Medical Center Board of Directors
The MarinHealth Medical Center Board of Directors, made up primarily of community volunteers who have expertise in a variety of fields, is responsible for the hospital's day-to-day operations, including patient care, budget oversight, physician credentialing, community services, labor contracts, staffing levels, and administration of the facility. The board makes its decisions based on the needs of the community.
The MarinHealth Medical Center Board of Directors regular meetings in 2022 are scheduled for February 1, April 5, June 7, August 2, October 3, and December 6. The meetings will be held virtually via Zoom, beginning at 5:00 pm. At the top of the agenda of each meeting is the opportunity for the general public to address the Board on any subject relating to hospital operations. After this public session, the Board goes into closed session for the remainder of the meeting. If you wish to address the Board in the public session via Zoom, please contact us at least one week in advance. Please contact Louis Weiner, Executive Assistant to the Board, at Louis.Weiner@mymarinhealth.org or 1-415-464-2091.
Members of the Board
David Klein, MD, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
MarinHealth
David Klein, MD, MBA, brings an especially informed perspective to his
position as CEO of MarinHealth, having spent the first 14 years of his
career working as a general surgeon. Since leaving the operating room,
Dr. Klein has built a long, successful career as a healthcare executive
and hospital CEO. His open leadership style fosters communication and
collaboration between the hospital staff, the administration, and the
community at large.
Prior to his position at MarinHealth Medical Center, Dr. Klein served as
President and CEO of Dignity Health’s two San Francisco-based hospitals:
Saint Francis Memorial Hospital and St. Mary’s Medical Center. At
Dignity Health, he oversaw a great deal of positive change, including
a turnaround to profitability, multiple Healthgrades Five Star and Excellence
Awards, the development of a Transgender Health Program, the establishment
14 Bay-Area based urgent care centers, and the launch of the new Bothin
Burn Center, the largest burn unit in Northern California.
Before joining Dignity Health, Dr. Klein was Chief Operating Officer and
then President of the Baylor Scott & White Health All Saints Medical
Center in Fort Worth, Texas. Under his stewardship, the hospital received
many accolades for service line excellence and overall quality, including
top hospital rankings in US News and World Report. Prior to his role at
Baylor, Dr. Klein served as Administrator of Presbyterian Hospital of
Denton in Denton, Texas, and as Chief Executive Officer of Cedar Park
Regional Medical Center in Austin, Texas.
Dr. Klein has sat on numerous community boards, from the American Heart
Association, March of Dimes, and American Cancer Society to the Fort Worth
Chamber of Commerce. He is the current Chair of the San Francisco Section
of the Hospital Council of Northern and Central California and a member
of the San Francisco Marin Medical Society.
Dr. Klein received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern
California, his medical degree from the University of New Mexico, and
his master’s degree in Business Administration from the University
of California, Irvine.
Andrea Schultz, Chair
As the President and CEO of Greenbrae Management Inc. Andrea Schultz brings
over 30 years of management experience to the MarinHealth Board of Directors.
In addition to Andrea’s business activities, she is also Chair and
President of her family’s Foundation and has sat on various local
not for profit Boards. In 2010, Andrea joined the MarinHealth Foundation
Board, working to generate awareness and campaigning to raise funds for
the benefit of MarinHealth; she served as Chair from 2012 thru 2017. Today
Andrea continues to serve as a dedicated member of the Foundation Board.
Andrea holds a BA in Business and has studied and immersed herself in
a variety of enrichment courses locally and internationally. Born at MarinHealth
and raised in Greenbrae, Andrea is dedicated to our community, her family,
and to partnering to provide excellent health care to Marin County.
Robert Peirce, Vice-Chair
Bob’s interest in healthcare began as he worked his way through school
as a nurse’s aide. After college and a brief time in the Navy Flight
Program where he was injured in training, he began an 18-year career with
a national skilled nursing facility (SNF) provider, where he eventually
became responsible for the operation of 6000 beds in 60 facilities in
five western states. From there, he went to work for Alta Bates Health
System to operate their SNF business, a company he bought in 1994 with
outside investors. Bob grew the company to include 3 Acute Rehab hospitals,
a number of SNFs, management of a number of hospital based sub-acute units
and a pharmacy company. He sold the company in 2007. Bob serves on the
Executive Committee and is also a member of the Finance and Strategic
Planning Committees. He also served on the Transition Advisory Committee.
