Vanessa Roshell-Stacks

Vanessa Roshell-Stacks is vice president of ancillary and support services for UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. In this critical role, she is responsible for the operational, financial, and strategic activities of a broad range of departments and programs across the organization. In addition, she serves as site administrator for the Oakland campus.

Roshell-Stacks began her health care career providing therapy for autistic children. She now has more than 20 years of health care experience, with a strong foundation in operational efficiency, care management and population health, patient flow, decision support, and revenue cycle management. Throughout her career, she has served in leadership positions in a variety of premier health care organizations. Before joining UCSF, she was vice president of operations for Rush University Medical Center, where she led several diverse departments.

Roshell-Stacks thrives as a leader who serves, bringing a desire to deliver high-quality, cost-effective solutions in a compassionate, collaborative and patient-centric manner. She is trained in the process improvement methodology of Lean Six Sigma. She earned a bachelor's degree in experimental psychology and a master's degree in health administration at the University of South Carolina.