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Advising committees and council
Our committees provide advice and support to our board of directors on our various programs and services. The role of the council is to provide input from our network and support for our policies and procedures.
Audit and Finance Committee
Chair
Gary Goldstein (Chair)
Hope Guidry-Groves (Vice Chair)
Board Members
Kimberly Kasow Wichlan
Advisory Group Members
Jill Kendall-Erb (RG)
Eneida Nemecek (TC)
Christy Satterlee (TC)
Anna Ullrich (CC)
Nathalie Danielson (AC)
Kim Ikenberry (O-DC)
Cindy Albert (C-DC)
Jeff Wilson (CBB)
Ex-Officio
David Porter (Board Chair)
Christine Nishiguchi (HRSA)
Nawraz Shawir (HRSA)
C Randal Mills (Staff Liaison)
Molly McCormick (Staff Liaison)
Julie Smolich (Staff Liaison)
Lindsay Buchmeier (Staff Liaison)
Kathy Hansen (Staff Liaison)
Susie Sturbaum (Staff Liaison)
Shelley Tang (Staff Liaison)
Be The Match BioTherapies, LLC Board of Governors
Nelson Chao
Sergio Giralt
David Schubert
Be The Match BioTherapies Services, LLC Board of Governors
Nelson Chao
Sergio Giralt
David Schubert
Board Development Committee
Chair
Robert J. Soiffer, M.D.
Board Members
David L. Porter, M.D.
Judith, Gasson, Ph.D.
Laurie Strongin
Uri Herzberg, Ph.D.
Miguel-Angel Perales, M.D.
Abigail (Abby) West
Ex-Officio
Hope Guidry-Groves
Shelley Grant
Frank Holloman
NMDP Staff
C. Randal Mills, Ph.D.
Compensation Committee
Lynn Abrahamsen
Board Members
PJ Kamani
Krisha Komanduri, M.D.
David Schubert
Brian Reithel, Ph.D.
Ex-Officio
David L. Porter, M.D. (Board Chair)
NMDP Staff
C. Randal Mills, Ph.D.
Cord Blood Advisory Group
Karen Ballen
Board Members
Kurtzburg, Joanne (Vice Chair)
John Wingard
John McMannis
Advisory Group Members
Susan Armitage
Aleksander Babic
Juliet Barker
Rachel-Louise Beddard
Hal Broxmeyer
Diane Eklund
Brian Freed
Edward Guindi
Rebecca Haley
Donald Hudspeth
Linda Kelley
Mary Laughlin
Bertram Lubin
Sharon Miller
Zbigniew "Roger" Mrowiec
Max Norkin
Mona Papari
Lawrence Petz
Voravit Ratanathorn
Donna Regan
Arnold Rubin
Andromachi Scaradavou
Leonard Sender
Elizabeth Shpall
Lee Ann Weitekamp
Ex-Officio
Lynn Abrahamsen (Board Chair)
Robert Hartzman
Carolyn Hurley
Shelley Grant
Melissa Greenwald
Christine Nishiguchi
Anita Wabeke
Karen Dodson (Staff Liaison)
Merry Duffy (Staff Liaison)
John Miller (Staff Liaison)
Council Advisory Group
Gary Goldstein (Chair)
Hope Guidry-Groves (Vice Chair)
Board Members
Kimberly Kasow Wichlan
Advisory Group Members
Jill Kendall-Erb (RG)
Eneida Nemecek (TC)
Christy Satterlee (TC)
Anna Ullrich (CC)
Nathalie Danielson (AC)
Kim Ikenberry (O-DC)
Cindy Albert (C-DC)
Jeff Wilson (CBB)
Ex-Officio
David Porter (Board Chair)
Christine Nishiguchi (HRSA)
Nawraz Shawir (HRSA)
C Randal Mills (Staff Liaison)
Molly McCormick (Staff Liaison)
Julie Smolich (Staff Liaison)
Lindsay Buchmeier (Staff Liaison)
Kathy Hansen (Staff Liaison)
Susie Sturbaum (Staff Liaison)
Shelley Tang (Staff Liaison)
Diversity and Health Disparities Group
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
Randal Mills (Staff Liaison)
Lensa Idossa (Staff Liaison)
Elizabeth Murphy (Staff Liaison)
Donor Patient Safety Monitoring Advisory Group
Susan L. Rossmann
Board Members
Kimberly Kasow-Wichlan
Advisory Group Members
Steve Devine
Arthur Flatau
Corina Gonzalez
Greg Hale
Chatchada Karanes
Ginna Laporte
John Levine
Ed Snyder
Galen Switzer
Ex-Officio
Robert Hartzman
Melissa Greenwald
Marilyn Levi
Nawraz Shawir
Lynn Abrahamsen (Board Chair)
Roberta King (Staff Liaison)
Dennis Confer (Staff Liaison)
Executive Committee
David L. Porter, M.D. (Board Chair)
Board Members
Kim Kasow Wichlan, D.O. (Vice Chair)
Lynn Abrahamsen (Past-Chair)
Melinda Caltabiano (Secretary)
Michael Lang
Robert J. Soiffer, M.D.
