Vision
San Francisco Office of Health Equity advances the SFDPH vision of San Francisco becoming the healthiest place on earth, by supporting SFDPH to address health disparities & health inequities to protect and promote equitable health for all San Franciscans.
Mission
We advance health equity and transform systems by mobilizing community power through Collaborative leadership, data-driven decision-making, capacity building, and continuous improvement.
Values
- Racial and Social Equity:
- We recognize that systems, policies & practices must be transformed to eliminate racism and other injustices to achieve health equity.
- Community Power:
- We incorporate the expertise of communities and aim to support their capacity to partner with multi-sector systems to achieve healthier futures.
- Accountability:
- We build trust with communities, partners, and staff by owning historic harms, practicing transparency, and challenging the status quo.
Our Approach to Advancing Health Equity
- We work collaboratively with internal and external partners to address the root causes of health disparities and inequities.
- We facilitate racial and social equity goal setting and monitor progress within SFDPH.
- We create equity tools to embed health equity considerations into SFDPH decision-making processes.
- We develop, implement and provide guidance on trainings, tools, practices, and policies within SFDPH to advance health equity.
Organizational structure
The Office of Health Equity works to advance equity in 4 focus areas: capacity building, supporting an equity culture, service quality improvements to reduce disparities and deepen community engagement, and to establish accountability for achieving change.
OHE staff also regularly partner with Equity Leads across 11 DPH Divisions. These divisions include Behavioral Health Services; Finance; Human Resources; Information Technology; Jail Health Services; Laguna Honda Hospital; Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health; Population Health; Primary Care; Whole Person Integrated Care; and Zuckerberg SF General.
Meet our team
Office of Health Equity
- Tracy Burris, Interim Chief Health Equity Officer
- Jenny Chacon, Deputy Director
- Vincent Fuqua, Community Equity Program Lead
- Gavin Morrow-Hall, Training & Capacity Building Lead
- Toni Rucker, Operations Manager
- Meredith McMonigle, Health Disparity, Data, Research & Policy Coordinator
- Anastasia Galant, Data Manager
- Vanessa Gutierrez, Health Disparity, Data, Research & Policy Lead
- Reese Isbell, Senior Policy Analyst
- Khalilullah Sheiban, Training Team Lead
- Francine Austin, Operations Program Coordinator
- Alonzo Anderson, Resident Experience & Inclusion Coordinator
- Lynetta Demus, Community Partnerships Coordinator
- Khari Marshall, Community Health Worker IV
- Maria Grande, Health Worker II
- Vanessa Ruiz, Health Program Coordinator II
DPH Equity Leads
- Flor Roman, Ambulatory Care
- Alicia St. Andrews, Behavioral Health Services
- Jessica Brown, Behavioral Health Services
- Kristalia Williams, Behavioral Health Services
- Danyelle Marshall, Behavioral Health Services
- Sharon Lu, Behavioral Health Services
- Richa Dhanju, Human Resources
- Anthony Wong, Information Technology
- Zuhal Bahaduri, Information Technology
- Michelle Tom, Information Technology
- Philippe Kennedy, Information Technology
- Madhumita Das, Information Technology
- Smriti Dewan, Information Technology
- Raimon Lewis, Information Technology
- Tanya Mera, Jail Health Services
- Martin Soto, Jail Health Services
- Lisa Pratt, Jail Health Services
- Amie Fishman, Laguna Honda Hospital
- Melissa Brown, Maternal Child and Adolescence Health
- Melissa Murphy-Pucillo, Maternal Child and Adolescence Health
- Aline Armstrong, Maternal Child and Adolescence Health
- Kenneth Hill, Primary Care
- Tiffany Kenison, Primary Care
- Robin George, Primary Care
- John Grimes, Whole Person Integrated Care
- Alice Moughamian, Whole Person Integrated Care
- Carol Carbone, Whole Person Integrated Care
- Tanvi Bhakta, ZSFG
- Gretel Chuquipul, ZSFG
- Garrett Chatfield, Compliance
- Joe Turner, Compliance
- Andre Pelote, Compliance
- Daryl Gault, Compliance
Equity Governing Council
- Hillary Kunins, Behavioral Health Services
- Naveena Bobba, Central Administration
- Roland Pickens, Interim CEO, Laguna Honda Hospital
- Aline Armstrong, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health
- Maggie Rykowski, Office of Compliance & Privacy Affairs
- Jenny Louie, Operations
- Susan Philip, Population Health Division
- Deirdre Hussey, Public Affairs
- Blake Gregory, Primary Care
- Dara Papo, Whole Person Integrated Care
- Susan Ehrlich, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital & Trauma Center