Francesca Pei

Executive Director, CA Institute, UCSF

Over 20 years of leadership, management and coordination with innovative approaches to projects in healthcare, and research in academic and high-level education settings. In addition to being the Executive Director for UCSF, Francesca Pei is the Chief Operations Operator of the Multitudes Dyslexia Risk Assessment Program, a state-funded initiative to translate the latest neuroscientific knowledge into a free, early dyslexia screener for all California public schools. Francesca has a doctorate degree in Developmental Neuroscience from the University of Pisa, and she brings over 20 years of leadership, operational management and strategic planning in a variety of health care, research, academic and education settings.