Allison L. Magee

Allison has worked for more than 20 years to transform public systems to reflect the strengths of the community and meet their needs. Allison Magee is Executive Director of the Zellerbach Family Foundation, one of San Francisco’s oldest and most respected family foundations. ZFF promotes belonging, connection, and a shared sense of safety among people and communities across the Bay Area and California, with a focus on Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Francisco Counties. Allison previously worked for the City and County of San Francisco, where she served as a leader in strengthening services for system-involved youth and their families. Her work as Deputy Director of the San Francisco Juvenile Probation Department (JPD) includes the development of a national model for juvenile justice system reform. Allison also established a collaborative model for the city’s funding of community-based services that resulted in over $14 million in dedicated funding for violence prevention programs for San Francisco youth. Allison was awarded SPUR’s Good Governance Award for her work at JPD. Allison has also worked for Mayor Gavin Newsom’s Office of Budget and Policy, and the US Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, where she won the Inspector General’s Excellence Award. Allison holds a master’s degree in Public Policy and Administration and a master’s degree in Social Work, both from Columbia University. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from San Francisco State University. Allison sits on the board and served as Board Chair of the Northern California Grantmakers and recently served on San Francisco Mayor London Breed’s Blue-Ribbon Taskforce on juvenile justice reform.