About TSFF

People

Leadership matters. We partner with the most effective groups and individual leaders in our region

Organizations

We seed innovative ideas, embrace risk, and seek out partners who make a greater impact

Neighborhoods

We focus on solutions that begin at the neighborhood level, built on deep local understanding

Policy

We combine programs with policy, transforming successes on the ground into long-lasting change

David Friedman

Investment Committee Immediate Past Chair

David Friedman

David Friedman, immediate past chair, is a senior principal and chair of the board of Forell/Elsesser Engineers. He is the immediate past chair of the board of directors of the Jewish Home of San Francisco, currently serving on the boards of Moldaw Family Residences, Taube-Koret Campus for Jewish Life, Jewish Senior Living Group, and the Jewish Home and Senior Living Foundation. He is also a trustee of the UC Berkeley Foundation, a trustee and treasurer of the Friedman Family Foundation, and director of the Faultline Foundation, San Francisco Planning and Urban Research, and Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. He serves on the advisory boards of UC Berkeley Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the College of Environmental Design. He was formerly on the boards of San Francisco Day School, Architectural Foundation of San Francisco, and Asian Neighborhood Design. Appointed in 2004.