Executive Committee (Board of Directors)
The Executive Committee, chaired by the President, continues the work of the Board of Directors without the necessity of convening the entire Board. The Executive Committee considers issues that require action between meetings of the Board of Directors. These actions include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Emergency or clarifying policy actions
- OPTN Budget items
- Approval of committee proposals for public comment distribution
- Approval of committee project portfolio
- Urgent member actions (approvals, imminent threat reviews)
- Approval of official OPTN comment on federal issues
Current Projects
Review
- Proposal to Revise the OPTN Charter
- Reinstatement of Updates to Candidate Data During the COVID-19 Emergency
- Redesign Map of OPTN Regions
- Update on OPTN Regional Review Project
- MELD exception scores during NLRB transition (1/2019)
- Concept paper on improving the OPTN UNOS committee structure (1/2018)
Board approved and pending implementation
Implemented
Chair
- Dr. Jerry McCauley
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Vice Chair
- Dr. Dianne LaPointe Rudow
- Mount Sinai Medical Center
Liaison
- Susie Sprinson
- UNOS Employee
- susie.sprinson@unos.org
| Members | Organization | Position | End Term Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Linda C Cendales | Duke University Hospital | At Large | 6/30/2024 |
| Dr. Matthew Cooper | Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital | At Large | 6/30/2023 |
| Adrienne J Goodrich-Doctor | Division of Transplantation, HHS | Ex Officio (non voting) | 6/30/2024 |
| Mr. Frank L Holloman | Division of Transplantation, HHS | Ex Officio (non voting) | 6/30/2024 |
| Dr. Annette M Jackson | Clinical Transplantation Immunology Laboratory at Duke University Med. Ctr. | At Large | 6/30/2023 |
| Ms. Valinda L Jones | Buckeye Transplant Services | At Large | 6/30/2024 |
| Dr. Irene Kim | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | At Large | 6/30/2023 |
| Bradley T Kornfeld | General Public Region 8 | At Large | 6/30/2023 |
| Dr. Dianne LaPointe Rudow | Mount Sinai Medical Center | Vice Chair | 6/30/2023 |
| Dr. Maureen A McBride | UNOS Employees | Ex Officio (non voting) | 6/30/2023 |
| Dr. Jerry McCauley | Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | Chair | 6/30/2023 |
| Mr. Christopher J McLaughlin | Division of Transplantation, HHS | Ex Officio (non voting) | 6/30/2024 |
| Mr. Jeffrey P Orlowski | LifeShare Transplant Donor Services of Oklahoma | At Large | 6/30/2023 |
| Dr. Lloyd E Ratner | NY Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia Univ. Medical Center | At Large | 6/30/2023 |
| Mr. James W Sharrock | General Public Region 4 | At Large | 6/30/2023 |
| Ms. Gail Stendahl | Children's Hospital of Wisconsin | At Large | 6/30/2023 |
| Ms. Shannon B Taitt | Division of Transplantation, HHS | Ex Officio (non voting) | 6/30/2024 |
- May 8, 2023 - Executive (PDF - 101 K)
- March 16, 2023 - Executive (PDF - 156 K)
- February 21, 2023 - Executive (PDF - 141 K)
- January 9, 2023 - Executive (PDF - 561 K)
- December 4, 2022 - Executive (PDF - 133 K)
- October 26, 2022 - Executive (PDF - 219 K)
- September 19, 2022 - Executive (PDF - 144 K)
- August 19, 2022 - Executive (PDF - 129 K)
- July 29, 2022 - Executive (PDF - 150 K)
- July 11, 2022 - Executive (PDF - 235 K)
- June 26, 2022 - Executive (PDF - 265 K)
- April 25, 2022 - Executive (PDF - 203 K)
- April 4, 2022 - Executive Committee Regional Nominations Workgroup (PDF - 108 K)
- March 31, 2022 - Executive Committee Patient Engagement Workgroup (PDF - 204 K)
- March 24, 2022 - Executive (PDF - 217 K)
- March 7, 2022 - Executive Committee Regional Nominations Workgroup (PDF - 113 K)
- March 7, 2022 - Executive Committee Patient Engagement Workgroup (PDF - 207 K)
- February 18, 2022 - Executive (PDF - 245 K)
- February 7, 2022 - Executive Committee Regional Nominations Workgroup (PDF - 109 K)
- February 7, 2022 - Executive Committee Patient Engagement Workgroup (PDF - 208 K)
- January 20, 2022 - Executive (PDF - 138 K)
- December 5, 2021 - Executive (PDF - 234 K)
- November 19, 2021 - Executive (PDF - 117 K)
- October 26, 2021 - Executive (PDF - 502 K)
- September 22, 2021 - Executive (PDF - 492 K)
- July 30, 2021 - Executive (PDF - 1,354 K)
- June 14, 2021 - Executive (PDF - 180 K)
- April 26, 2021 - Executive (PDF - 1,701 K)
- March 1, 2021 - Executive (PDF - 536 K)
- January 13, 2021 - Executive (PDF - 527 K)
- December 21, 2020 - Executive (PDF - 530 K)
- December 6, 2020 - Executive (PDF - 547 K)
- November 2, 2020 - Executive (PDF - 143 K)
- October 20, 2020 - Executive (PDF - 135 K)
- September 18, 2020 - Executive (PDF - 157 K)
- July 30, 2020 - Executive (PDF - 529 K)
- June 7, 2020 - Executive (PDF - 175 K)
- April 20, 2020 - Executive (PDF - 144 K)
- April 3, 2020 - Executive (PDF - 181 K)
- March 17, 2020 - Executive (PDF - 325 K)
- February 25, 2020 - Executive (PDF - 434 K)
- February 11, 2020 - Executive (PDF - 485 K)
- January 16, 2020 - Executive (PDF - 209 K)
- December 2, 2019 - Executive (PDF - 575 K)
- October 8, 2019 - Executive (PDF - 154 K)
- September 16, 2019 - Executive (PDF - 509 K)
- August 1, 2019 - Executive (PDF - 511 K)
- June 9, 2019 - Executive (PDF - 590 K)
- May 24, 2019 PM - Executive (PDF - 434 K)
- May 24, 2019 AM - Executive (PDF - 437 K)
- April 12, 2019 - Executive (PDF - 219 K)
- March 26, 2019 - Executive (PDF - 92 K)
- March 19, 2019 - Executive (PDF - 130 K)
- March 6, 2019 - Executive (PDF - 147 K)
- January 25, 2019 - Executive (PDF - 103 K)
- January 16, 2019 - Executive (PDF - 110 K)
- December 3, 2018 - Executive (PDF - 132 K)
- November 14, 2018 - Executive (PDF - 85 K)
- October 5, 2018 - Executive (PDF - 134 K)
- August 9, 2018 - Executive (PDF - 57 K)
- June 22, 2018 - Executive (PDF - 67 K)
- June 18, 2018 - Executive (PDF - 73 K)
- June 11, 2018 - Executive (PDF - 86 K)
- April 20, 2018 - Executive (PDF - 150 K)
- March 19, 2018 - Executive (PDF - 112 K)
- February 26, 2018 - Executive (PDF - 39 K)
- February 2, 2018 - Executive (PDF - 30 K)
- January 18, 2018 - Executive (PDF - 37 K)
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