2024-2026 Donor Family Services Council Officer Slate

Kimberly Monroe, CTBS
South Texas Blood and Tissue Center

Professional Bio
Kimberly Monroe is Senior Manager for Tissue Partner Relations at South Texas Blood & Tissue. With 20 years in donation and transplantation, her expertise spans donor screening & authorization, donor family aftercare, hospital development, and community relations in eye and tissue banking. Kimberly holds a Bachelor of Arts in sociology from the University of Florida, a Graduate Certificate in instructional design from Rollins College, and is a Certified Tissue Banking Specialist. She has been a member of the Donor Family Services Council since 2020 and its chairperson since 2022.

Statement Outlining Vision and Goals for the Council
"My vision for the DFSC is to be an inclusive council that continues to foster an environment where donor family services professionals feel equipped, empowered, and supported in their crucial role of serving donor families. By enhancing professional development, expanding resources, and encouraging collaboration, my goal is to guide the DFSC towards completing its current slate of initiatives and identifying future needs to support AATB, its mission, and its members."

Lemuel Bradshaw, CTBS
United Tissue Resources

Professional Bio
"I am a donation advocate whose passion for our mission is born from personal experience. I am a two-time heart recipient who has spent the last 11 years sharing the benefits of tissue donation on behalf of United Tissue Resources. 

I began my career in Hospital Development, combining that with community outreach. As our organization restructured, I was able to move into Communications, first as manager and now as director. In this role, I hope to be of service in sharing information and managing relationships. I hope to be useful in helping tissue professionals enhance and elevate the potential of one donor to save and heal."

Statement Outlining Vision and Goals for the Council
"I will promote the same philosophy that we hold to at United Tissue Resources. We ask for input from our families as to what we might provide for them. We invite their suggestions and criticisms, remembering that we serve them. Do we provide what they want and need from us?

I will value the counsel of those with experience, to employ a similar strategy within this council, in as much as it aligns with the goals of the chair and our members."

Debbie Hutt, M.Ed., CT
LifeNet Health

Professional Bio
Debbie has been with LifeNet Health since 2011, serving as a Family Support Coordinator, Donor Family Services Manager, and now as the Director of National Donor Family Services. Debbie has a Master’s in Education from Old Dominion University and a Certificate in Thanatology from ADEC (Assoc. of Death Education). Her background includes over 25 years of counseling and crisis intervention work with children and their families, development of programming, work in children’s and family ministries, and bereavement support. Debbie has served AATB on the Donor Family Services Council for 10 years and is currently the Vice Chair of the council.

“Being a part of the LifeNet Health team is amazing. We serve families who teach us what giving truly means. We are invited to share in a very personal, private and painful part of our donor family’s grief journey – a privilege that is not taken for granted. I look forward to every day of support and care that we offer our families.”

Statement Outlining Vision and Goals for the Council
"The Donor Family Services Council is a compassionate group that looks for ways to best support donor families and the professionals in the donation community. I would look to continue to strengthen our voice in AATB and promote the best practices in donor family support that the donation community expects for those who help make donation possible."

Angela Rosati, CTBS
RTI Biologics, Inc.

Professional Bio
Currently serving patients and tissue recovery partners through leading the RTI Donor Services team for the past 4 years. Previous roles include 12 years leading the tissue recovery, call center operations, coroner/medical examiner and funeral home development at Donor Network West. Started career with Tissue Banks International and Alameda County Coroner's Bureau.

Statement Outlining Vision and Goals for the Council
"Although all aspects of donor family care are critical to the success of tissue donation as a whole - I am passionate about strengthening the ability for recipients and donor families to make connections."