Buenaflor Nicolas is one of the newest members of the City Council and was elected in November 2018.  She is the third Asian-American woman elected to the City Council and only the fourth woman to serve in that capacity.

Nicolas was born in the Philippines and became a South San Francisco resident in 1988 when she and her husband, Nenar Nicolas, immigrated to the United States. They have two children, Genevieve-Marie (married to Elden Nielson) and Elijah-Giuseppe (married to the former Shirley Nicdao), and two grandchildren (Ignatius Deltavio and Arielle Florina Nicolas). She received a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering degree from Mapua Institute of Technology and a Master of Public Health from University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Her professional career includes 20 years in leadership positions at various biotechnology companies – Gilead Sciences, InterMune, Kalobios Pharmaceuticals, and Cytokinetics.  Currently, she is the Head of the Pharmacovigilance department at Forty Seven, Inc., a clinical stage immuno-oncology company in Menlo Park.

Her community and public service commitments span over 30 years and include:

• All Souls Catholic Church Volunteer, 1988 – 2008
• SSF Day in the Park Committee Member, 2006-2011
• SSF Housing Authority Board Commissioner, 2006
• Mater Dolorosa Catholic Church Volunteer, 2008 - present
• SSF PAL (Police Activities League) Boosters, served as Secretary since 2008
• SSF Historic Preservation Commissioner, 2009
• SSF Conference Center Authority Board Commissioner served as Chairperson 2014-15
• SSF Asian Alliance Founding Member served as Treasurer since 2012
• Kawayan Folk Arts, Founding Board Member
• Scottish Rite Childhood Language Center Board Member
• SSF Friends of Parks and Recreation, Member
• SSF Historical Society, Member
• SSF Sister Cities Committee, Member
• SSF Chamber of Commerce, Member

2019 City Council Committee Assignments:

• Community Development Block Grant Subcommittee
• Downtown Subcommittee
• Finance/Budget/Audit/Investment

2019 Regional Assignments:

• Conference Center Authority
• JPA-ALS-EMS (Alternate)
• Peninsula Clean Energy (PCE) Board

2019 Ad Hoc Committees:

• Sister City Committee