Nominating Committee (Board of Directors)

The Nominating Committee is an operating committee of the OPTN chaired by the Vice President/President-Elect. It meets to review and recommend candidates for election to the Board of Directors as Officers and Directors. The Board of Directors will consider the recommendations of the Nominating Committee and may make changes before attaching its final list of nominees to the notice of the annual meeting, or any special meeting called to elect Officers and Directors.

Committee members

Chair

Dr. Shelley A Hall
Baylor University Medical Center

MembersPositionOrganizationEnd Term Date
Annette NeedhamTransplant Coordinator RepresentativeUniversity of California Davis Medical Center6/30/2027
Cathi MurpheyHistocompatibility RepresentativeSouthwest Immunodiagnostics6/30/2027
Cody ReynoldsPatient and Donor Affairs RepresentativeGeneral Public Region 46/30/2027
Darren LahrmanOrgan Procurement Organization RepresentativeLifeLink of Florida6/30/2027
Gitthaline GagnePatient and Donor Affairs RepresentativeGeneral Public Region 26/30/2027
Jen BensonAt LargeGeneral Public Region 16/30/2027
John MageePresidentUniversity of Michigan Medical Center6/30/2027
John SperzelPatient and Donor Affairs RepresentativeGeneral Public Region 16/30/2027
Kenneth ChavinAt LargeGeneral Public Region 26/30/2027
Kymberly WattAt LargeMayo Clinic of Minnesota6/30/2027
Nahel EliasMinority Transplant Professional RepresentativeMassachusetts General Hospital6/30/2027
Shelley HallChair (Vice President) Baylor University Medical Center6/30/2027
Steven WeitzenAt LargeGeneral Public Region 26/30/2027
William (Bill) RyanVice President of Patient and Donor AffairsGeneral Public Region 106/30/2028
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