Now retired, Bob lives in Belvedere with his wife, Connie.
Gene Marie O'Connell, RN, MS, Secretary
Gene became a RN from San Francisco City College and received her Bachelors
and Masters degrees from the University of California San Francisco School
of Nursing. She has been in health care in the Bay Area since 1976 and
has held a variety of executive and front-line positions at UCSF and San
Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. Gene was CEO at SFGH for
12 years. During her time as CEO, Gene provided leadership for many of
the hospital’s innovated clinical programs for trauma and underserved
populations. Gene also led the process to rebuild the hospital and the
passing of a successful bond measure. She has received many awards from
local and national health care organizations, including "Women of
the Year", from the Women's Healthcare Executives and UCSF Alumni
Excellence Award. At UCSF, Gene also been a volunteer faculty member since
1991 and became a full professor in 2018. In addition, Gene is Overseas
adviser, for Soka University School of Global Health in Tokyo, Japan.
Gene has a wide range of experience as a board member, has served as Chair
of the National Association of Public Hospitals, Board Member of the SGI-USA,
and Trustee for Soka University of America. Gene and her husband have
been residents of Corte Madera since 1997.
Joseph C. Euphrat, Treasurer
Joe Euphrat is an owner and Managing Principal of GreenRock Healthcare
Capital. Prior, Joe spent twenty-five years in healthcare finance and
real estate. While at E.F. Hutton and Lehman Brothers, he advised hospitals
and health systems on capital planning, strategy and tax-exempt bond financings.
As hospitals continued to own and lease real estate, Joe began focusing
exclusively on healthcare real estate, serving both the needs of hospitals
and healthcare real estate investors. He headed the U.S. Western Region
healthcare capital markets for JLL and healthcare real estate for Kaufman
Hall, a national advisory firm for hospitals and health systems. Joe is
a graduate of the Haas School of Business at the University of California,
Berkeley, and has been a guest speaker at the Stanford Graduate School
of Business and at the USC Price School of Public Policy. He and his wife,
Laura, a pediatric oncology RN, reside in San Anselmo, where they raised
two children and spent countless hours coaching youth sports.
Joe Abrams
Joe Abrams is an early stage investor, advisor and board member with several
technology and consumer companies. His career as an entrepreneur began
in the early 1980s with The Software Toolworks, a personal computer entertainment
and educational software company he co-founded with his cousin. In 1988,
the company went public and by 1994 it had grown to over $150 million
in revenue. The company was sold to Pearson, PLC, the British based publishing
and media company, in early 1994. As an investor and advisor, he began
working with small technology companies providing consulting in several
areas, including strategic business development. In 1999, he co-founded
eUniverse, an early-stage internet company, later renamed Intermix Media
and the parent company of the social network site MySpace. Intermix was
sold to NewsCorp in 2005. Joe was the past Co-Chair of the Capital Campaign
for the new hospital. He currently serves on several nonprofit boards,
including the Board of Trustees at the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
Joshua Adler, MD
Dr. Josh Adler is Chief Clinical Officer, Executive Vice President, Physician
Services, at UCSF Health and Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs at the UCSF
School of Medicine. As Executive Vice President, he oversees the coordination,
clinical integration and quality and safety of care across the health
system. He is responsible for faculty practice, the clinical cancer and
Mental Health Services operations, leads the health system funds flow
program and oversees population health, medical staff affairs, risk management,
clinical innovation and resource management. He is responsible for managing
the UCSF Health network of clinically integrated physicians. As Vice Dean,
he works with clinical department chairs to ensure alignment of UCSF's
clinical, research and education priorities and physician involvement
in operational decision-making.
Adler is a practicing internist and Professor of Clinical Medicine at UCSF. He previously served as Chief Medical Officer at UCSF Medical Center and Medical Director of Ambulatory Care. Adler earned a medical degree at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and completed a residency at UC San Francisco, followed by a chief resident year at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center. He held several positions in the VA system, including Chief Medical Officer of the VA Sierra Pacific Network.
Martin Arrick, MBA, MPH
Martin Arrick was the sector leader of the non-for-profit health care team
at Standard & Poor’s before his recent retirement. In that capacity
he worked with many public and private health care systems and hospitals
across the country. He authored numerous commentaries on recent trends
and issues impacting providers. Earlier in his career he worked for the
State of New York, The New City Health Department and a local health maintenance
organization. He also served on the Board of the Healthcare Financial
Management Association as well as its Principles and Practices committee.
