Elizabeth Hawkins

Elizabeth leads Genentech’s charitable investments in health equity, oversees the measurement of Genentech’s charitable giving strategy, and drives enterprise-wide engagement and activation on our external partnerships.  Genentech’s charitable giving and social impact programs are focused on advancing health equity, supporting patient needs, building a more diverse STEM and medical workforce, and partnering with local communities. Elizabeth has been instrumental in embedding health equity Genentech’s charitable giving portfolio, resulting in over $230M in investments towards equity since 2017. She leads Genentech’s Health Equity Innovation Fund, which has catalyzed over $50M in investment enabling  community, patient, clinical, and healthcare leaders to advance new ways of working and drive institutional and systems-level impact across the US healthcare system. Her team oversees all of Genentech’s hometown investments. Prior to Genentech, Elizabeth advised large philanthropic organizations and companies on their giving strategies and programs. Elizabeth holds a bachelor’s degree in History from Connecticut College, and resides in San Francisco with her family.