SHSSR Board of Trustees

    Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region
    Board of Directors
    2010

    William Au, MD | back to top
    Sacramento neurologist William Au, M.D., has practiced for 31 years. He serves as Medical Director of Adult Neurology with Sutter Neuroscience Institute, and is a member of Sutter Neuroscience Medical Group. With special interests in Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis, Dr. Au has lectured extensively and participated in clinical research in these two areas. He holds an appointment as Clinical Professor of Neurology at University of California, Davis Medical School and teaches UCD neurology residents and Sutter family practice residents.

    Dr. Au received his bachelor’s from University of California, Berkeley and his medical degree from University of California, Irvine. He served a neurology residency at University of California, Davis and Chief of Staff at Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento.

    Dr. Au served as chair of the Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region Board of Directors in 2008, as Chair of the Board’s Finance and Planning Committee from 2004-05, and as a member of the Governance Committee in 2005-06. He currently serves on the SHSSR Board’s Finance and Planning Committee.

    Dr. Au has served on the professional advisory committees of the Northern California Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the Alzheimer’s Association, and is on the board of the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society Foundation. His hobbies include playing the trombone and playing in the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society Sunday jazz sessions. He has previously performed with the Sacramento Pops and the Carmichael Kiwanis Big Band. He and his wife, Yvonne, have three sons.

    Edward Bonner | back to top
    Mr. Bonner began his law enforcement career at the Placer County Sheriff's Office in 1974 and was promoted through the ranks to Sherriff-Coroner-Marshal in January 1995.

    Mr. Bonner also instructs a class in Ethics in Criminal Justice at Sierra College and teaches at the California Peace Officers' Standards and Training (POST) Command College.

    Additional educational achievements include the FBI National Academy in 1984; POST Command College in 1990 (class speaker and most inspirational student); Cal-Poly Pomona MA in Management Sciences (with honors) in 1992; National Sheriffs' Institute in 1996; FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development in 1998; POST Executive Development 1999, and Transition Management (POST Command College).

    Mr. Bonner holds a master’s degree with honors in Management Science from Cal Poly, Pomona and a bachelor’s in Criminology with honors from the University of California, Berkeley.

    Mr. Bonner is an active member of the community. He served as President of the California State Sheriffs’ Association for 2008-2009. He is a member of the California Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) Advisory Committee, and Governor Schwarzenegger’s appointee to the 9-1-1- Advisory Committee and the California Council on Criminal Justice. He also is past President of Kiwanis Club of North Lake Tahoe, and past President of the Loomis Lions Club He has served on the Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region Board of Directors since 2001. He served as Board Chair in 2006-07, and currently serves on the Board’s Finance and Planning Committee.

    Ann Cousineau | back to top
    Ms. Cousineau is retired director of Solano County Library, a role she served from 1994 until her recent retirement. She began her career as a reference librarian for the Sacramento Public Library in 1973.

    As library director, Ms. Cousineau oversaw the 1998 passage of a local one-eighth cent sales tax dedicated to public library operations in Solano County. Passage of that measure allowed the development and implementation of the Library’s 20-year Facilities Master Plan. Ms. Cousineau served on the California Library Association’s Legislative Committee from 1996-2000 and as chair during the last two years of her term. During that time, she also served as statewide co-chair of the Proposition 14 library construction bond act campaign, which was approved by the voters in March 2000. Ms. Cousineau was a member of the national Public Library Association board from 2006-2008.

    She earned her bachelor’s in political science at University of California, Davis and her master’s degree in library and information science at the University of Michigan.

    Ms. Cousineau is current chair of Solano County’s Public Art Committee, a position she has held since 2001. In April 2010, Ms. Cousineau was appointed Chair of the Development Committee for the Solano Napa Habitat for Humanity affiliate. She served on the Sutter Solano Medical Center Board of Trustees from 2003–2009.

    She is a member of the Board of Directors of Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region, and serves on the Medical Policy/Quality Committees and Credentialing Committees. She also serves as Vice Chair of Sutter Solano Medical Center’s Medical Policy Committee and Governance Committee.

