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Your Privacy Choices
AATB is seeking nominations for the AATB Board of Governors in the following leadership positions: Chairperson-Elect, Secretary-Treasurer, and At-Large Governors (2). The term length is two years and begins at the conclusion of the Annual Business Meeting, which will be held during the AATB Annual Meeting, October 12-15 in Atlanta, GA.
You have until May 1, 2025 to either self-nominate or nominate an AATB Individual Member of the Association in good standing to run for one of the following leadership positions.
All AATB individual members listed below were first nominated by the Nominating and Awards Committee and then agreed to run for the associated position.
Chairperson-Elect
Mark DeFilippis, New England Donor Services, Inc.
Walter Recker, LifeCell Corporation, An AbbVie Affiliate
Secretary-Treasurer
Tom Buersmeyer, LifeNet Health
Jeff Cartmell, MTF Biologics
At-Large Governors
Chris Agle, Legacy Donor Services Foundation
Debra Cooper, Lifebanc
Rick Kolovich, Infinite Legacy, Inc.
Kelly Scott, DCI Donor Services Tissue Bank
If You Plan to Submit a Nomination, Please Carefully Read the Instructions Below
All nominations must be received by Thursday, May 1. The election will open on Monday, June 2, at 11:00 AM, EDT, and will remain open for thirty days, closing on Tuesday, July 1, at 11:59 PM, EDT. All Individual Members of the Association in good standing are eligible to be elected to the AATB Board of Governors and to nominate other eligible members.
Nominations: If you wish to nominate yourself or another member as a candidate for election, please complete the Board of Governors Officers and At-Large Governors Nomination by Petition Form and Nominating Petition, signed by at least twenty-five (25) Individual Members of the
Association. A signature may be denoted in writing or by use of an electronic signature. The nominating petition form and all petition signatures must be submitted to AATB together as a package. Names of nominees submitted by petition (that comply with the AATB Bylaws) will be added to the names submitted by the Nominating and Awards Committee for the upcoming election.
Nominations must be received no later than May 1, 2025.
Petitions may be submitted electronically through the AATB website (preferred), by email to nominations@aatb.org or in person or by US mail, courier, or next-day delivery to the address below.
American Association of Tissue Banks
8200 Greensboro Drive, Suite 404
McLean, VA 22102
For questions related to the nomination process, please email nominations@aatb.org, or call the AATB office at 703.229.1020.