Mayor Lurie makes first round of new appointments: Wilson Leung to Police Commission, Jean Fraser to Prop E Commission, Alicia John-Baptiste to MTC, Tessie Guillermo and Dr. Laurie Green reappointed to Health Commission

SAN FRANCISCO – Mayor Daniel Lurie today announced that he is advancing the names of four individuals to key commissions. Wilson Leung has been proposed to fill an existing vacancy on the city’s Police Commission, and Alicia John-Baptiste has been appointed to the Metro Transit Commission, while both Tessie Guillermo and Dr. Laurie Green have been reappointed to the Health Commission.

"It is a new day in San Francisco, and I am excited to appoint these talented individuals to commissions that will benefit from their undeniable commitment to the residents of San Francisco," said Mayor Lurie. "In their role as commissioners, they will apply their deep experience towards giving San Francisco departments the diligence, oversight, and guidance required for good government to function and serve its people."

"I'm honored by Mayor Lurie's nomination to the Police Commission," said Wilson Leung. "I look forward to serving San Francisco and helping to guide our Police Department as it continues to undertake its crucial mission of improving public safety for all."

Wilson Leung is a former federal prosecutor and experienced trial lawyer with significant experience in litigation. Prior to this appointment, Leung served as Director of Investigations and Integrity at Intel, Director of Government and Regulatory Investigations and Litigation at Uber, and Global Ethics and Investigations Manager at HP. He is a San Francisco native and graduate of U.C. Berkeley, where he earned his bachelor's degree in political science. He went on to graduate from Columbia Law School, where he earned his J.D. Having previously spent over 14 years at the Department of Justice as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, Leung brings a wealth of experience in compliance and oversight, both of which will serve as an asset to the city’s Police Commission.

Alicia John-Baptiste is the outgoing president and chief executive officer of SPUR and incoming Chief of Infrastructure, Climate, and Mobility for the Lurie administration. At SPUR, she was responsible for defining the organization's overall vision and strategy. A seasoned leader and public policy professional, she has more than 20 years of experience reimagining systems to create better outcomes for people. Prior to her time at SPUR, John-Baptiste developed deep appreciation for local government and its commitment to the collective good while serving in leadership roles for the City and County of San Francisco, most recently as chief of staff at the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. Locally and nationally recognized for her public policy expertise, inspirational perspective, and creative approach to systems change, she focuses her talents and experience on building shared dreams. She holds a master's degree in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University.

Tessie Guillermo was the founding CEO of the Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum, which she led for 15 years. Guillermo was appointed by President Bill Clinton to serve as an inaugural member of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. From 2002 to 2015, she was president and CEO of ZeroDivide, a nonprofit foundation focused on digital equity and addressing the digital divide in underserved communities. A native San Franciscan, she was appointed to the San Francisco Health Commission by Mayor London Breed. Guillermo is currently chairwoman of the board of CommonSpirit Health, the largest nonprofit healthcare system in the United States. She also serves on the board of the Center for Asian American Media and until November 2020 served as a board member for the Marguerite Casey Foundation. In 2017, Guillermo was named as one of the most influential women in business in the Bay Area by the San Francisco Business Times and was awarded recognition as a distinguished alumna by the School of Business and Economics at California State University East Bay.

Dr. Laurie Green has delivered two generations of babies and practiced medicine in San Francisco for 40 years. In 1989, she co-founded Pacific Women’s Obstetrics & Gynecology Medical Group, the second all-female OB/GYN practice in San Francisco, providing state-of-the-art, empathic obstetrics and gynecology care in a woman-run environment. Dr. Green is also the founder, president, and chair of the board of The MAVEN Project, which engages physicians to volunteer their clinical expertise via telehealth technology to medically under-resourced communities in the Bay Area and across the country. She was appointed to the Health Commission in 2018 and is a member of the Joint Conference Committees of Laguna Honda Hospital and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, where she trained.