Leadership

We at Children's Hospital Foundation believe that all children should have the best that healthcare can offer. Our experienced leadership and dedicated staff reflects Children’s commitment to excellence in everything we do. 

Bert Lubin, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer

Bert Lubin, MD joined Children's Hospital in 1973 as Chief of Hematology/Oncology. He was attracted by the opportunity to work in a medical center devoted to children, for the diverse patient population the hospital served and for the opportunity to create an academic, non-university based medical center that excelled in primary, secondary, and tertiary care, commitment to its community, teaching residents and sub-specialists, and conducting nationally and internationally recognized medical research.
 
Dr. Lubin graduated from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School, completed a residency in pediatrics at the Philadelphia Children’s Hospital, subspecialty training at Boston Children’s Hospital and was on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania as an Associate Professor for six years prior to his move to Children’s Hospital Oakland.
 
He has served on numerous National Institutes of Health (NIH) committees, community based health consortium, and university panels across the United States. He has secured and directed NIH grants for 36 years in a variety of areas. His research has focused on studies of red cell membrane structure in normal and pathologic states, clinical and basic research related to sickle cell anemia, public health initiatives related to newborn screening for hemoglobin disorders and national cord blood banking programs. Children's Hematology/Oncology department has dramatically grown under his leadership and is recognized nationally and internationally for its outstanding care of children with malignancies, sickle cell anemia and thalassemia, and hemophilia.
 
In 1984 Dr. Lubin became the Director of Medical Research at Children’s Hospital Oakland. Under his leadership, basic, clinical and translational research activities expanded. He transformed a small research program into a highly successful enterprise called Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI). In 2008 CHORI ranked 6th in the nation for NIH awards to children's hospitals. CHORI now serves as the research arm of the medical center.

Brad Barber, JD
Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer

Brad joined Children's Hospital in August 2006 as senior vice president and chief development officer of the hospital's foundation. Brad came to Children's after more than 25 years fundraising for the University of California, where he was the Assistant Vice President for Institutional Advancement for the University of California System. From 1994, he worked in the UC Office of the President, playing a critical role in helping to advance the University's private support programs and policies. Under his leadership, private support to the University increased from $417 million in 1994 to $1.2 billion in 2005. Brad is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley and the Boalt Hall School of Law.