Lauren Forsell is a program manager at Healthforce Center at UCSF, where she oversees the California Improvement Network (CIN). She has extensive experience in project, program, and organizational management.

In her prior role at one of the largest Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in the San Francisco Bay Area, Forsell collaborated with over 50 advocacy groups, health care organizations, consulting agencies, and community-based organizations across Alameda, Contra Costa, and Solano Counties to develop and manage over 130 grant-funded programs supporting a myriad of focus areas: behavioral health, infrastructure and technology, community health education, medical and dental care, workforce development, voter engagement, and leadership development, as well as COVID-19 testing, treatment, and recovery.

She holds a master's degree in public health, with a focus on maternal and child health, from Boston University, and a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from the University of California, Davis.