Rochelle Neutra, FNP MSN

Clinical Advisor, Community Advocate 

As a health care provider and clinician, Rochelle has worked with underserved communities in the San Francisco Bay Area, dividing her time among advocacy, clinical research, and direct patient care in safety-net clinics. She served as the Medical Clinic Director at the Native American Health Center in San Francisco and has conducted National Institutes of Health-sponsored research at UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley. Rochelle is an active community leader and serves on several nonprofit boards and advisory committees, including the Neutra Institute. She is interested in the intersections between health, design, and equity. As an undergraduate, she studied Language and Cultural Studies at UC Santa Cruz and obtained a master’s degree in Nursing at UC San Francisco.

Brad Paul

Former Deputy Mayor for Housing, San Francisco

Brad Paul is a former Deputy Mayor for Housing in San Francisco. He brings 35 years of experience in housing advocacy, policy and development from a community, government, and philanthropic perspective. Brad has a background in helping private and public entities address the economic, social and political problems challenging cities and neighborhoods. He maintains a major focus on developing effective outreach, planning and development strategies, and mediating among groups with differing and passionate points of view.

Joshua Simon,

Senior Advisor, Community Arts Stabilization Trust (CAST)

Joshua Simon is dedicated to building vibrant and healthy mixed-income neighborhoods that are diverse and inclusive. Working in community development since 1983, his career has been focused on creating collaborations to build community assets. His past work includes development of co-housing, community hubs, facilities for arts and social service organizations, artists’ live/work studios and air-rights development. His past positions include Executive Director of the East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation and Director of Real Estate Consulting for Community Vision. He was a founding board member of Resources for Community Development and Executive Director of San Francisco’s Project Artaud. He was also a school board member for the Emery Unified School District, and he is a member of the Bond Oversight Committee for Emeryville’s Center for Community Life. Joshua holds a BA in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley and an MS in Real Estate Development from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He recently completed NeighborWorks America’s Achieving Excellence Program.

Michelle Schneidermann ,

MD & Director of California Health Care Foundation’s Advancing People-Centered Care Team

Dr. Michelle Schneidermann is an internal medicine doctor and director of the California Health Care Foundation’s Advancing People-Centered Care team, which works to ensure that Californians, particularly those enrolled in Medi-Cal, receive responsive, comprehensive, and coordinated care that supports their health and well-being. She leads CHCF’s efforts in several areas, including improving care for people experiencing homelessness. Before joining CHCF, Michelle was a medical director at Alameda Alliance for Health. She led efforts to partner with the Alameda County Health Care Services Agency and community providers to build and expand programs such as the Healthy Homes Program and Whole Person Care. Before that, Michelle spent more than 14 years as a clinical professor and physician  leader at UCSF. In addition to being  a primary care doctor and hospitalist at San Francisco General Hospital, she led the hospital’s High User Care Management Program and the city’s Medical Respite and Sobering Center. She currently serves as a commissioner for Alameda County Health Care for the Homeless, a program of the Alameda County Health Care Services Agency