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President

John Magee
Section Chief, Transplant Surgery

Univ of Michigan Med Ctr
Ann Arbor, MI
End Term Date June 30, 2026

Vice President

Shelley Hall
Chief, Transplant Cardiology, Mechanical Circulatory Support

Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas, TX
End Term Date June 30, 2026

Vice President for Patient/Donor Affairs

William Ryan

General Public Region 10
Rockville, MD
End Term Date June 30, 2026

Secretary

Justin Wilkerson
Lieutenant Colonel, Illinois Army National Guard

General Public Region 7
Peoria, IL
End Term Date June 30, 2026

Treasurer

Alan Reed
Professor & Chief, Transplant and HPB Surgery; Director, Organ Transplant Center

The University of Iowa Hospitals and
Iowa City, IA
End Term Date June 30, 2027

Region 1 Councillor

Nahel Elias
Surgical Director, Renal Transplantation; Medical Director for Quality, Transplant Surgery

Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
End Term Date June 30, 2027

Region 2 Councillor

Kenneth Chavin
Director of Abdominal Organ Transplant

Temple Univ Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
End Term Date June 30, 2027

Region 3 Councillor

Ari Cohen
Director, Transplant Institute

Ochsner Foundation Hospital
New Orleans, LA
End Term Date June 30, 2027

Region 4 Councillor

Ryan Davies
Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Children's Med Ctr of Dallas
Dallas, TX
End Term Date June 30, 2027

Region 5 Councillor

Andrew Courtwright
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Medicinl; Adjunct Associate Professor of Phil

Univ of Utah Medical Center
Salt Lake City, UT
End Term Date June 30, 2027

Region 6 Councillor

Gina-Marie Barletta
Medical Director, Pediatric Kidney Transplant

Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR
End Term Date June 30, 2027

Region 7 Councillor

Reynold Lopez-Soler
Professor of Surgery, Section of Intra-Abdominal Transplantation, Department of Surgery

Loyola Univ Med Center
Maywood, IL
End Term Date June 30, 2027

Region 8 Councillor

Mark Wakefield
Professor of Surgery/Urology

Univ of Missouri Hosp and Clinic
Columbia, MO
End Term Date June 30, 2027

Region 9 Councillor

Meelie DebRoy
Chief of Kidney Transplantation

Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY
End Term Date June 30, 2027

Region 10 Councillor

Austin Schenk
Quality and Patient Safety Officer, Comprehensive Transplant Center; Associate Professor of Surgery,

Ohio State Univ Med Ctr
Atlanta, GA
End Term Date June 30, 2027

Region 11 Councillor

Vincent Casingal
Chief, Division of Abdominal Transplant; Surgical Director, Adult and Pediatric Kidney Transplant

Carolinas Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
End Term Date June 30, 2027

Histocompatibility Representative

Cathi Murphey
Director, Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory

Southwest Immunodiagnostics
San Antonio, TX
End Term Date June 30, 2028

Medical/Scientific Organization Representative

Annette Needham
Transplant Quality Manager

UC Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA
End Term Date June 30, 2028

At Large

George Bayliss
Medical Director, Kidney Transplantation, Division of Organ Transplantation

Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, RI
End Term Date June 30, 2027

At Large

Jen Benson
Chief Executive Officer and Founder

General Public Region 1
Wilton, CT
End Term Date June 30, 2028

At Large

James Cason

General Public Region 3
Rockville, MD
End Term Date June 30, 2028

At Large

Samantha Endicott
Senior Director, Organ Optimization, New England Donor Services

New England Organ Bank
Waltham, MA
End Term Date June 30, 2028

At Large

Gitthaline Gagne

General Public Region 2
Rockville, MD
End Term Date June 30, 2029

At Large

Joshua Gossett
Director, Pediatric Transplant Center

Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hosp
Palo Alto, CA
End Term Date June 30, 2027

At Large

John Hodges
Living Unrelated Kidney Donor; Moderator, Living Donors Online

General Public Region 1
Cambridge, MA
End Term Date June 30, 2029

At Large

Mary Homan

General Public Region 7
Rockville, MD
End Term Date June 30, 2029

At Large

Darren Lahrman
Executive Director, FLWC

LifeLink of Florida
Tampa, FL
End Term Date June 30, 2028

At Large

Kevin Lee
President and Chief Executive Officer

Mid-America Transplant Svcs
St. Louis, MO
End Term Date June 30, 2027

At Large

Joseph Magliocca
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics; Executive Medical Director, Vanderbilt Transplant Center

Vanderbilt Univ Med Ctr
Nashville, TN
End Term Date June 30, 2028

At Large

Jerold Mande

General Public Region 2
Rockville, MD
End Term Date June 30, 2028

At Large

Dan Meyer
Chair, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery

Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas, TX
End Term Date June 30, 2027

At Large

Peter Nicastro

General Public Region 8
Rockville, MD
End Term Date June 30, 2029

At Large

Cody Reynolds

General Public Region 4
Tishomingo, OK
End Term Date June 30, 2029

At Large

John Sperzel, III
Chief Executive Officer

General Public Region 1
North Attleborough, MA
End Term Date June 30, 2028

At Large

Kymberly Watt
Medical Director, Liver Transplant Program

Mayo Clinic Hospital Minnesota
Rochester, MN
End Term Date June 30, 2028
 

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