Policy Oversight Committee

The Policy Oversight Committee (POC) is an operating committee of the OPTN. The Committee advises the Board of Directors and Executive Committee in: developing strategic policy priorities; prioritizing and coordinating policy and committee projects that have broad implications across OPTN committees; evaluating policy and committee proposals prior to public comment; assessing the impact of implemented policy proposals; and ensuring that OPTN committees justify proposals in compliance with policy development requirements.

Committee members

Chair

Dr. Erika D Lease
University of Washington Medical Center

Vice Chair

Stacy McKean
LifeCenter Northwest

Members	Position	End Term Date	Organization
Alan Reed	Visiting Board Member	6/30/2028	University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Transplant Programs
Allison Kwong	At Large	6/30/2028	Stanford Health Care
Aneesha Shetty	At Large	6/30/2027	Rush University Medical Center
Caroline Jadlowiec	At Large	6/30/2028	Mayo Clinic Hospital Arizona
Christopher Sonnenday	At Large	6/30/2027	University of Michigan Medical Center
Cynthia Forland	At Large	6/30/2027	General Public Region 6
Dennis Lyu	At Large	6/30/2027	University of Michigan Medical Center
Erika Lease	Chair	6/30/2027	University of Washington Medical Center
Heather Mooney Bastardi	At Large	6/30/2027	Boston Children's Hospital
Jose Garcia	At Large	6/30/2028	Memorial Regional Hospital
Kelley Hitchman	At Large	6/30/2027	Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Lab/University Health System
Kymberly Watt	Visiting Board Member	6/30/2028	Mayo Clinic Hospital Minnesota
Lisa Stocks	At Large	6/30/2027	OneLegacy
Lisa McElroy	At Large	6/30/2027	Duke University Hospital
Lorrinda Gray-Davis	At Large	6/30/2028	General Public Region 4
Melissa McQueen	At Large	6/30/2028	Transplant Families
Micah Davis	At Large	6/30/2028	Lifebanc
Paige Porrett	At Large	6/30/2027	University of Alabama Hospital
Rachel Miller	At Large	6/30/2027	Duke University Hospital
Sanjay Kulkarni	At Large	6/30/2027	Yale New Haven Hospital
Scott Lindberg	At Large	6/30/2027	Houston Methodist Hospital
Shehzad Rehman	At Large	6/30/2028	Oregon Health and Science University;VA Portland Health Care System
Stacy McKean	Vice Chair	6/30/2028	LifeCenter Northwest
Steven Potter	At Large	6/30/2027	Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute
Vincent Casingal	Visiting Board Member	6/30/2027	Carolinas Medical Center

Meeting summaries

Reports to the Board of Directors

Date Last Reviewed:

July 2026

Parents: don’t struggle alone

Policy Oversight Committee

Committee members

Chair

Vice Chair