    John A. DiMichele | back to top
    Mr. DiMichele is thePresident and Chief Executive Officer of Community Business Bank. He has 31 years of banking experience, serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of Yolo Community Bank in Woodland from 1998-2005, as President and CEO for Surety Bank in Vallejo from 1994-1997, and as President and CEO of Suisun Valley Bank in Fairfield from 1983-1994.

    Mr. DiMichele is an active community member. He served as the Director of California Statewide Certified Development for 20 years, Director of Vacaville Community Foundation for five years, Sutter Solano Medical Center Trustee for six years, and Sutter Solano Medical Foundation for four years. Additionally, he has been on the California State University, Chico School of Business Advisory Committee for three years.

    Mr. DiMichele holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance from California State University, Chico, and a master’s in Business Administration from Golden Gate University, San Francisco. He also completed the Pacific School of Banking in Seattle and the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School Community.

    Mr. DiMichele previously served on the boards of Sutter Solano Medical Foundation Board, Sutter Solano Medical Center, California Statewide Centers for Disease Control and Vacaville Community Foundation. He has been a member on the Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region Board since 2009 and currently serves on the board's Finance and Planning Committee and also as the Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region board representative on the Sutter Health Finance and Planning Committee.

    Mike Dourgarian | back to top
    Mr. Dourgarian is a workforce development consultant. He helps create solutions to match the talents of individuals to the needs of organizations. He formerly served as Franchise President for Manpower of Sacramento. As a second generation staffing veteran, he held management positions with Manpower for more than 30 years. He is also co-founder and co-owner of MDDV, Inc., d/b/a TechSkills, a vocational training school with campus locations in Sacramento and San Jose.

    He is a Board Member for Sacramento Works, Inc., and served four years as board chair. Sacramento Works is the Workforce Investment Board for Sacramento County. Mr. Dourgarian is a frequent commentator on employment issues to the media and in speaking venues.

    Mr. Dourgarian graduated from California State University, Sacramento with a bachelor’s in business administration. In 2002, he was named by the School of Business as the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award, an award presented annually to alumni in recognition of achievement and community involvement.

    Mr. Dourgarian is an active volunteer in community service. He serves on the Salvation Army Advisory Board for Sacramento. He also is an active member of the Rotary Club of Sacramento and is a past active member of the Active 20-30 #1 Club of Sacramento. In 2003, he joined the Board of Directors of the Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region. He previously served as Chair of the Finance and Planning Committee, and currently serves as Board Chair.

    Dan Flores | back to top
    Mr. Flores is the CEO of Cambridge Career College, a provider of focused educational programs in business, technology, and health care that prepare students for success in the workplace. As an expert in private postsecondary education, technology, business, marketing, and sales, Mr. Flores has drawn on his past experience to grow the company to great heights.

    Mr. Flores operates Sierra Nevada Investment Group, a business and real estate investment company. He is a real estate developer with holdings in several states. He is the Chief Thinker for ThinkComputing.com, a computer systems integration company located in California and Ohio, specializing in remote access and security systems. Mr. Flores is also the owner of four fitness franchises located in California, Ohio, and North Carolina, an automotive franchise in Chico and a Coldwell Banker Commercial Franchise in Yuba City. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Information Systems Management from the University of San Francisco.

    Mr. Flores served on the Board of Trustees of the Sutter North Medical Foundation Board from 2001-2009. He currently serves as Vice Chair of the Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region Board of Directors, as chair of the Board’s Governance Committee, and as a member of the Board’s Finance and Planning Committee. In addition to taking an active role as a member of the SHSSR Board of Directors, Mr. Flores is active on several community boards and organizations, including The Family Intervention Team for Sutter County; The Yuba-Sutter Chamber of Commerce; The Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce; Yuba City Friends of Parks and Recreations; The Alliance for Hispanic Advancement; The League of United Latin American Citizens; The Yuba-Sutter united Way Board; The California Association of Private Secondary Schools; Kiwanis. He is the Chairman of the Board for Umpqua Community Bank and the Chairman of Yuba-Sutter Economic Development Corporation.

