Leadership

Executive Team
Board Members
Honorary Board Members
Directors Emeriti
Derek L. Dean, Board of Directors

Derek L. Dean

Chair of the Board

Derek has been a lifelong animal lover. He brought home his first puppy at age 4, took his first obedience class at age 10 and has raised a variety of cats and dogs over the years. He became a volunteer dog walker at the SF SPCA in 2005 and joined the Board in 2008.

He is currently Chief Operating Officer of the San Francisco Symphony. Previously, Derek was the Chief Executive Officer of the University of California at...

Jen Chung

Jennifer Chung

Vice Chair

Jennifer is the co-founder and CEO of Kinsights, an advice-sharing network for parents. She started her career on the editorial staff of InStyle Magazine in New York, and then moved to San Francisco where she worked in business development for CNET Networks and, after going to business school, joined Genentech to focus on sales and marketing efforts for Rituxan, a drug used to treat lymphoma.

Growing up in rural Ohio and...

Keith Wetmore

Keith Wetmore

Treasurer

Named in 2013 by The American Lawyer as one of the “Top 50 Big Law Innovators in the Last 50 Years,” Keith Wetmore recently concluded 12 years as Chair and Chief Executive Partner of Morrison & Foerster LLP, one of the 25 largest law firms in the U.S. and the largest firm in San Francisco. Under Mr. Wetmore’s leadership, the firm grew substantially and was named Chambers Global “USA Law Firm of the Year” for 2013, among...

Susan Atherton

Susan Atherton

Susan held executive management positions in the enterprise software and cloud computing industries for 25 years (1977‐2004). Employers included NCR Corporation, GE Information Systems, Oracle Corporation, Rightpoint and DoubleClick.

Susan formed and served as the first Chair of the Humane Society of the United States (Washington, DC) National Council for 5 years (2007‐2012). She continues to serve as the Vice Chair of the...

Ahmed Badawi

Ahmed Badawi

Ahmed is the founder and president of Badawi & Associates, Certified Public Accountants. He has over 15 years’ experience in public accounting and was a partner with several national accounting firms before founding his own practice. He specializes in providing auditing and accounting services for governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations.

Ahmed has a large pitbull mix, Maximus, whom he has had for over 9 years. In...

Leslie Doyle

Leslie Doyle

Leslie is an independent graphic artist and photographer. She has worked for a variety of for-profit and non-profit organizations throughout the Bay Area. She has provided pro-bono work to St. Raymond School, the Portola Valley School Foundation and the African Library Project, among others, and is a past volunteer at a local humane society.

Ms. Doyle graduated from San Francisco State University with a B.S. in Business...

Paul Farr

Paul Farr

Paul is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Anthos, a private equity firm investing in leading growth companies. Prior to co-founding Anthos, Paul was an investor at Summit Partners and an investment banker at Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Paul received a B.Com. in Finance from McGill University and an M.B.A. from Stanford University. Paul serves on several corporate boards and the board of the Sierra Club Foundation.

Paul...

Dan Levitt, MD, PhD

Daniel Levitt, M.D., Ph.D

Dan has over 25 years of experience leading research and development programs at both biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. He is the Chief Medical Officer for CytRx Corporation, an oncology drug development company. Previously, Dr. Levitt was Executive Vice President, Research and Development, and Chief Medical Officer of Cerimon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., President of Protein Design Labs, Inc., and Head of Worldwide Oncology...

Celeste Meier

Celeste Meier studied film at UCLA and subsequently worked in the independent film industry as a film editor in San Francisco. She and her husband own Anthony Meier Fine Arts in San Francisco, a gallery of international contemporary artists and one of the most prominent art dealers on the West Coast. Ms. Meier brings extensive non-profit Board and fundraising experience. She is the former Board President of Performing Arts Workshop...

J. Peter Read

J. Peter Read

Peter is a partner of Read Investments, specializing in commercial real estate acquisitions and development. He is the former Co-Owner of Grocery Outlet Inc., a family-owned retail grocery business with 140 stores located throughout the western states.

Mr. Read’s strong affinity with the SF SPCA stems from its progressive and humane commitment to the lives of dogs and cats, and the example it demonstrates to other animal...

Eric B. Roberts

Eric is a panelologist (a studier of comics) and a dealer in comic book original art.

In 2003, Mr. Roberts assumed the SF SPCA board seat of his mother, the late Leanne B. Roberts. As a Board Member, his primary focus is the Leanne B. Roberts Animal Care Center, and he is also involved in the Feral Cat Assistance Program.

Mr. Roberts graduated from Claremont McKenna College with a BA in Economics and Philosophy, and has...

Jake Steinman

Jake Steinman

Jake is the founder and CEO of North American Journeys. In 1992, Steinman launched Active America, the forerunner to North American Journeys, following an 18-year career as publisher and editor-in-chief of City Sports, a 6-unit chain of regional sports and recreation travel magazines that he sold in 1993. In addition to his duties as president and C.E.O. of www.thetouroperator.com and...

Sue Troxel

Sue Troxel

Sue is a founding partner, owner and CEO of Pivot Point Capital, Inc., a private investment company.  Prior to founding Pivot Point Capital she was an audit partner with Ernst & Young in San Francisco. Ms. Troxel has extensive experience in financial operations management, financial accounting problem solving and in managing large corporate infrastructure projects. Ms. Troxel also has designed and installed the financial...