Board and committees
UNOS Board of Directors
Board of Directors
PRESIDENT
Jerry McCauley
Director, Division of Nephrology/Capizzi Professor of Medicine
Thomas Jefferson Univ Hosp
Philadelphia, PA
End term date June 30, 2023
VICE PRESIDENT
Dianne LaPointe Rudow
Mount Sinai Med Center
New York, NY
End term date June 30, 2023
VICE PRESIDENT FOR PATIENT/DONOR AFFAIRS
Valinda Jones
Quality Coordinator
General Public Region 4
Missouri City, TX
End term date June 30, 2024
SECRETARY
Linda CendalesDirector, Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation Program
Duke University Hospital
Durham, NC
End term date June 30, 2024
TREASURER
Bradley Kornfeld
Managing Partner
General Public Region 8
Cherry Hills Village, CO
End term date June 30, 2023
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Matthew Cooper
Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation
Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institu
Washington, DC
End term date June 30, 2023
REGION 1 COUNCILLOR
Richard Formica, Jr
Professor of Medicine and Surgery
Yale New Haven Hosp
New Haven, CT
End term date June 30, 2023
REGION 2 COUNCILLOR
Adam Frank
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Thomas Jefferson Univ Hosp
Philadelphia, PA
End term date June 30, 2023
REGION 3 COUNCILLOR
Virginia (Ginny) McBride
Executive Director
OurLegacy
Orlando, FL
End term date June 30, 2024
REGION 4 COUNCILLOR
Jeffrey Orlowski
Chief Executive Officer
LifeShare Transplant Donor Svcs of OK
Oklahoma City, OK
End term date June 30, 2023
REGION 5 COUNCILLOR
Mark Barr
Co-Director, USC Transplant Institute
Keck Hospital of USC
Los Angeles, CA
End term date June 30, 2024
REGION 6 COUNCILLOR
Willscott Naugler
Medical Director, OHSU Liver Transplant Program
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR
End term date June 30, 2024
REGION 7 COUNCILLOR
Edward Hollinger
Surgical Director of Kidney Transplant
Rush University Med Ctr
Chicago, IL
End term date June 30, 2023
REGION 8 COUNCILLOR
Clifford Miles
Associate Professor of Medicine-Nephrology
The Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE
End term date June 30, 2023
REGION 9 COUNCILLOR
Nicole Hayde
Medical Director, Pediatric Kidney Transplant
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY
End term date June 30, 2024
REGION 10 COUNCILLOR
Jonathan Fridell
Chief of Abdominal Transplant Surgery
Indiana University Health
Indianapolis, IN
End term date June 30, 2023
REGION 11 COUNCILLOR
David Gerber
Chief, Abdominal Transplant Surgery
UNC Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC
End term dateJune 30, 2023
GENERAL PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVE
Laurel Avery
General Public Region 11
Manassas, VA
End term date June 30, 2024
GENERAL PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVE
Earnest Davis
General Public Region 10
Cincinnati, OH
End term date June 30, 2023
GENERAL PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVE
Robert Goodman
GPM Robert Goodman
Westampton, NJ
End term date June 30, 2023
GENERAL PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVE
Kelley Hitchman
Section Chief, HLA
Histo & Immunogenetics Lab
San Antonio, TX
End term date June 30, 2025
GENERAL PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVE
Heather Hunt
Executive Director
General Public Region 1
Barnstable, MA
End term date June 30, 2025
GENERAL PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVE
Melissa McQueen
President
Transplant Families
Sun City, AZ
End term date June 30, 2024
GENERAL PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVE
Deanna Santana
General Public Region 5
Placerville, CA
End term date June 30, 2023
GENERAL PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVE
James Sharrock
Retired Counsel
General Public Region 4
Edmond, OK
End term date June 30, 2024
GENERAL PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVE
Christopher Woody
General Public Region 11
Richmond, VA
End term date June 30, 2024
MINORITY TRANSPLANT REPRESENTATIVE
Irene Kim
Cedars-Sinai Med Center
Los Angeles, CA
End term date June 30, 2023
AT LARGE
Maryjane Farr
Medical Director Heart Transplant
UT Southwestern Medical Center/
Dallas, TX
End term date June 30, 2024
AT LARGE
Jan Finn
President/Chief Executive Officer
Midwest Transplant Network
Westwood, KS
End term date June 30, 2023
AT LARGE
Manish Gandhi
Director, Tissue Typing Lab
Tissue Typing Lab at Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
End term date June 30, 2024
AT LARGE
Wendy Garrison
Procurement Coordinator
Lifesharing – A Donate Life Org.
