Mark D. Smith – Dr. Mark Smith was President and Chief Executive Officer of the California HealthCare Foundation since its formation in 1996. The Foundation is an independent philanthropy with assets of more than $700 million, headquartered in Oakland, California and dedicated to improving the health of the people of California through its program areas: Better Chronic Disease Care, Innovations for the Underserved, Market and Policy Monitor, and Health Reform and Public Programs Initiative. A board-certified internist, Dr. Smith is a member of the clinical faculty at the University of California, San Francisco and an attending physician at the Positive Health Program (for AIDS care) at San Francisco General Hospital.