The AATB biennial election for 2022-2024 Council Officers opens June 1. All AATB council members who are Individual Members of the Association in good standing will be eligible to vote for the council leadership of the council of which they are a member. Get to know the candidates running for leadership positions on the eight AATB councils below.
Accredited Tissue Banks Council
Co-Chairpersons
Catherine Hankins, LifeCenter Northwest
Dan Lunn, Nevada Donor Network, Inc.
Vice-Chairperson
Larry Suplee, The Gift of Life Donor Program
Secretary
Luba Ashurov, LiveOnNY
Ed Huppman, Life Alaska Donor Services, Inc.
Donor Family Services Council
Chairperson
Patricia Darrigan, Legacy Donor Services Foundation
Kimberly Monroe, South Texas Blood and Tissue Center
Vice-Chairperson
Debbie Hutt, LifeNet Health
Secretary
Lauralee Brown, MTF Biologics
Erin Macomber, New England Donor Services, Inc.
Living Donor Council
Chairperson
Bill Cassarly, Regenerative Biologics, Inc.
Vice-Chairperson
Anna Tirrell, Birth Tissue Recovery, LLC
Secretary
Heather Cummins, Reprotech, LLC
Jaree Knopp, Birth Tissue Donor Services
Jami Otis, AlloSource
Non-Transplant Anatomical Donation Council
Chairperson
James Bardsley, Anatomy Gifts Registry
Vice-Chairperson
Dylan Kimzey, Science Care, Inc.
Secretary
Robin Bozarth, Medical Education and Research Institute (MERI)
Physicians Council
Chairperson
Hannis Thompson, MD, AlloSource
Vice-Chairperson
James Alexander, MD, Community Tissue Services - Dayton
Secretary
Sally Alrabaa, MD, LifeLink Tissue Bank
Processing and Distribution Council
Chairperson
Sarah Lopez, United Tissue Resources
Vice-Chairperson
Kevin Barfield, Precision Allograft Solutions
Uzair Rajput, Instant Systems, Inc.
Kelly Scott, DCI Donor Services Tissue Bank
Secretary
Deepro Gangulee, RTI Surgical, Inc.
Quality Council
Chairperson
Jennifer Drago, Advanced Quality Resources
Vice-Chairperson
Christy Martinelli, Precision Allograft Solutions
Randall Thoma, VeeSquared Consulting Services
Secretary
Delhy Arias, TissueTech, Inc.
Recovery and Donor Eligibility Council
Chairperson
Louis Jares, MTF Biologics
Vice-Chairperson
Mark DeFilippis, New England Donor Services, Inc.
Secretary
Alyssa Harrison, LifeShare of Oklahoma