Jeffrey Chiu

Jeffrey Chiu is vice president of human resources for UCSF Health, including UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital-San Francisco. In this position, he is responsible for driving strategic and operational initiatives to attract, develop and retain the top talent who ensure fulfillment of UCSF Health's mission, vision, and goals. He oversees talent acquisition, compensation, onboarding, and HR operations, employee and labor relations, benefits and leaves of absence administration, HR information systems, occupational health services, workers' compensation, ergonomics and disability management, outreach and diversity, workforce planning, and contingent and temporary labor.

A New Jersey native, Chiu earned his undergraduate degree and master's degree in human resources management at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. After moving to San Francisco, he took a temporary position as a recruiting assistant in human resources with UCSF Stanford Health Care. Within a few months, he was hired as a permanent employee and has been with the organization through its transition from UCSF Stanford Health Care to UCSF Medical Center to UCSF Health. In his 22 years with UCSF human resources, he has held many roles, with responsibilities increasing as he moved from individual contributor to supervisor to manager and into his current role as an executive leader.