Full hearts, full circle: Dr. Gina Fromer leads with love at GLIDE

Dr. Gina Fromer, president and CEO of GLIDE Foundation prepares to greet community members with food and Christmas cheer on Christmas Eve morning! – Photo: Kevin Epps by Kia Shaun Walton On a chilly Christmas Eve morning, while many were home with loved ones taking in the winter season’s holidays, a cheerful woman stood at the end of an efficient assembly line. Offering a warm plate of food and even warmer season’s greetings, she pauses briefly to help a gentleman adjust his breakfast plate. Gingerly, she moves the milk carton to make space for his mug before he sits down to join what will become thousands of other San Francisco community members who will benefit from the free meal.& The woman, dressed in all black, save for a crisp double-breasted white chef’s coat, an embroidered orange GLIDE heart resting just above her own, speaks to each guest. She shares a laugh, a smile, even joking gaily to one man that he could be “Santa Claus’s brother.” The ease of her efforts, the sincerity of her charm, she embodies “the heart of GLIDE.” New president and CEO of the GLIDE Foundation, she is none other than San Francisco’s own Dr. Gina...