 25 years of global financing, investment, operation, compliance, auditing, taxation, and leadership experience along with a venture lending, leasing, banking and a technological industry background. She is a graduate of Women’s Initiative and has been awarded by the San Francisco Mayor’s office with the Women Business Achievement Recognition Award for the Empowerment of Businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Sarita Satpathy, MD is a hospitalist providing acute inpatient care with Vituity and Kentfield Rehabilitation Hospital, and is a practicing physician for both Facebook and Silverado Hospice. She serves as a board member on the SF Marin Medical Society and as the Board Chair for Saint Francis Foundation’s annual fundraiser Wine Women & Shoes. Dr. Satpathy received her BA in Psychology from University of Texas, Austin, her MA in Public Health from San Jose State University and her medical degree from St. George’s University.
Dr. Jeff Taylor, is a Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine and Stanford Sports Medicine. In his clinical practice, Dr. Taylor specializes in the provision of behavioral health care services for members of the LGBTQ+ community and high-performance athletes. He received his doctorate in Clinical Psychology from The Wright Institute, and completed his postdoctoral training at Stanford University School of Medicine and the Palo Alto VA Medical Center. Dr. Taylor is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, where he played Division I Tennis.
Treasurer
Aneal leads financial planning and analysis for Mapbox. Previously, he was the founding member of Guidewire’s corporate development group, focusing on acquisitions, finance, sales and analysis. He began his career as an analyst at Union Square Advisors. Aneal has a BS in Finance from Santa Clara University, where he played Division I tennis. He is currently Co-Chair of the Saint Francis Foundation Associates.
Dr. Heidi Wittenberg, MD, is an experienced urogynecologist and reconstructive pelvic surgeon in San Francisco who works exclusively with trans patients. Dr. Wittenberg received her training in transgender surgery at one of the highest volume transgender surgery centers in the U.S. and is now the director of MoZaic Care. She obtained her Bachelors in Genetics at the University of California, Berkeley, and has a Masters Degree in Applied Physiology and a Medical Degree from the Chicago Medical School.
