predecessor successor blankname nationality office term_start namedata article_title term_end name
ross mirkarimi ross mirkarimi mayor united states sheriff -rrb- of the county of san francisco -lrb- acting march 21 , 2012 ed lee vicki hennessy
 october 9 , 2012 vicki hennessy
vicki hennessy

vicki hennessy was interim sheriff of san francisco and was the city 's first female sheriff .
she was appointed interim sheriff by mayor ed lee pending an ethics investigation of elected sheriff ross mirkarimi , who was charged and acquitted of domestic violence battery .
she is no relation to former sheriff mike hennessey .
hennessy is a native of san francisco and a graduate of lowell high school .
her husband is a retired san francisco police officer .
she is the mother of two grown children .