Ex-Officio Staff
Frank Holloman
Shelley Grant
NMDP Staff
C. Randal Mills, Ph.D
Financial Barriers to Transplant Advisory Group
Julie Walz
Gunjan Shah (Vice Chair)
Advisory Group Member
Bonnie Anderson
Staci Arnold
Anthony Bonagura
James Coates
Nandita Khera
Krishna Komanduri
Charles Fred LeMaistre
Navneet Majhail
Patricia Martin
Richard Maziarz
Ronald Potts
Michael Rabin
Deborah Rodriguez
Robert Soiffer (NMDP Board Member)
William Wood
Ex-Officio
Christine Nishiguchi (HRSA)
Nawraz Shawir (HRSA)
Andre Williams (ASBMT)
David Porter (NMDP Board Chair)
C Randall Mills (Staff Liaison)
Brian Lindberg (Staff Liaison)
Susan Leppke (Staff Liaison)
Ann Poole (Staff Liaison)
Michelle Fendrich (Staff Liaison)
Elizabeth Murphy (Staff Liaison)
Histocompatibility Advisory Group
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
Stephen Spellman (Staff Liaison)
Martin Maiers (Staff Liaison)
Dennis Confer (Staff Liaison)
Jason Dehn(Staff Liaison)
Karen Dodson (Staff Liaison)
Investment Sub-Committee
Rob Sit
Board Members
Daniel Arndt
Committee Members
Ken Hager
Scott Housh
Maria Locucks
Roger Paschke
Ex-Officio
Randal Mills (Staff Liaison)
Joy King (Staff Liaison)
Amy Ronneberg(Staff Liaison)
New Technologies and Opportunities Advisory Group
Zbigniew Szczepiorkowski
Board Members
Uri Herzberg
John McMannis
David Schubert
John Wingard
Advisory Group Members
Nelson Chao
Brian Freed
Sergio Giralt
Jon Gilbert
Anne McGeorge
William Pomeroy
Rich Reiger
Ex-Officio
Lynn Abrahamsen (Board Chair)
Shelley Grant
Frank Holloman
Dennis Confer (Staff Liaison)
Amy Ronneberg (Staff Liaison)
Patient Services Advisory Group
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
Randal Mills (Staff Liaison)
Ellen Denzen (Staff Liaison)
Elizabeth Murphy (Staff Liaison)
Standards Advisory Group
Thomas Price
Board Members
Kimberly Kasow Wichlan
Advisory Group Members
David Jacobsohn
Michael Pulsipher
Fran Rabe
George Selby
Elizabeth Shpall
Ex-Officio
Robyn Ashton
James Bowman
Melissa Greenwald
Robert Hartzman
Tessie Langreo
Nawraz Shawir
Lynn Abrahamsen (Board Chair)
John Miller(Staff Liaison)
Ann Kemp (Staff Liaison)