Elizabeth Engel, JD

Elizabeth Engel is vice president of UCSF Health and chief of staff to the CEO. In partnership with the leadership team and the medical school, she drives strategic priorities for UCSF Health, collaboratively advancing major clinical, operational and strategic initiatives. She manages performance reporting, efforts to support national benchmarking and the budget for organization-wide investments.

Engel has more than 20 years of experience in health law, policy and strategy, spanning government, health systems, and other corporate and nonprofit organizations. She previously served as chief strategy officer and chief of staff at UC Health. She spent a number of years at Stanford Medicine as in-house counsel for its medical school and for its adult and children's health care systems. She has extensive experience in Washington, D.C., including in key health policy roles for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Obama-Biden transition team and U.S. senate majority leader. She also has done significant work in the digital health space, including as head of health policy for Google and as a consultant advising clients at the intersection of technology and health care. She earned a juris doctor degree at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law.