    Patricia Fong Kushida | back to top
    Ms. Fong Kushida is the President/CEO of the Sacramento Asian-Pacific Chamber of Commerce. Her vision for SACC is for the organization to be Sacramento’s link to Asian businesses, partnering with community groups, other non-profit organizations and local government to promote economic growth for Asian Businesses throughout the greater Sacramento region. Ms. Fong Kushida has the support and confidence of a 20-member board of directors.

    Ms. Fong Kushida made her transition to the non-profit community after 13 years in merchandise management, translating her business acumen to the non-profit sector. She became Executive Director of the SACC in 1998, then President/CEO in 2002. She received her bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, with a Minor in Communications from California State University, Sacramento.

    Ms. Fong Kushida firmly believes in giving back to her community. She has served as a member for the Sacramento Children and Families Commission, on the board of United Way, California Capital Region, Hemispheres Art Academy, and served as board member for the Broadway Downtown Partnership. She most recently served as Chair of Community Benefits for Sutter Health, and serves on the Wells Fargo Community Advisory Board. In addition, she joined the boards of Linking Education and Economic Development (LEED) and Valley Vision, a regional action partnership fostering regional cooperation in the six-county region.

    Ms. Fong Kushida has served on the Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region Board of Directors since 2007. She served on the Finance and Planning Committee in 2007-08, and currently serves on the Medical Policy and Credentialing committee. She also serves as a Community Board representative on the Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento Medical Executive Committee. She is past chair of the SMCS Community Benefit Committee.

    Ms. Fong Kushida has received various awards, among them the Outstanding Women Leaders, National Association of Women Business Owners, Sacramento Valley Chapter. She and her husband, Victor, own Kushida Audio and Video Services, a family-run business serving the Sacramento community since 1954. They have one daughter.

    Patrick Fry | back to top
    Mr. Fry joined the Sutter organization in 1982 as an administrative resident at Sutter General Hospital in Sacramento. Over the ensuing years he held increasingly responsible administrative positions both at the local affiliate level and region level, with responsibilities covering the breadth of Sutter Health's services.

    After serving as regional president for Sutter Health’s affiliates in the greater Sacramento region, Mr. Fry became president of the organization’s eastern operations. He later assumed leadership of Sutter Health’s Western Division and in 2000 became Sutter Health’s second-in-command, serving as chief operating officer and executive vice president. In 2005 Mr. Fry became President and CEO.

    Mr. Fry earned a bachelor’s degree in public health administration from the University of California, Davis in 1979 and earned a master’s degree in health services administration from George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

    Mr. Fry serves on numerous boards throughout Northern California. He currently serves on the Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region Board of Directors and as Chairman of the California Hospitals Association Board of Trustees. He has chaired both the Health Community Forum and Managed Care Systems; he has served on the boards of Northern California Positron Emission Tomography Imaging Center and the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce. He has also served on the boards of Make-A-Wish Foundation and People Reaching Out. Mr. Fry's professional affiliations include membership in the American College of Healthcare Executives and Medical Group Management Association.

    A native of South Lake Tahoe, California, Mr. Fry and his wife, Renate, have four sons. The family enjoys a variety of outdoor sports, including snow skiing, golf, and hiking in the Sierra Nevada.

    Dennis R. Hinz, CPA, CVA | back to top
    Mr. Hinz is president of the Yuba City firm of Ten Haken, Hinz & Co. Accountancy Corporation, where he has worked since 1986.

    Previously, Mr. Hinz served as an accountant with Marta, Matli and Thomas CPAs in Yuba City, and as an accountant at Matthews, Crippen and Tenney CPAs in Paradise. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from California State University, Chico. He earned his Certified Public Accountant license in 1981, and in 2000 earned his license as a Certified Valuation Analyst by the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts.

    Mr. Hinz is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the California Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts.

    Mr. Hinz is very active in the Yuba/Sutter communities. He is a past chairman and treasurer of the Yuba Sutter Chamber of Commerce. He served on the board of Sutter North Medical Foundation from 2003-2009, with the last two years as board secretary. Currently, he is chairman of the Philanthropy Committee for Sutter Medical Foundation serving Yuba and Sutter counties. He serves as chair of the audit committee for Yuba City’s Prime Companies, Inc. and for Peach Tree Clinic. He also serves as treasurer for the Yuba City Kiwanis Club, and is a board member for Bank of Feather River.

