Mary Anne Chern

• Advanced Certified Fundraising Executive (ACFRE) and Fellow of the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (FAHP)
• 30+ years of experience in health care fundraising
• Recipient of the Si Seymour Award, the highest recognition awarded to health care development professionals
• Bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of North Carolina, with post-graduate studies in English at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Mary Anne Chern is chief development officer where she oversees fundraising strategies that align with Pacific Clinics’ mission, vision and values. She brings more than 30 years of nonprofit health care resource development experience in California.

Over her career, Mary Anne has raised more than $500 million. Before joining Pacific Clinics, she served 24 years as senior vice president and foundation president at Adventist Health White Memorial, where she oversaw all fundraising, including cultivating relationships with board members and donors, campaigns, organizing fundraising events and supporting the grant proposal process.

Mary Anne was previously elected as international chair of the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy for Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) and currently serves on the International Ethics Committee for the association.

She holds designations as an Advanced Certified Fundraising Executive (ACFRE) and a Fellow of the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (FAHP). In 2015, she was honored with the Si Seymour Award, the highest recognition awarded to health care fund development professionals, for her leadership and excellence in philanthropy.

Mary Anne has bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of North Carolina and postgraduate studies in English at the University of California, Santa Barbara.