Ann Richardson Berkey
Chief Executive Officer
The Berkey Group
San Francisco, CA
Term ends: March 3, 2025
The ACBSCT has up to 15 members, including the chair.
The HHS Secretary appoints our members. The appointed members, who are Special Government Employees, serve two-year terms. Each member may serve as many as three consecutive terms.
Appointed members
Voting members
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Richard Maziarz, M.D.
Medical Director
Adult Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplant & Cell Therapy Program
Knight Cancer Institute
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR
Term ends: March 3, 2025 -
Filippo Milano, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
Cord Blood Transplantation Program
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, WA
Term ends: February 3, 2025
Ex officio members
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Nancy L. DiFronzo, Ph.D.
Program Director
Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapeutics Branch
Division of Blood Diseases and Resources
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD -
Max Grogl, Ph.D.
Head
Department of Defense Bone Marrow Program
Naval Medical Research Center
Rockville, MD -
Frank Holloman
Senior Policy Advisor
Division of Transplantation
Health Resources and Services Administration
Rockville, MD -
Hanh M. Khuu, M.D.
Medical Officer
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
Office of Tissues and Advanced Therapies
Food and Drug Administration
White Oak, MD
Designated federal officer
Shelley Tims Grant, M.H.S.A.
Policy Advisor
Division of Transplantation
Health Resources and Services Administration
General counsel
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Mark McGinnis, J.D.
Senior Attorney
Office of the General Counsel
Department of Health and Human Services -
Alexandra Slessarey, J.D.
Senior Attorney
Office of the General Counsel
Department of Health and Human Services
Nominations for membership
We are accepting nominations for voting members to serve as Special Government Employees on ACBSCT. We accept new members on a continuous basis.
Am I eligible?
Advisory Council members include:
- Representatives of marrow donor centers, marrow transplant centers, cord blood banks, and participating birthing hospitals
- Recipients of bone marrow or cord blood transplants
- People who need transplants and their family members
- Family members of patients who have requested help finding an unrelated donor of bone marrow or cord blood
- Experts in bone marrow and cord blood transplantation
- Experts in tissue typing and matching, transplant outcome data analysis, and cord blood processing
- People with backgrounds in the social sciences or bioethics
- Basic scientists with expertise in the biology of adult stem cells
- Hematology and transfusion medicine researchers with expertise in adult blood stem cells
- Members of the general public
Submit a nomination
Questions about eligibility?
Email Shelley Tims Grant, M.H.S.A., Designated Federal Officer
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