    Mr. Hinz has served on the Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region Board of Directors and the Board’s Finance and Planning Committee since 2009. His hobbies include golf, skiing, sailing and basketball.

    Gary Hooper | back to top
    Mr. Hooper is an experienced biotechnology executive with a combination of large company and startup experience. He has been involved in the biotechnology industry since its inception, having joined Genentech -- considered the founder of the biotechnology industry -- in early 1980. Today, he is Managing Director of Elliptical Ventures, a new venture capital company focused on early and mid-stage healthcare companies.

    Mr. Hooper is Chairman of Millennium Group Holdings, and a board member of Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Networks, where he developed the Next Silicon Valley Initiative: Convergence of Biotech, Nanotech and Information Technology, and served as Chairman of the Technology Convergence Consortium. Mr. Hooper is a member of the Licensing Executive Society’s executive Healthcare Committee and past member of the Board of Trustees. He also is a member of the Board of Directors of Accera, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company specializing in Alzheimer’s disease; a member of the Board of Councilors of the College of Letters and Arts and Sciences at the University of Southern California; and is on the Scientific Advisory Council of the Technology Commercialization Project Program at the University of Utah. Mr. Hooper also is a Commercial Reviewer for the National Science Foundation and is a venture partner in Velocity Venture Capital.

    He received a bachelor’s in marketing from San Jose State University, and a master’s in business administration from the University of Southern California.

    Mr. Hooper has served on the Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region Board of Directors and the Board’s Finance and Planning Committee since 2009.

    Scott Howell | back to top
    Mr. Howell has been employed by IBM for more than 30 years and currently serves as Policy Director in IBM’s Public Sector, managing the company’s lobbyists in state and local governments across the United States. Scott’s previous assignment was Client Director, California Public Sector for IBM.

    Mr. Howell served in the Utah State Senate from 1990-2000, serving eight of those years as Senate Democratic Leader. During this time, he championed the cause of educators and students by passing legislation to bring millions of dollars of technological equipment to the classroom, reduce class size, and include kindergarten as an integral part of the public school curriculum. His unique combination of legislative and professional skills was utilized on other critical issues such as fighting crime and streamlining government through the use of technology.
    Internationally, Mr. Howell is a “Smart Communities” advocate, working to shape the future of the world’s community governments in today’s technology revolution, having consulted with governments of Australia, Japan, Italy, Latvia and China. Nationally, he serves on the boards of the United States Internet Council and the Democratic Leadership Council. He also served as board member of the Harvard Policy Group at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

    Mr. Howell began his service on the Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region Board of Directors in 2007. He currently serves as Vice Chair of the Medical Policy and Credentialing Committee. He also serves as the President of the Granite Bay High School Lacrosse Organization and is a director of the high school’s Booster Club. He and his wife, Linda, are the parents of four sons.

    Daniel Kennedy, M.D. | back to top
    Dan Kennedy, M.D., is a pulmonary/critical hospitalist physician who has been with Sutter West Medical Group since 1994. He has been an active member of the Sutter Davis Hospital Medical Staff since 1991.

    Dr. Kennedy attended Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington D.C., and completed an internal medicine residency and a fellowship in pulmonary/critical care at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. He is the author of several pulmonary/critical care research articles.

    Dr. Kennedy is an active committee member at Sutter Davis Hospital, serving as Chief of Medicine, Medical Executive Committee, Medical Director, Chief of Staff and formerly Vice Chief of Staff and Chairman of Physician Performance Improvement Committee. He previously served as Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine for Sutter West Medical Group. He currently serves on the group’s Interdepartmental Clinical Council and is Director of the SWMG Hospitalist Program.

    Dr. Kennedy has served on the Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region Board of Directors since 2005, including the voting Chief of Staff since 2007. He serves on the Executive Committee, Governance Committee, Medical Policy Committee, Credentialing Committee and Finance and Planning Committee.

