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Audit and Finance Committee

Chair
Michael Lang (Chair) 
Vicki L. Rasmusen (Vice Chair) 

Board Members
Harpreet Sandhu
Brian Reithel, Ph.D.
Gary Goldstein
Lori White
Anne M. McGeorge  

Advisory Group Members
Don Courvisier
Tamara (Tami) Fagely
Kenneth Hager
Dan Arndt
Michael T. Davenport

Ex-Officio
Maria Loucks
David Porter
Shelley Tims Grant
Frank Holloman
Amy Ronneberg, Acting CEO
Mike McCullough (Staff Liaison)

Be The Match Collection Services, LLC

Board Members
Wolfgang Rennert, M.D., DMSc, DTM&H
Harpreet Sandu
Melinda Caltabiano
Kimberly Kasow, D.O.
Allison Montalvo

Ex-Officio
Julie Smolich (President)
Steven Devine (Vice President)
Gina Graves (Treasurer)
Patrick Reinken (Secretary)
Robert J. Soiffer, M.D. (Board Chair)
Amy Ronneberg (CEO)
Jamie Margolis, Ph.D. (Staff Liaison – Operations)
Heidi Bohachek (Staff Liaison, Admin)

Be The Match Auxiliary Services, LLC

Board Members
Wolfgang Rennert, M.D., DMSc, DTM&H
Harpreet Sandu
Melinda Caltabiano
Kimberly Kasow, D.O.
Allison Montalvo

Ex-Officio
Julie Smolich (President)
Steven Devine (Vice President)
Gina Graves (Treasurer)
Patrick Reinken (Secretary)
Robert J. Soiffer, M.D. (Board Chair)
Amy Ronneberg (CEO)
Jamie Margolis, Ph.D. (Staff Liaison – Operations)
Heidi Bohachek (Staff Liaison, Admin)

Board Development Committee

Abby West, Committee Chair

Board Members
Robert J. Soiffer, M.D.
Judith, Gasson, Ph.D.
Uri Herzberg, Ph.D.
Garheng Kong, M.D., Ph.D.
Ravyn Miller
Miguel-Angel Perales, M.D.
Harpreet Sandhu
Laurie Strongin

Ex-Officio
Cindy Albert
Shelley Grant
Frank Holloman

Compensation Committee

Chair
Michael Lang

Board Members
Lynn Abrahamsen
Krishna Komanduri, M.D.
David Schubert
Abby West

Ex-Officio
Robert Soiffer, MD (Board Chair)
Amy Ronneberg, CEO
Patricia Jones

Cord Blood Advisory Group

Chair
Karen Ballen
Joanne Kurtzburg (Vice Chair) (Subgroup Chair)

Advisory Group Members
Omar Aljitawi
Jaap Boelens
Andrea Bradford
Colleen Delaney
Marcie Finney (Subgroup Chair)
Brian Freed
Joanie Hare
Jonathan Gutman
Kimberly Kasow
Charles Lu
Leland Metheny
Filippo Milano
Roger Mrowiec
Andrew Rezvani
Beth Shaz
Wouter Van’t Hof
William Ward
Jeff Wilson (Subgroup Chair)
John Wingard (Subgroup Chair)

Ex-Officio
Rob Soiffer (Board Chair)
Steve Devine
Shelley Grant (HRSA)
Ericka Narr
Christine Nishiguchi (HRSA)
Amy Ronneberg
Bronwen Shaw
Donna Regan (NMDP Lead)
Julie Smolich (NMDP Staff)

Council Advisory Group

Chair
Hope Guidry-Groves (Chair) 
Cindy Albert (Vice Chair) 

Advisory Group Members
Airam da Silva (RG) 
Eneida Nemecek (TC) 
Deborah Wells (TC) 
Kimberly Kasow, Board Member, (CC)
Nathalie Danielson (AC)
Kim Ikenberry (O-DC)
Megan Lubitz (C-DC)
Jeff Wilson (CBB) 

Ex-Officio
Robert Soiffer (Board Chair)
Christine Nishiguchi (HRSA) 
Nawraz Shawir (HRSA)
Amy Ronneberg, (CEO)
Julie Smolich (Staff Liaison)
Kathy Hansen (Staff Liaison)
Heidi Bohachek (Staff Liaison)
Jamie Margolis (Staff Liaison)
Erica Jensen (Staff Liaison)

Diversity and Health Disparities Group 

Chair
Eneida Nemecek
Yvonne Ybarra (Vice-Chair)

Board Members
Abby West

Advisory Group Members
Staci Arnold
Rhonda Christianson
David Jacobsohn
Naynesh Kamani
Navneet Majhail
Alicia Nevo
Akubuike (Ngozi) Ngozichukwu
Kamakshi Rao
Lizette Salazar
Chris Wong

Ex-Officio
Lynn Abrahamsen (Board Chair)
Robyn Ashton
Christine Nishiguchi
Nawraz Shawir
Amy Ronneberg, Acting CEO
Lensa Idossa (Staff Liaison)
Elizabeth Murphy (Staff Liaison)

Divestiture Committee

Robert J. Soiffer, M.D. - Board Chair
David Porter. M.D. - Immediate Past Chair
Brian Reithel, Ph.D.
David Schubert
Gina
Brian Lindberg
Mike McCullough

Donor and Patient Safety Monitoring Advisory Group

Chair
Susan L. Rossmann
John Levine (Vice Chair)

Board Member
Rob Soiffer (Board Chair, Ex-Offcio)

Advisory Group Members
Molly Benoit
Corina Gonzalez
William Hogan
Kimberly Kasow
Carrie Kitko
Andrew Lippmann
David McKenna
Muna Qayed
Laurie Sutor
Galen Switzer
Lee Ann Weitekamp