Martin moved to the Bay Area in 2015.
Lisa Carmel
Lisa Carmel is a 20+ year resident of Mill Valley. She and her husband,
Urban Carmel, are active community members. Lisa has served on the board
of trustees of the Mill Valley Public Library and as an advisor to CFI
Mill Valley Film Festival’s Mind the Gap initiative.
Lisa works in product innovation, where technology meets healthcare. She
is currently Executive Vice President, Global Strategic Partnerships at
Veranex, the largest global medtech-only innovation solutions provider.
Lisa has 25+ years of healthcare product commercialization with companies
in the U.S., Europe, and China. As an active member of the medtech and
investor communities, Lisa is an advisor to many startups and accelerators
including California Life Sciences’ FAST program, MedTech Innovator,
and UCSF Health Hub. She also serves as an advisor to the Cleveland Clinic
MedTech Advisory Board, the Mayo Clinic’s Executive Steering Committee
for their Surgical Innovation Summit, UCLA Biodesign, and RedCrow Angel
Investor platform. Lisa is Co-Chair of MedtechWomen’s Annual MedtechVision
Conference in 2021-22. Lisa has a keen interest in the latest healthcare
innovation trends and authors Veranex’s MedTech Pioneers blog, which
spotlights medtech leadership and their groundbreaking work.
Shelby Decosta, MHA
Shelby Decosta is the President, UCSF Health Affiliates Network and Chief
Strategy Officer of UCSF Health. As the Chief Strategy Officer she is
responsible for leading and executing strategic planning and business
development across the system and oversees concierge, international and
executive health, managed care, marketing and brand functions. Beginning
in 2019, Decosta was additionally appointed to serve as President of UCSF
Health Affiliates and is responsible for executing each contract, managing
these relationships, and ensuring their successful operational alignment
with UCSF Health strategic priorities.
Prior to this role, she was SVP of mergers, acquisitions and partnerships at Trinity Health and she previously served in various strategic roles at Dignity Health including Chief Strategy Officer for the Nevada market and VP Mergers & Acquisitions for the system.
She serves on the boards of BayHealth, CanopyHealth, By The Bay Health, Health Career Connection, and Northern California MS Society. She received both her Masters in Healthcare Administration and Bachelor of Science degree in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention/Health Policy and Management at USC in Los Angeles, California.
Michael K. Kwok, MD
Dr. Kwok grew up in San Francisco and graduated from Lowell High School.
He graduated with high honors from the University of California, Berkeley
with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering. He earned his medical
degree from UCLA School of Medicine and completed his Internal Medicine
Internship and Residency at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. He is board certified
in Internal Medicine.
Dr. Kwok has practiced medicine in Marin County since 1992 and is a member of the active medical staff at MarinHealth Medical Center and Novato Community Hospital. In addition to taking care of his patients in his office and at MarinHealth Medical Center, Dr. Kwok has held multiple medical leadership positions. At Novato Community Hospital, he served as Vice Chief of Staff, Secretary/Treasurer of the Medical Staff, Chairman of Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee and a member of the Quality Review Committee. He previously served nine years on Novato Community Hospital’s Board of Directors. He is President-elect of the Marin County Medical Society and represents Marin County at the California Medical Association House of Delegates. Dr. Kwok currently serves on the Strategic Planning Committee of MarinHealth Medical Center’s Board of Directors.
Denise Lucy, EdD
Dr. Denise M. Lucy is a Tenured Professor of Business and Organizational
Studies and Founder and Executive Director of the Institute of Leadership
Studies at Dominican University of California’s leadership development
center housed in its Barowsky School of Business. She has 40 years’
experience in higher education as an educator and executive; first at
the University of San Francisco and currently at Dominican University
of California since 1993. She served as Dominican’s Chief Academic
Officer in the role of Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of Liberal
and Professional Studies, Associate Dean of Dominican College, and Director
of Pathways Mid-Career Professional program. Dr. Lucy founded Dominican’s
Leadership Lectures Series in partnership with Book Passage. At the University
of San Francisco, she served in multiple roles including Associate Dean
and Director of Marketing and Corporate Development in USF’s College
of Professional Studies. Professor Lucy teaches in leadership and team
development, organizational change, negotiation and conflict management,
business communications, business and society. Her community commitments
are many, including her board trusteeship at 10,000 Degrees. Her research
interests include leading small business export enterprises, leadership
development, micro-finance poverty reduction, business education and civic
engagement. She has received many awards for her teaching and service
including being inducted into the Marin Women’s Hall of Fame. She
has been a resident of the Bay Area since 1985.
