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Board of Directors

Gary Ko

Gary K. Ko, CFA, is a finance executive with over 20 years of experience. Previously he was Vice President/Equity Research Analyst at Franklin Templeton Investments, and specialized in U.S. Healthcare stocks. Throughout his career he has been an important member of an investment team that manages up to $130 billion in investment assets. He had also founded two for-profit companies during his career. Gary had wanted to found a nonprofit to tackle unjust medical billing and medical debt since March 2016, when his newborn son was admitted to the neonatal ICU for a heart defect and subsequently subject to unjust medical bills. In 2019, he decided to execute on this vision, and founded CALMBA.

Chair Person

Dan Dohan

Professor Daniel P. Dohan, PhD., is Professor of Health Policy and Social Medicine at UCSF. His primary campus home is the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies (IHPS) where he serves as Deputy Director as well as Associate Director for Training. He also serves as co-Director of the UCSF/UC Hastings Consortium on Law, Science, and Health Policy. Dan was recruited to serve on the Board of CALMBA due to his expertise in Health Policy and Sociology and will provide corporate oversight, as well as advice on Health Policy issues.

Board Member

Jaime King

Professor Jaime S. King, Ph.D., is a Professor of Law and Bion M. Gregory Chair in Business Law at UC Hastings College of the Law. She is also the Associate Dean and Faculty Director (UCH) of the UCSF/UC Hastings Consortium on Science, Law and Health Policy, the Co-Founder and Co-Director of the UCSF/UC Hastings Masters Program in Health Policy and Law, the Executive Editor of The Source for Healthcare Price and Competition, and the Director of the Concentration on Law and Health Sciences. Jaime was recruited to serve on the Board of CALMBA due to her expertise in Healthcare Law and will provide corporate oversight, as well as advice on Healthcare Law issues.

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