Ex-Officio
James Bowman (HRSA)
Marilyn Levi (HRSA)
Nawraz Shawir (HRSA)
Bronwen Shaw (CIBMTR/MCW)
Amy Ronneberg (NMDP CEO)
Steven Devine (NMDP CMO, DPSM Lead)
Jackie Foster (NMDP Staff, DPSM Liaison)
Jamie Margolis (NMDP Staff)
John Miller (NMDP Staff)
Ruth Bakken (NMDP Staff)
Meghann Cody (NMDP Staff)
Miranda Heinen (NMDP Staff)

Executive Committee

Chair
Robert J. Soiffer, MD (Board Chair)

Board Members
David L. Porter, MD (Immediate Past Chair)
Miguel-Angel Perales, MD (Vice Chair)
Melinda Caltabiano (Secretary)
Brian Reithel, Ph.D.
Abby West

Ex-Officio
Frank Holloman
Shelley Grant
Amy Ronneberg, CEO

Financial Barriers to Transplant Advisory Group

Chair
Julie Walz
Gunjan Shah, MD (Vice Chair) 

Advisory Group Members
Bonnie Anderson 
Staci Arnold, MD
Anthony Bonagura, MD
Rachel Cook, MD
Carol Greulich
Krishna Komanduri, MD
Nadita Khera, MD
Charles Fred LeMaistre, MD
Geraldine X. Libetti
Navneet S. Majhail, MD
Richard Maziarz, MD
Ronald Potts, MD
Michael Rabin
Deborah Rodriguez
Alberto Santos
Robert Soiffer, MD (NMDP Board Member)
William Wood, MD

Ex-Officio
Peggy L Appel
Alycia Maloney
David Porter, MD (NMDP Board Chair)
Christine Nishiguchi (HRSA)
Jugna Shah
Nawraz Shawir (HRSA)
Michelle Fendrich (Staff Liaison)
Susan Leppke (Staff Liaison)
Brian Lindberg (Staff Liaison)

Amy Ronneberg, Acting CEO 

Elizabeth Murphy (Staff Liaison)
Ann Poole (Staff Liaison)

Histocompatibility Advisory Group

Chair
Joesph Pidala

Board Members
Miguel-Angel Perales

Advisory Group Members
Juliet Baker
Sarah Cooley
Mary Eapen
Marcelo Fernandez Vina
Brent Logan
Carlheinz Mueller
Raja Rajalingam
Bronwen Shaw

Ex-Officio
Lynn Abrahamsen (Board Chair)
Carolyn Hurley
Shelley Grant
Janet Kuramoto-Crawford
Marilyn Levi
Dennis Confer (Staff Liaison)
Jason Dehn (Staff Liaison)
Karen Dodson (Staff Liaison)
Martin Maiers (Staff Liaison)
Ann Poole (Staff Liaison)
Stephen Spellman (Staff Liaison)

Investment Sub-Committee

Chair
Michael Davenport

Committee Members
Jason Ahlgren
Diana Carter
Kenneth Hager
Maria Lochks
Brian Reithel

Ex-Officio
Robert Soiffer (Board Chair)

New Technologies and Opportunities Advisory Group

Chair
Zbigniew Szczepiorkowski

Board Members
David Schubert
Uri Herzberg
Miguel Perales
David Porter (Board Chair)

Advisory Group Members
John Wingard
Dr. Nelson Chao
Dr. Sergio Giralt
Anne McGeorge
William Pomeroy
Rich Rieger
Brian M. Freed, Ph.D. 

Ex-Officio
Shelley Tims Grant (HRSA)
Frank Holloman (HRSA)

Amy Ronneberg, Acting CEO

Steve Devine (Stuff Liaison)

Patient Services Advisory Group

Chair
Naynesh Kamani 
Kim Schmit-Pokorny (Vice Chair) 

Advisory Group Members
Kristin Akin 
Scott Baker 
Nancy Boyle 
Wendy Gorrell 
Bernadette Johnson 
Navneet Majhail 
Wael Saber 
Barry Schatz 
Valerie Sun 
Rivka Weiser 

Ex-Officio
Lynn Abrahamsen (Board Chair) 
Robyn Ashton 
Christine Nishiguchi 
Nawraz Shawir 
Amy Ronneberg, Acting CEO
Ellen Denzen (Staff Liaison)
Elizabeth Murphy (Staff Liaison)

Standards Advisory Group

Chair
Thomas Price, MD
David Porter, MD

Members
David Jacobsohn, MD
George Selby, MD
Elizabeth Shpall, MD

Ex-Officio
Captain Robert Hartzman, MD
Tessie Langreo (HRSA)
Naweaz Shawir (HRSA)
John Miller, MD, Ph.D. (Staff Liaison)
Amy Ronneberg, Acting CEO
Lori Hanley (Staff Liaison)

Scientific & Strategic Advisory Group (SSAG)

Chair
Catherine Bollard, MD

Board Chair
Robert Soiffer, MD

Board/AG Member
Uri Herzberg, PhD
David Schubert, MBA, MS

Members
Nelson Chao, MD
Sergio Giralt, MD
Sadik Kassim, PhD
Hans-Peter Kiem, MD, PhD
Jeff Miller, MD
Katie Rezvani, MD, PhD
Zbigniew Szcaepiorkowski, MD, PhD

Ex-Officio
Shelley Grant
Frank Holloman
Michele Korfin
Amy Ronneberg (NMDP Staff)
Steven Devine, MD (NMDP Staff)
Julie Smolich (NMDP Staff)