(Foundation Sponsored Fellow)
Director, Office of Managed Care
San Francisco Department of Public Health

Stella Cao is a healthcare administrator with over 20 years of experience in serving the underserved including Medicaid, uninsured, and other vulnerable populations. Her expertise focuses on payor negotiation and contracting, program management and leading teams to improve the patient experience, and operations and financial sustainability of public programs. Her passion to serve the underserved was rooted in her upbringing and experience as an immigrant.