Hadley Mullin, MBA
Hadley is a Senior Managing Director at TSG Consumer Partners, a leading
private equity firm with approximately $15 billion in assets under management.
Hadley’s investment activities span the consumer services and product
sectors, including consumer-directed healthcare. Prior to joining TSG
in 2004, Hadley worked as a management consultant at Bain & Company
where her clients included pharma and health insurance companies.
Hadley is a San Rafael native and was born at Marin General Hospital. She lives in the Ross Valley with her husband and three children.
Adam Nevitt, MD
Dr. Nevitt graduated AOA from Rush Medical College in Chicago before completing
his Diagnostic Radiology Residency at Virginia Mason Medical Center in
Seattle. He served as Chief Resident and authored several medical papers
and articles. He completed his fellowship in Vascular and Interventional
Radiology at UCSF. Before joining the North Bay Division, Dr. Nevitt practiced
at Seton Medical Centerwhere he served as the Director of Interventional
Radiology and subsequently Chief of Radiology. Dr. Nevitt has performed
over 20,000 interventional procedures over 14 years of practice.
Locally a pioneer in minimally invasive treatment of Uterine Fibroids, he performed the first Uterine Fibroid Embolization on the San Mateo Peninsula. At Marin General Hospital, Dr Nevitt formed a team that performed the first Y 90 radioembolization procedure for treatment of malignant liver tumors; The program has grown and is one of the most active private practices in Northern California. Dr. Nevitt enjoys all aspects of Interventional including the treatment of peripheral vascular disease, dialysis access maintenance, vascular access and stroke treatment.
Mara Perez, PhD
Mara Perez works in collaboration with non-profit and business leaders.
Her services include grants, program development, evaluations, and strategic
plans. Mara's areas of expertise encompass education, leadership and economic
development, social justice, and immigration. Now, Mara brings a new proposition
with a project she has created: LATINO FUTURESsm. This project provides a new, futurist angle to enable the business, philanthropy,
non-profit, and other sectors to envision success for themselves and society
by tapping into, and investing in Latino talent. LATINO FUTURESsm sees Latinos as a key catalyst for national growth and prosperity. Mara’s
writings have been published by Stanford Social Innovation Review, Latin
Business Today, Grassroots Fundraising Journal, MIT Press, San Diego State
University, and Revista Interamericana, among others. Her articles are
about Latinos in the U.S. in relation to national economic prosperity,
immigration, social change, and philanthropy. Mara earned a Ph.D. in Sociology
from The University of Chicago. She served on the Board of Canal Alliance
(San Rafael, CA) for ten consecutive years, as well as other non-profit
boards. She received the 2005 Spirit of Marin Award, and was named Business
Person of the Year. Mara was a fellow of the Coro Leadership Community
program, in San Francisco, CA., and most recently participated in a program
called The Science of Decision Making by Worldview Stanford, at Stanford
University. She has lectured and given presentations on the subjects of
immigration, fund development and philanthropy in Asia, Europe, Latin
America and the U.S. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Mara resides in
Northern California with her husband.
K. Jennifer Voss, MD
K. Jennifer Voss, MD grew up in the East Bay and attended University of
California, San Diego for her undergraduate work in Physiology and Neuroscience.
She then attended the Lewis Katz school of Medicine at Temple University
in Philadelphia PA. She returned to California for her OB/Gyn residency
at the University of California, Irvine. She relocated to Marin county
in 2003 and has practiced Obstetrics and Gynecology at the MarinHealth
Medical Center for the past 19 years. During that time, she has served
as Volunteer Clinical Faculty for the UCSF school of medicine. Dr. Voss
was Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology from 2007-2018.
She stepped down from the Chairman position to take on the role of Secretary/Treasurer
followed by Vice Chief of Staff of the MarinHealth Medical Staff and now
holds the position of Chief of Staff through 2024. Additionally, she is
the Medical Director for the Prima Medical Group where she manages clinical
quality and patient safety.