Allison Magee

For over 20 years Allison Magee has worked to transform public systems to reflect the strengths and meet the needs of the community. Allison is President and Executive Director of the Zellerbach Family Foundation, one of San Francisco’s oldest and most respected family foundations that works to promote belonging, connection, and a shared sense of safety among people and communities across the Bay Area and California. Allison is an appointed member of San Francisco’s Juvenile Probation Commission. She also sits on the board of directors for San Francisco’s GLIDE Foundation and previously served as Board Chair with the Northern California Grantmakers board of directors.

Allison previously worked for the City and County of San Francisco, where she served as a leader in strengthening services for system involved youth and their families. Her work as Director of Administration of the San Francisco Juvenile Probation Department includes the development of a national model for juvenile justice system reform. Allison also established a collaborative model for the city’s funding of community-based services that resulted in over $14 million in dedicated funding for violence prevention programs for San Francisco youth. Allison was awarded SPUR’s Good Governance Award for her work at JPD.

Allison also worked for Mayor Gavin Newsom’s Office of Budget and Policy, and the US Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General where she won the Inspector General’s Excellence Award. Allison holds a master's degree in public policy and administration and a master's degree in social work, both from Columbia University. She also holds a bachelor's degree in political science from San Francisco State University. Allison lives in San Francisco with her husband and two sons.