Board and committees
UNOS Board of Directors
Board of Directors
PRESIDENT
Dianne LaPointe Rudow
Mount Sinai Med Center
New York, NY
End term date June 30, 2024
VICE PRESIDENT
Richard Formica, Jr
Professor of Medicine and Surgery
Yale New Haven Hosp
New Haven, CT
End term date June 30, 2024
VICE PRESIDENT FOR PATIENT/DONOR AFFAIRS
Valinda Jones
General Public Region 4
Missouri City, TX
End term date June 30, 2024
SECRETARY
Linda Cendales
Director, Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation Program
Duke University Hospital
Durham, NC
End term date June 30, 2024
TREASURER
Andrea Tietjen
AVP, Transplant Administrative Services
St Barnabas Medical Center
Livingston, NJ
End term date June 30, 2025
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Jerry McCauley
Director, Division of Nephrology/Capizzi Professor of Medicine
Thomas Jefferson Univ Hosp
Philadelphia, PA
End term date June 30, 2024
REGION 1 COUNCILLOR
Reginald Gohh
Medical Director, Division of Organ Transplantation
Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, RI
End term date June 30, 2025
REGION 2 COUNCILLOR
Emily Blumberg
Director, Transplant Infectious Diseases
The Hosp of the Univ of PA
Philadelphia, PA
End term date June 30, 2025
REGION 3 COUNCILLOR
Virginia(Ginny) McBride
Executive Director
OurLegacy
Orlando, FL
End term date June 30, 2024
REGION 4 COUNCILLOR
Michael Kwan
Program Director, Heart Transplant Program
Methodist Specialty & Transplant Hosp
San Antonio, TX
End term date June 30, 2025
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
Bhargav Mistry
Director, Sanford Transplantation Services
Sanford Medical Center Fargo
Fargo, ND
End term date June 30, 2025
REGION 8 COUNCILLOR
Andrew Kao
Medical Director, Cardiac Transplantation Program
Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
End term date June 30, 2025
REGION 9 COUNCILLOR
Nicole Hayde
Medical Director, Pediatric Kidney Transplant
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY
End term date June 30, 2024
REGION 10 COUNCILLOR
Kenneth McCurry
Surgical Director, Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH
End term date June 30, 2025
REGION 11 COUNCILLOR
Christopher Jones
Director, Trager Transplant Center
Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
End term date June 30, 2025
GENERAL PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVE
Laura Butler
Administrator
Montefiore Medical Center
The Bronx, NY
End term date June 30, 2026
GENERAL PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVE
Jennifer Lau
General Public Region 5
Montgomery, IL
End term date June 30, 2026
GENERAL PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVE
Julie Spear
General Public Region 8
Boulder, CO
End term date June 30, 2026
GENERAL PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVE
George Surratt
General Public Region 7
Maplewood, MN
End term date June 30, 2026
MEDICAL/SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVE
Erika Demars
Nurse Manager
Ohio State Univ Med Ctr
Columbus, OH
End term date June 30, 2025
MEDICAL/SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVE
Manish Gandhi
Director, Tissue Typing Lab
Tissue Typing Lab at Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
End term date June 30, 2024
MEDICAL/SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVE
Wendy Garrison
Director of Family Services
Lifesharing – A Donate Life Org.
San Diego, CA
End term date June 30, 2024
MEDICAL/SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVE
Luis Hidalgo
HLA Lab Director
Histo Lab at the Univ. of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
End term date June 30, 2025
MEDICAL/SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVE
Alan Langnas
Chief, Transplant Surgery
The Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE
End term date June 30, 2024
MEDICAL/SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVE
Barry Massa
Executive Director
LifeCenter Organ Donor Network
Cincinnati, OH
End term date June 30, 2024
MEDICAL/SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVE
Colleen McCarthy
Vice President
BloodCenter of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
End term date June 30, 2025
MEDICAL/SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVE
Stuart Sweet
Med. Director, Pediatric Lung Transplant Program
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
St. Louis, MO
End term date June 30, 2024
MINORITY TRANSPLANT REPRESENTATIVE
Silas Norman
Nephrologist
Univ of Michigan Med Ctr
Ann Arbor, MI
End term date June 30, 2025
AT LARGE
Laurel Avery
General Public Region 11
Manassas, VA
End term date June 30, 2024
AT LARGE
Maryjane Farr
Medical Director Heart Transplant
UT Southwestern Medical Center/
Dallas, TX
End term date June 30, 2024
AT LARGE
Kelley Hitchman
Section Chief, HLA
Histo & Immunogenetics Lab
San Antonio, TX
End term date June 30, 2025
AT LARGE
Evelyn Hsu
Pediatric Gastroenterologist
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Seattle, WA
End term date June 30, 2024
AT LARGE
Heather Hunt
General Public Region 1
Barnstable, MA
End term date June 30, 2025
AT LARGE
Melissa McQueen
General Public Region 5
Sun City, AZ
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
James Sharrock
General Public Region 4
Edmond, OK
End term date June 30, 2024
AT LARGE
Bryan Whitson
Surgical Director, Lung Transplantation
Ohio State Univ Med Ctr
Columbus, OH
End term date June 30, 2024
AT LARGE
Christopher Woody
General Public Region 11
Richmond, VA
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, 2025
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
Dianne LaPointe Rudow, ANP-BC, DNP, FAAN
Mount Sinai Medical Center
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
Andrea Tietjen, MBA, CPA
Saint Barnabas Medical Center
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
Daniel Yip, MD
Mayo Clinic Hospital Florida
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.