Management team

John Shen, DSW, Executive Director

John Shen became the Executive Director for Marin Community Clinics in August 2007. Shen has more than 25 years of professional experience developing long-term, community-based health programs in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. Shen’s extensive background includes working with health care providers, policy makers and federal and state agencies to design integrated service delivery systems, build operational infrastructures and implement strategic business plans. Before joining MCC, he was consulting independently with health care clients such as Marin County Department of Health and Human Services, Marin Senior Access, Coastal Health Alliance in West Marin and Southwest Community Health Center in Santa Rosa.

Shen also served in several leadership roles with On Lok, a San Francisco nonprofit for the elderly. He oversaw On Lok’s strategic business planning and government relations as well as provider network development, finance, information systems, marketing, compliance and quality assurance. Shen turned On Lok’s pioneering model of care and financing in San Francisco into a nationwide standard in 20 states. The widespread success of this model — the Program of All-inclusive Care of the Elderly or PACE— lead to federal legislation permanently establishing this as a Medicare/Medicaid program. Since then, PACE has expanded to more than 45 sites in 25 states.

Georgianna Farren, MD, MEd, Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Georgianna Farren became Medical Director at MCC in September 2005. She has been a practicing physician for 26 years, practicing the last 13 years as a clinician at Marin Community Clinics. Dr. Farren received her MD degree from The George Washington University School of Medicine and her BA from University of California, Berkeley. In addition to her extensive clinical experience and passion for working in a community health center, Dr. Farren was Research Director at Marin Breast Cancer Watch for three years, serving as co-principal investigator for a full study and two pilot studies regarding breast cancer in Marin County. She has also served as Medical Consultant for Dominican University for two years, and is currently on the board of Marin Medical Society.

Art Feagles, Chief Financial Officer

Art Feagles served as CFO for a FQHC Community Clinic in northern California before joining Marin Community Clinics in 2006. He has held senior financial management positions in a large home health agency, a district hospital and in various private enterprises. He is also trained in information management technologies, including network administration and enterprise applications for the health care industry. He attended Harvard University as an undergraduate and later studied law and accounting at Golden Gate University in San Francisco. He is a long-time resident of Sebastopol and active in community service organizations in his community.