About
Ralph Silber has a Master of Public Health degree from University of California, Berkeley, with a concentration in health policy and planning. He has more than 40 years of experience in community health, primary care, Medi-Cal, and health policy. For nearly 40 years, he was the Executive Director of the Alameda Health Consortium, the association of eight nonprofit Federally Qualified Health Centers in Alameda County, California. He also served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Community Health Center Network, a nonprofit Medi-Cal managed care organization with more than 180,000 Medi-Cal members. As a founding member of the Board of Directors of the California Primary Care Association, Silber served in this capacity for more than 25 years. Additionally, Silber was a member of the Board of Directors of the Integrated Healthcare Association and the founding Chair of the National Association of Community Health Centers’ Health Center Controlled Networks Task Force. Silber has served on numerous government advisory committees at the federal, state, and county levels and has delivered presentations at several national conferences.