    Dick Kramer | back to top
    Mr. Kramer is President of R.J. Kramer Associates, serving as an executive consultant and business strategy advisor to healthcare companies who provide products and services to hospital systems and medical groups. He is Past President and Chief Executive Officer of Catholic Healthcare West, a healthcare system comprised of 48 acute care hospitals and affiliated medical groups in Arizona, California, and Nevada. Under Mr. Kramer’s leadership, CHW grew from 12 loosely affiliated hospitals into the largest provider of health care services in California.. Before joining CHW, he was Executive Vice President of the Allina Health System, Minneapolis, an integrated delivery system of 29 hospitals and medical groups, which he helped create.

    Mr. Kramer has been a member of the Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region Board of Directors since 2006. He currently serves on the Executive Committee and Medical Quality Committee and has chaired the Finance and Planning Committee since 2008. Mr. Kramer has served on the American Hospital Association Board of Directors, and on the boards of the California Chamber of Commerce and the U.S. Olympic Committee for Northern California. He currently is a member of the board of directors of Intuitive Surgical Inc. and the Boys and Girls Club of Auburn.

    Mr. Kramer is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University, earned a master’s degree in counseling from Syracuse University and a master’s degree in health care management from the University of Minnesota. He is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program. He and his wife, Sue, reside in Meadow Vista, California.

    Sarah Krevans | back to top
    Ms. Krevans serves as President of Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region, a network of hospitals and physician care centers located throughout nine Northern California counties. The Sacramento Sierra Region is one of five regions making up the Sutter Health system, Northern California’s largest community-based, not-for-profit system of hospitals, physician organizations and home health and occupational health providers.

    Ms. Krevans is responsible for setting the overall strategic direction of the Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region. She oversees seven acute care hospitals and two mental health facilities with 1,500 beds, more than 12,000 employees, and 535 medical group physicians. She also works closely with aligned physicians in the region to grow Sutter’s integrated health care delivery system.

    Ms. Krevans is active on many boards. She serves as a board member for Make-A-Wish, Sierra Forever Families and Voluntary Hospitals of America West Coast. In addition, she serves as a board member for Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region, Sutter Medical Foundation, and Kahi Mohala, Hawaii.

    Ms. Krevans earned master’s degrees in Public Health and Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley. She is married with three children and lives in Sacramento.

    Marion Leff, M.D. | back to top
    Marion Leff, M.D., is a board certified family physician who has practiced in Sacramento for the past 30 years. She is also the Director of the Sutter Health Family Medicine Residency Program and Director of Graduate Medical Education at Sutter Medical Center.

    Dr. Leff attended University of Wisconsin, Madison for her bachelor’s degree. She received her medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia in 1976, and completed her residency training in Family Medicine at U.C. Davis Medical Center in 1979.

    Dr. Leff has served in numerous administrative positions, including her recent roles as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Sutter Medical Group. She also has served as chairperson of the Sutter Medical Group Clinician Growth and Development Committee, and continues to serve on multiple hospital committees.

    Past community activities have included board director for the Albert Einstein Center, a HUD-sponsored senior housing establishment, board director for the Jewish Federation of Sacramento and member of the Physician Registry Review Board for Shots for Tots Regional Coalition. She continues to volunteer at the Shifa Clinic, a free clinic operated by University of California, Davis Medical School.

    Dr. Leff has been a member of the Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region Board of Directors since 2009, and is a member of the Board’s Medical Quality, Medical Policy and Credentialing committees.

    Michael J. Newell | back to top
    A long time resident of the Sacramento area, Mr. Newell is Director of Business Development for HP Hood LLC, one of the leading companies in the United States dairy industry. He is active in the California dairy industry and sits on the boards of the Dairy Council of California (Past Chairman), the California Milk Processor Board, and the California Creamery Operators Association. Mr. Newell also is President of CC&B Holdings (formerly Crystal Cream & Butter Co.), Inc, a family-owned investment company.

    Mr. Newell has served on the Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region Board since 2004, and has served as chair of the Medical Policy Committee and Credentialing Committee since 2008. In addition to being a member of the SHSSR Board of Directors, Mr. Newell on the Board of Directors of River City Bank and is the chair of their Audit Committee.

    Mr. Newell did his undergraduate studies in Economics at the University of California, Berkeley (Go Bears!) and holds a master’s in business administration from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.


    Mr. Newell resides in Davis with his wife and three daughters. In his free time he enjoys running, golfing, and spending time with his family.

