Leadership and Board

Meet the dedicated leaders and board members advancing compassionate care and strengthening our communities.

People Driven by Purpose

Exceptional care begins with exceptional people. Our leaders bring decades of clinical expertise, operational experience, nonprofit leadership, and community service. Their guidance helps ensure patients, families, employees, and communities receive the support they deserve today and for generations to come.

Executive Leadership Team

Experienced leaders guiding our mission, supporting our teams, and advancing compassionate care across every community we serve.

Skelly Wingard, RN, PHN, MSN

Chief Executive Officer

Leads By the Bay Health’s mission with decades of hospice leadership and a passion for compassionate, community-based care.

Costolino Hogan

Chief Financial Officer

Provides financial leadership that ensures the long-term sustainability of our nonprofit mission and community impact.

Robertina Szolarova, RN, MS

Chief Administrative Officer

Oversees organizational operations while strengthening the systems that support exceptional patient and employee experiences.

Pamela Galley, RN, MAOL, FACHE

Chief Growth & Transformation Officer

Jessica Keane, MD

Interim Chief Medical Officer

Provides clinical leadership while advancing exceptional hospice, palliative, and serious illness care across the organization.

Sarah Buck

Chief People Officer

Supports employees through talent development, engagement, and a workplace culture rooted in compassion and belonging.

Marcy Norenius, MPH

SVP North Care Region

Leads clinical operations across the North Care Region, supporting high-quality care for patients and families.

Anthony Lupian, LCSW

SVP South Care Region

Provides operational leadership across the South Care Region, ensuring compassionate, coordinated care delivery.

Alex Ortiz

VP Home Health

Leads home health services with a focus on quality outcomes, collaboration, and patient-centered care.

Clinical Leadership

Experienced physicians leading clinical excellence, compassionate care, and innovation across every stage of the patient journey.

Jessica Keane, MD

Nicholas Buckley, MD

Board of Directors

Our volunteer board brings together accomplished leaders from healthcare, business, education, law, and philanthropy to strengthen our mission.

Board Officers

Karen E. May, PhD, Chair
Advisor/Coach

Jeff M. Gerard, Vice Chair

Rick Sanciangco, Treasurer
CEO/Owner of Nothing Bundt Cakes

Wendy C. Chow, J.D., Secretary
VP Legal, Head of Health Care & Privacy Officer, WeightWatchers

Directors

Mukund Acharya, PhD
Social Entrepreneur & Advocate

Armika J. Berkley, DSc
Chief Administrative Officer, Kaiser Permanente

Stacy A. Blanchard
Senior Managing Director, Accenture

Daniel E. Cohn, JD
Partner, Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Elizabeth Engel
Vice President and Chief of Staff to the CEO, UCSF Health

Tracy A. Hogan
Director of Development, Dominican University of California

Catherine C. Jamentz (Kate)
Retired in 2016 from Academic Deputy Superintendent, Fremont Union High School District

Swaminathan M. Jayaraman
President, Vascular Innovations, Inc.

Thomas Tip Kim
Chief Market Development Officer, Executive Vice President Stanford Health Care

Kenneth Meislin
Principal, Meislin Investments

Michelle S. Mourad, MD
Professor and Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs and Value, Department of Medicine
Medical Director, Transitions in Care
UCSF Health

Steven Z. Pantilat, MD
Chief of Palliative Medicine, Division of Palliative Medicine, UCSF At Large

Scott Taylor Smith
CEO, Viant Group & Viant Capital, a merchant bank in San Francisco

Skelly A. Wingard, RN, MSN, CEO
By the Bay Health

Emeriti

Mary Taverna, President Emeritus
Former President/CEO
Hospice of Marin/Hospice by the Bay

Gerald Peters, Emeriti

Stephen A. Thal, Chair Emeritus
Retired Certified Gemologist and founder of Fox’s St. Francis Jewelry Store, San Francisco