Nominees chosen for 2023 Board of Directors election
Published on: Friday, December 16, 2022
The Board of Directors approved the following nominees for the annual Board election. The ballot for the national Board of Directors election will be open from January 18, 2023 through February 1, 2023. Those elected to the Board will begin their terms on July 1, 2023.
Designated voting representatives of members with voting privileges may cast a vote in the annual Board election. Voting representatives for each member organization and member individuals will receive emailed instructions for casting their vote from elections@unos.org in January 2023.
The Board slate is developed in alignment with an annual needs assessment, identifying the key skill sets, expertise, and perspectives sought in the coming year. The Nominating Committee also ensures that Board composition is compliant with OPTN bylaws as well as regulatory requirements. The Board of Directors is comprised of transplant professionals as well as patient, donor, and family representatives.
Biographical information and personal statements from the nominees are available here. In addition, see below for video interviews with the two candidates for Vice President/President-Elect.
Nominees
| Board Position | Candidate(s) |
|---|---|
| President (vote for one) |
Dianne LaPointe Rudow, APN-BC, DNP, FAAN Recanati Miller Transplantation Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital |
| Vice President/President-Elect (vote for one) |
Maryjane Farr, M.D., M.Sc., FAST, FACC University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Richard Formica, M.D. Yale New Haven Hospital |
| Treasurer (vote for one) |
Andrea Tietjen, M.B.A., CPA Saint Barnabas Medical Center Jeffrey Orlowski, M.S., CPTC LifeShare Transplant Donor Services of Oklahoma |
| Immediate Past President (vote for one) |
Jerry McCauley, M.D., M.P.H. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital |
| Minority Transplant Professional Representative (vote for one) |
Amishi Desai, D.O. Northwestern Memorial Hospital Silas Norman, M.D., M.P.H. University of Michigan Medical Center |
| Regional Councillors (vote for seven) |
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| Region 1 | Reginald Gohh, M.D. Rhode Island Hospital |
| Region 2 | Emily Blumberg, M.D. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania |
| Region 4 | Michael Kwan, M.D. Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital |
| Region 7 | Bhargav Mistry, M.D., FRCSEng, FRCSI, FACS Sanford Medical Center Fargo |
| Region 8 | Andrew Kao, M.D., FACC, FHFSA St. Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City |
| Region 10 | Kenneth McCurry, M.D. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation |
| Region 11 | Christopher Jones, M.D., FACS Jewish Hospital |
| At Large Patient and Donor Affairs Representative (vote for one) |
George Surratt, B.S. 3M Kenny Laferriere, B.S.W., CTBS New England Organ Bank |
| At Large Patient and Donor Affairs Representative (vote for one) |
Kelly Willenberg, DBA, B.S.N., CHRC, CHC, CCRP Kelly Willenberg, LLC Julie Spear, B.S. Peakview Environmental, LLC |
| At Large Patient and Donor Affairs Representative (vote for one) |
Jennifer Lau, B.A. Transplant Families Stephanie Little, M.S.W., LMSW Minot State University, College of Health Sciences |
| At Large Patient and Donor Affairs Representative (vote for one) |
Laura Butler, MMHC, FNP-BC Montefiore Medical Center Cynthia Forland, Ph.D. Forland Consulting |
| Medical/Scientific Organization Representative (ASHI) (vote for one) |
Luis Hidalgo Ph.D., F(ACHI) Histocompatibility Laboratory, University of Wisconsin |
| Medical/Scientific Organization Representative (NATCO) (vote for one) |
Erika Demars RN, M.S.N., CCTC Henry Ford Hospital |
| Medical/Scientific Organization Representative (AOPO) (vote for one) |
Colleen McCarthy, RN, B.S.N. Versiti Wisconsin |