2024-2026 Non-Transplant Anatomical Donation Council Officer Slate

James Bardsley, BS, LFD, CTBS
Anatomy Gifts Registry

Professional Bio
James Bardsley is the Chief Science Officer and Director of Operations for Anatomy Gifts Registry (AGR), a non-profit NADO that was founded in 1994. James has spent his entire life in the world of non-transplant tissue banking, having started hands-on practice via working within AGR while still in high school. James obtained his BS in Molecular & Cellular Biology from Towson University in 2010 and became a Certified Tissue Banking Specialist (CTBS) within the same year. He went on to obtain a degree in Mortuary Science and became a licensed mortician in the State of Maryland in 2013. James also happens to be a certified crematory operator. In the last 18 years, he has worked various positions within AGR, from a volunteer putting together registration packets for donors, to a recovery technician and crematory operator, to managing technical departments, and finally to his current position as an officer of the company. James got heavily involved in the AATB through the formation of the original ad hoc NADO committee in 2016 and was intimately involved with the NADO DRAI, NADO FAQs, and 2nd edition of NADO Standards as first major projects for the committee. James had since served on Membership and Standards committees for many years, and became Vice-Chair of the NADO Council for the 2020-2022 term, and then Chair for 2022-2024 and will be honored if given the opportunity to serve again as Chair for a second term for 2024-2026.

Statement Outlining Vision and Goals for the Council
"My vision and goals for this council during this term will be to grow the council, add more enthusiastic members to intra-council workgroups as well as ensure the highest participation as is possible with NADO representatives on board committees. Finally, I intend to keep accountability high through more consistent communication among council members and between the council and the AATB."

Dylan Kimzey
Science Care, Inc.

Professional Bio
Dylan Kimzey is the Regional Lab Director at Science Care. He has worked at Science Care since 2014 starting as an Assistant Lab Technician at the Arizona Lab. Dylan has traveled across the country with Science Care as a Lab Manager of the Pennsylvania, Florida, and Texas facilities. Quality has always been at the forefront of his mind so the shift to QA in 2020 was seamless. Upon the opening of Science Care's Texas facility in December 2023, Dylan transferred back to the Lab where he feels most at home. Dylan joined the NADO Council in July 2020 and was appointed to the Accreditation Committee in February 2021.

Statement Outlining Vision and Goals for the Council
If elected as NADO Council Vice-Chair I will collaborate with other accredited NADOs to review and update our standards to ensure they align with non-transplant tissue banking practices. I will also work toward strengthening our visibility within the AATB community by encouraging increased involvement within the NADO Council and participation in committees. 

Robin Bozarth, LFD, CTBS, CQA
Medical Education and Research Institute (MERI)

Professional Bio
"I am a skilled medical professional with over 35 years’ experience within the healthcare industry and over 20 years in the tissue banking industry. I currently leads the Genesis Legacy Whole-Body Donation Foundation, as the Genesis Manager, for the Medical Education Research Institute (MERI). I have held various leadership positions at the MERI, a nonprofit medical teaching institution/bioskills facility, since her start in 2003 after ten years’ service within orthopedic surgery. I am committed to my profession and maintaining the highest levels of ethical responsibility within the non-transplant anatomical donation industry for medical education and research. 

I hold an Associates of Applied Science Degree and is a licensed Funeral Director in the State of TN, am a CQA (Certified Quality Auditor) certified through the American Society of Quality (ASQ)., and also a Certified Tissue Banking Specialist (CTBS) through the American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB). I have been involved in the AATB Accreditation Committee (2016-2019) and with the NADO Council (2011-present). I a currently an active member of AATB and serves on the Program Committee (2021-2023 and as Secretary of the NADO Council (2022-current). I am also a professional member of many societies and involved in various community-based volunteer programs." 

Statement Outlining Vision and Goals for the Council
"It is my goal to ensure we provide the utmost education, knowledge and awareness of whole-body donation and how the Council works within the industry as a whole."