Ms. Moore has a deep passion for community advocacy, particularly when it comes to serving the most vulnerable among us. As Director of Development at the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation, she oversees the organization’s institutional fundraising efforts as well as its grant-making programs. Prior to joining SFGHF, Melissa worked on environmental health issues as well as sustainable food initiatives where she managed coalitions and developed advocacy strategies that improved communities in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and California. Ms. Moore joined the Board in 2019 and recently became president in 2023.

Jess Thacher is an independent consultant focused on improving safety net health care systems. Her professional mission is to contribute to improvements in health systems so that they promote equity, provide integrated and whole person care, and better meet the needs of the people and communities they seek to serve. Prior to starting her consulting practice, Jess was a Sr. Learning and Impact Officer at the California Health Care Foundation, where she used the tools of learning and evaluation to help refine programmatic strategies and improve grantmaking approaches. Before that, Jess led the quality and performance improvement department at Partnership HealthPlan of California, a community based Medi-Cal managed care plan serving 14 Northern California counties. She began her health care career in San Francisco with quality improvement roles at Women’s Community Clinic and the San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium.  Jess earned her BS at Northwestern University and her MPH from the UC Berkeley School of Public Health.  Ms. Thacher joined the Board in 2022. 

Adam Sharma is the Director of Operational Excellence at the Central California Alliance for Health, a Medi-Cal Health Plan serving 5 counties. Previously, he held various position at the San Francisco Health Plan, including Director of Health Outcomes Improvement and Director of Policy and Coverage Programs. Having spent his career working for and on behalf of Community Health Centers, Adam is passionate about supporting safety-net health care providers to better serve our entire community. He holds a Master of Public Administration degree from San Francisco State University. For fun, Adam enjoys playing music, cooking, and hiking. Mr. Sharma joined the board in 2019, became Vice President in 2021, Board President in 2022, and more recently became Treasurer in 2023.

Dr. Lyles is a faculty member at UCSF based in the Division of General Internal Medicine and the Center for Vulnerable Populations at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital since 2011. She leads research focused on individual engagement and empowerment in chronic disease self-management, often by harnessing digital technology solutions that are tailored for diverse populations as well as population-level health data. She also helps direct the Implementation Science program at UCSF to help spread known solutions into routine practice in both public health and clinical settings. Dr. Lyles holds a BA from Stanford University and a PhD in Health Services research from the School of Public Health at the University of Washington. Dr. Lyles joined the Board in 2018 and served as Secretary in 2021-2022.

Tracey Packer has worked in public health for 35 years, most recently as the director of the Community Health Equity and Promotion Branch in the San Francisco Department of Public Health. Tracey has an MPH in Community Health Education from UC Berkeley. Her focus has been on building partnerships with community to plan and develop programs that most effectively address health disparities experienced by communities of color, LGBTQ+ communities, and in vulnerable neighborhoods. Tracey joined the SFPHF Board in 2023 shortly after retiring from the San Francisco Department of Public Health. She’s excited to bring her experience to support the work of the Foundation. She also continues to stay involved with public health through consulting.  In her downtime, Tracey puts in a few miles a day walking the streets of Oakland and San Francisco, and sometimes England, with friends and also enjoys time with her two grown children, her spouse, and their kitties.