Jennifer Moe
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PRESIDENT AND CEO OF DONOR ALLIANCE SUE DUNN NAMED AOPO PRESIDENT FOR 2008–2009

DENVER—June 12, 2008—Sue Dunn, president and CEO of Donor Alliance, was named president of the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) for the 2008–2009 term, today.

AOPO is a private, non-profit, national organization representing all federally designated organ procurement organizations (OPOs), otherwise recognized as Donate Life organizations. The association represents and serves OPOs through advocacy, support and development of activities that maximize the availability of organs and tissues and enhance the quality, effectiveness and integrity of the donation process.

Dunn has served AOPO in numerous capacities, including as chair of the annual meeting program committee (1995–2001), as an executive committee at-large member (2001–2002), as chair of the standards and accreditation committee (2005–2006) and most recently as president-elect (2007–2008). She has been an at-large representative for the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN)/United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) liver/intestine and pediatric committees and secretary of the Organization for Transplant Professionals (NATCO) Board of Directors.

Among other duties, Dunn’s role as AOPO president will include working closely with AOPO’s new Executive Director, Bruce Wilson in the AOPO accreditation process.

“It is a tremendous honor to work among my mentors in the transplantation field, serving donor families and the donation community,” said Sue Dunn. “In my role as AOPO president, I am committed to leading the donation industry as we work collaboratively to end the wait for the nearly 100,000 Americans in need of an organ transplant.”

Dunn has been president and CEO of Donor Alliance since October 2004, having served prior to that as the vice president of OPO operations/compliance and regulatory affairs in 2000 and earlier as the director of quality systems for Donor Alliance. Her previous professional career in organ procurement began in 1984 as an organ recovery coordinator for the American Red Cross in St. Paul, Minnesota and included subsequent positions as organ recovery coordinator and manager of hospital development, as well as assistant director for Colorado Organ Recovery Systems, a forerunner of Donor Alliance. Dunn received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from Creighton University and an MBA from Regis University, in Denver. She continues to maintain her nursing license and CPTC certification and currently serves as secretary on the board of directors for Donor Awareness Council and as vice chair of the Organ Donation and Transplantation Alliance.

The executive committee of AOPO consists of seven elected officials – president, president-elect, medical advisor, secretary/treasurer, member-at-large, medical advisor-elect and immediate past president.

2008–2009 AOPO Executive Committee:
• President-Elect, Suzanne L. Conrad, Iowa Donor Network
• Medical Advisor, Daniel J. Lebovitz, MD, LifeBanc
• Secretary/Treasurer, Tim Brown, Donor Network of Arizona
• Member at Large, Kevin J. O’Connor, New England Organ Bank
• Medical Advisor-Elect, Jeffrey Punch, MD, Gift of Life Michigan
• Immediate Past President, Tom Mone, OneLegacy
• Executive Director, Bruce A. Wilson, AOPO

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