July 29, 2008

The San Francisco Foundation Appoints David Friedman to Board Chair, C. Andy Ballard to Board of Trustees, and Sarah Stein and Janet McKinley to Investment Committee

(SAN FRANCISCO) – Tuesday, July 29, 2008 – The San Francisco Foundation announced today the appointment of David Friedman as Chair of the Board of Trustees. C. Andy Ballard was named to its Board of Trustees, and Janet McKinley and Sarah Stein joined the Investment Committee.

David Friedman has been appointed the Chair of the Board of Trustees of The San Francisco Foundation (TSFF). Mr. Friedman has been a member of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees since 2004, previously serving as its vice chair, and is currently a senior principal and chair of the board of directors of Forell/Elsesser Engineers. Warren Hellman, former Board Chair, said, “David Friedman will be a terrific Chair of the Foundation.  He is intelligent, thoughtful, charitable, is steeped in the community issues and, in short, will be an outstanding leader.” Mr. Friedman serves as chair of the board of Muldaw Senior Residences and as trustee of the Jewish Home and Senior Living Foundation. He is a trustee of the UC Berkeley Foundation, a trustee and treasurer of the Friedman Family Foundation, and vice president of the board of directors of the Architectural Foundation of San Francisco. He was formerly on the boards of San Francisco Day School and Asian Neighborhood Design. Mr. Friedman’s appointment as Chair of the Board of Trustees became effective July 1, 2008. He succeeds Tatwina Lee, who remains active with The San Francisco Foundation as a Trustee.

The Foundation welcomes new Trustee C. Andy Ballard, an experienced leader in the investment and technology communities. Mr. Ballard is a Managing Director at Hellman & Friedman and also serves as a Director of Activant Solutions, Inc., Catalina Marketing Corporation, Getty Images, Inc., and Vertafore, Inc. Prior to joining Hellman & Friedman in 2004, Mr. Ballard was formerly a Director of DoubleClick, Inc. and was employed by Bain Capital in San Francisco and Boston. Mr. Ballard graduated cum laude from Harvard College and earned an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. The appointment will be effective September 1, 2008.

Sarah E. Stein has been appointed to the Investment Committee at The San Francisco Foundation. Ms. Stein is a Managing Director and Deputy Director of Research at Hall Capital Partners LLC, focusing on investments, group strategy, and discretionary mandates. Previously, she was at Goldman Sachs & Company and the Fisher Foundation. She has served on numerous nonprofit and philanthropic boards, including the KIPP Academy and Princeton University. She holds degrees from Princeton and Stanford Universities.

Janet McKinley has also recently joined the Investment Committee at the Foundation. Ms. McKinley serves as Chair of Oxfam America and is on the boards of Oxfam International, Smith College, the Deutsche Bank Microfinance Consortium Fund, MicroCredit Enterprise, and The Synapse Market Access Fund. She graduated summa cum laude from Smith College (Phi Beta Kappa) and attended the University of Krakow, Poland, as a Fulbright Scholar. She also attended the New York University Graduate School of Business.

The San Francisco Foundation (TSFF) is the community foundation serving the Bay Area since 1948 with current assets of more than $1 billion. Through the generosity and vision of our donors, TSFF awarded grants totaling $89 million in fiscal year 2007. Bringing together donors and building on community assets through grantmaking, leveraging, public policy, advocacy, and leadership development, TSFF addresses community needs in the areas of community health, education, arts and culture, community development, social justice, and the environment. The San Francisco Foundation is a community foundation serving San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, and San Mateo Counties.