Maureen McBride, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Maureen McBride, Ph.D. is the chief executive officer for UNOS, a mission-driven nonprofit that saves and transforms lives through research, innovation and collaboration.
As CEO, McBride champions UNOS’ lifesaving work to strengthen organ donation and transplantation systems and enhance public health. She leads the nonprofit in its development of new initiatives, data-driven research and analysis, expert consulting services, and advancement for reforms to help patients. She also fosters ensuring the organization creates a lasting, lifesaving impact.
Since joining UNOS in 1995, McBride has served in a number of leadership capacities, including as chief operations officer and director of research, where she oversaw the 24/7 operations of the nation’s Organ Center and led research and data analysis to improve the organ donation and transplantation system. She has contributed to more than 50 research manuscripts and publications focused on donation, transplantation and health-related impacts within the transplant system.
McBride reports to the UNOS Board of Directors.
McBride lives in Richmond, Virginia and received her BS in mathematics from Loyola University in Maryland and her Ph.D. in biostatistics from the Medical College of Virginia at Virginia Commonwealth University.