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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.

  • Dr. John C Magee
  • University of Michigan Medical Center
chair icon Chair
  • Dr. Shelley A Hall
  • Baylor University Medical Center
Members Organization Position End Term Date
Dr. Vincent P Casingal Carolinas Medical Center At Large 6/30/2027  
Dr. Meelie A DebRoy Westchester Medical Center At Large 6/30/2027  
Dr. Nahel Elias Massachusetts General Hospital Minority Transplant Representative 6/30/2027  
Gitthaline Gagne General Public Region 2 Patient and Donor Affairs Rep 6/30/2029  
Joshua E Gossett Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford At Large 6/30/2027  
Stephanie Grosser Division of Transplantation, HHS Ex Officio (non voting) 6/30/2027  
Mr. Darren D Lahrman LifeLink of Florida OPO Representative 6/30/2028  
Dr. Raymond J Lynch Division of Transplantation, HHS Ex Officio (non voting) 6/30/2027  
Dr. Cathi L Murphey Southwest Immunodiagnostics Histocompatibility Representative 6/30/2028  
Mrs. Annette L Needham University of California Davis Medical Center Transplant Coordinator Representative 6/30/2028  
Cody Reynolds General Public Region 4 Patient and Donor Affairs Rep 6/30/2029  
William Ryan General Public Region 10 Vice President for Patient/Donor Affairs 6/30/2026  
John Sperzel General Public Region 1 Patient and Donor Affairs Rep 6/30/2028  
Dr. Kymberly D Watt Mayo Clinic Hospital Minnesota At Large 6/30/2028  

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