    William Pendergast | back to top
    Mr. Pendergast has been practicing law since 1997. His practice focuses on the areas of criminal defense, civil litigation, family law and personal injury. Currently he is a partner at the Law Offices of William J. Pendergast in Vallejo. He previously was a partner with Pendergast & Maher, and Associate Attorney with Kilpatrick & Daniels in Vallejo.

    As an active member of the community, Mr. Pendergast has served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Greater Vallejo Recreation District, Sutter Solano Medical Center, and Vallejo Executive Lions. Mr. Pendergast began his service on the Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region Board of Directors in 2009 and serves on the Finance and Planning Committee.

    Mr. Pendergast holds a J.D. from the University of California Hastings College of Law. He was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1997. He also holds a bachelor’s in English with High Distinction from the University of California, Berkeley.

    Mike Slater | back to top
    Mr. Slater is a Certified Public Accountant in the Amador community. He has served as a Treasurer of the Amador County American Red Cross, Jackson Business Association, and the Jackson Lions Club. Additionally, Mr. Slater was the Past President and Founder of Amador Society of Tax Professionals. He previously served as Board Chair of the Sutter Amador Hospital Board of Trustees.

    Mr. Slater is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, California Public Accountants, and California Society of Accountants. He has a bachelor’s degree from California State University, Sacramento.

    Mr. Slater has served on the Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region Board of Directors since 2009. In his capacity, he currently serves on the Sutter Amador Hospital Medical Executive Committee, and the Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region Medical Policy, Medical Quality and Credentialing committees.

    Joan Smith-Maclean, M.D. | back to top
    Joan Smith-Maclean, M.D., is a family medicine physician in Davis. She is also the Davis Site Director of the Sutter Health Family Medicine Residency Program.

    Dr. Smith-Maclean grew up in Davis and attended the University of California, Davis, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in exercise physiology. She received her medical degree from the College of Human Medicine at Michigan State University in 1987, where she was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha. She completed her residency training in Family Medicine at U.C. Davis in 1990, where she served as chief resident.

    Dr. Smith-Maclean first began practice with a small family medicine group in Dixon and Davis which was part of an independent practice association (IPA). She was a member of the steering committee that met from 1992-1994 to form Sutter West Medical Group. She has served on the board of the medical group for many years. She also helped found the Sutter Health Family Medicine Residency Program, which began in 1995.

    Dr. Smith-Maclean has served in many roles in the medical community. She is former president of the Yolo County Medical Society and former Chief of Staff and Vice Chief of Staff at Sutter Davis Hospital. Dr. Smith-Maclean has been a voting member of the Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region Board of Directors since 2000. She is currently a Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine at U.C. Davis and has volunteered at the Davis Community Clinic. She is also on the Board of Directors of the Peregrine School.

    Dr. Smith-Maclean began her service on the Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region Board of Directors in 2000. She has served on the board’s Finance and Planning Committee since that time.

    Scott C. Syphax | back to top
    Mr. Syphax is the President and CEO of Nehemiah Corporation of America, a Sacramento based non-profit founded in 1997. NCA has leveraged $880 million in projects to spur development in low-income and underserved communities. NCA is the nation’s oldest and largest provider of private down payment assistance. NCA has provided more than $1.5 billion in nonpayment assistance gift funds to help over 320,000 families achieve their dream of homeownership.

    Previously, Mr. Syphax was Manager of Public Affairs for Eli Lilly & Company.

    Mr. Syphax earned his bachelor’s degree in business with an emphasis on Real Estate Development and Land Use Planning from the California State University, Sacramento. He was a National Fellow with the Coro National Board of Governors Association in Washington D.C., and an Executive Fellow of the Coro Foundation in San Francisco.

    Mr. Syphax currently serves on the Board of Directors for Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco and is Chairman of Affordable Housing Committee. He has been the Chairman of the Financial Solvency Standards Board of California for the State Department of Managed Health Care and a Commissioner for the Sacramento County Civil Service Commission. He also serves as the Vice Chairman of the Corporate Fund Board for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.

    He began his service to the Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region Board of Directors in 2002. He served as Physician Strategy Chair in 2005-06, and currently serves on the Board’s Finance and Planning Committee.