Jennifer Moe
Director of Communications/PR
Donor Alliance
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DONOR ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES TWO NEW BOARD ROSTERS AND SLATE OF OFFICERS FOR 2007
New board format allows Governing and Advisory Board Members to join as leaders in organ and tissue donation
Denver—March 1, 2007—Donor Alliance, the organ procurement organization serving Colorado and most of Wyoming, has announced their new Governing and Advisory Board rosters for 2007. Additionally, two new slates of officers were named.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued new board regulations for organ procurement organizations, requiring a shift from one governing board to two separate boards. These conditions also require certain positions to be filled on each board.
Under the new conditions that went into effect in January, the Governing Board will act as the full, legal authority for management and provision of all organizational services. The Advisory Board will be responsible for recommending policies related to organ recovery to the Governing Board. The new structure will help further Donor Alliance’s mission of facilitating the donation and recovery of organs and tissues for people needing transplantation.
The following are the 2007 Governing and Advisory Board rosters:
Governing Board
-Bradley T. Kornfeld serves on the Governing Board of Directors as the Chair. He is an attorney and real estate broker and works as a Partner with Kornfeld Koslosky Properties, LLP. Mr. Kornfeld is also a living kidney donor.
-John Cassin serves on the Governing Board of Directors as the Chair Elect. He is the Vice President of Strategic Development and Managed Care for the University of Colorado Hospital.
-Kenyada Meadows serves as the Secretary/Treasurer on the Governing Board of Directors and is the Manager of Internal Audits for Qwest Internal Audit.
-Carol Gregory, RN, MSN, MBA is the Chief Nursing Officer for The Medical Center of Aurora.
-Igal Kam, MD is the Kidney & Liver Surgical Director for the University of Colorado Hospital.
-Ronald Kucic, PhD, CMA is the Director of the School of Accountancy for the University of Denver. Dr. Kucic is a kidney recipient.
-Nancy Williams joins the Governing Board of Directors as a new member. Ms. Williams is an attorney working with consulting firm, EnnisKnupp + Associates as a Partner.
Advisory Board
-W. Ben Vernon, MD serves on the Advisory Board as the 2007 Chair. He is the Medical Director of Centura Transplant Services at Porter Adventist Hospital.
-David N. Campbell, MD is the Professor of Surgery, Surgical Chief for Cardiac Transplantation and Fellowship Director for The Children's Hospital in Denver.
-Joseph Cleveland, Jr., MD is a new Advisory Board member and currently serves as Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Associate Director of the Thoracic Surgery Residency Program and the Surgical Director for Adult Cardiac Transplantation/Mechanical Cardiac Devices at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center.
-Alan B. Cooper, MD is a practicing Partner with Denver Nephrology. Additionally, Dr. Cooper is Medical Director of the Kidney Transplant Clinic at Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center.
-Kay Daugherty, PhD, RN is the Chief Nursing Officer for the Denver Health and Hospital Authority.
-Steven W. Farber is an attorney and Founding Partner and President of Brownstein Hyatt & Farber. Mr. Farber is a kidney recipient.
-Phillippe Gauthier, MD is a new Advisory Board member and serves as the Director of Transplant Medicine for the Centura Transplant Program.
-Steven S. Geier, PhD is the Director of the Immunogenetics Laboratory and Associate Director of the Clinical Laboratory at Laboratories at Bonfils.
-Sally Guinane, RN, BSN currently works as a Supply Chain Director for The Medical Center of Aurora. Ms. Guinane is a living kidney donor.
-Kelli Jantz, RN is a Transplant Coordinator for Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center. Ms. Jantz is a donor mother.
-Jenny McCurdy, RN, MH is a Level III Pediatric Intensive Care Nurse for The Children’s Hospital in Denver.
-Sharon Morris is a new Advisory Board member and has served as the Park County Coroner for 15 years.
-J. Adair Prall, MD is a Board Certified Neurosurgeon with South Denver Neurosurgery.
-D. Sue Slone, MD is a new Advisory Board member currently working as a Trauma/Critical Care Surgeon for a level I trauma center in Denver.
-Ron Timm, Jr., is the Senior Relations Manager for Wells Fargo Bank.
-Mark Yarborough, PhD is a new Advisory Board member and serves as the Director of the Center for Bioethics and Humanities as well as the Associate Professor for the Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center.
-Martin Zamora, MD is a new Advisory Board member and currently acts as the Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, as well as the Medical Director of the Lung Transplant Program at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center.
-George A. Zara is the Chief Executive Officer of St. Anthony Hospitals. Mr. Zara is a donor father.
“Our Governing and Advisory boards have been instrumental in helping us build a strategic plan that will help us continue to transplant more people and save more lives,” said Sue Dunn, president and CEO of Donor Alliance. “Our goal is to work together to achieve our goals and help end the wait for the more than 1,700 Coloradoans who need a transplant.”
For more information about organ and tissue donation, please visit DonorAlliance.org. To register to be an organ and tissue donor, please visit ColoradoDonorRegistry.org or WyomingDonorRegistry.org, or call 303-329-4747 or toll-free at 1-888-256-4386 for more information.
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