San Diego, CA
End term date June 30, 2024
AT LARGE
Evelyn Hsu
Pediatric Gastroenterologist
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Seattle, WA
End term date June 30, 2024
AT LARGE
Annette Jackson
Lab Director
Clinical Transplantation Immunology
Durham, NC
End term date June 30, 2023
AT LARGE
Alan Langnas
Chief, Transplant Surgery
The Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE
End term date June 30, 2024
AT LARGE
Barry Massa
Executive Director
LifeCenter Organ Donor Network
Cincinnati, OH
End term date June 30, 2024
AT LARGE
Lloyd Ratner
Director, Renal & Pancreatic Transplantation
New York-Presbyterian/Columbia
New York, NY
End term date June 30, 2024
AT LARGE
Meg Rogers
Director of Transplant Center Relations
LifeSource Upper Midwest OPO
Minneapolis, MN
End term date June 30, 2024
AT LARGE
Gail Stendahl
Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Childrens Hosp of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
End term date June 30, 2023
AT LARGE
Stuart Sweet
Med. Director, Pediatric Lung Transplant Program
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
St. Louis, MO
End term date June 30, 2024
AT LARGE
Andrea Tietjen
AVP, Transplant Administrative Services
St Barnabas Medical Center
Livingston, NJ
End term date June 30, 2023
AT LARGE
Bryan Whitson
Surgical Director, Lung Transplantation
Ohio State Univ Med Ctr
Columbus, OH
End term date June 30, 2024
AT LARGE
Daniel Yip
Cardiologist
Mayo Clinic Hospital Florida
Jacksonville, FL
End term date June 30, 2024
EX OFFICIO (Non Voting)
Maureen McBride, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
UNOS
Richmond, VA
End term date June 30, 2023
BOARD LIAISON
Susie Sprinson
UNOS
Richmond, VA
End term date June 30, 2025
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UNOS Committees of the Board
The following committees advise the UNOS Board. Members include UNOS Board members as well as non-Board members with subject matter expertise as non-voting Advisors.
UNOS Corporate Affairs Committee
The UNOS Corporate Affairs Committee (CAC) acts as a governing body for all UNOS corporate matters and continues the work of the UNOS Board of Directors between meetings. The CAC oversees the actions of the UNOS corporate Finance Committee and IT Advisory Committee. The CAC develops a strategic plan for the corporation and oversees its execution. It identifies strategic priorities, manages organizational risks, and sets standards for organizational performance. It also oversees the work of the corporation in fulfilling the terms of the OPTN contract with the U.S. Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
Chair
Jerry McCauley MD, MPH, FACP
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
UNOS Finance Committee
The UNOS Finance Committee reports to the Corporate Affairs Committee. The Finance Committee reviews financial policies, goals, and budgets that support the mission, values, and strategic plan of UNOS. The Committee reviews UNOS’ financial performance against its short-term and long-term goals, as set forth in the UNOS Strategic Plan. The Committee is responsible for securing the annual audit, and reviews corporate investment policies and investment performance on a routine basis.
Chair
Bradley Kornfeld, JD
Kornfeld Real Estate, LLC
UNOS IT Advisory Committee
The Information Technology Advisory Committee (ITAC) of the UNOS Board of Directors reports to the Corporate Affairs Committee. The ITAC provides oversight duties for UNOS IT operations as well as providing external expertise to UNOS’ Information Technology executive management. The ITAC assists the CAC in development of a strategic plan for Information Technology (IT) needs of the corporation and oversees the execution of the IT plan. The ITAC identifies strategic priorities in IT, and assists the CAC in setting standards for organizational IT performance. It also oversees the work of the corporation in fulfilling the IT-related requirements of the OPTN contract.
Chair
Edward Hollinger, MD, PhD
Rush University Medical Center
OPTN Board and committees
The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Board of Directors, a group of 41 elected members, is the governing body that oversees and participates in developing policies for operating the OPTN that provide equitable organ allocation to patients registered on the national waiting list, ensure quality standards for membership, and establish data submission requirements. The same board that serves the OPTN also serves UNOS, the organization that holds the contract to operate the OPTN.