Board of Directors
- Nancy Richardson | Chair
Retired Director, Iowa DOT, Donor Mom - Alan Reed, MD | Vice-Chair
Abdominal Transplant Surgeon, UIHC - Kim Burdakin | Secretary
Liver Recipient - Tami Erb, CFO | Treasurer
Goodwill of the Heartland - Eric Briesemeister
CEO, Jones Regional Medical Center, Anamosa - Father Marty Goetz
Priest-Pastor, SS John & Paul Parish, Burlington - Laura Wenman
Hospital Administrator, MMC-DM - Marcia Rogers
Managing Director Political Strategy & Campaign Services Firm - Michael Hensch
Administrator, Johnson County Medical Examiner - Olivia Thompson
Retired CFO, AlloSource - Rebecca Anthony
Senior Vice President, Iowa Hospital Association - Robin Thompson
Director of Transplant and Center for Liver Disease, Unity Point Health - Sean Merrick
Stryker Medical Device Corporation, Donor Family Member - Stephen Donahoe
President, Clipse Therapeutics - Tara McEnany, DNP, ARNP
Chief Nursing Officer, Buchanan County Health Center - Suzanne Conrad Ex Officio
Ex Officio, Chief Executive Officer IDN - Cass Franklin, MD Ex Officio
Kidney Transplant Surgeon, Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines - Lois Geist, MD Ex Officio
Non-Voting, IDN Medical Director
- Cass Franklin, MD | Chair
Kidney Transplant Surgeon, Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines - Dan Katz, MD | Vice-Chair
Abdominal Transplant Surgeon, VA Medical Center, Iowa City - Bette Schwager, RN
Donor Family Member - Elizabeth Field, MD
Histocompatability Specialist, VA Medical Center, Iowa City - Jeff Dumermuth
West Des Moines EMS Chief - Jessica Zuzga-Reed, DO, FAAP
Pediatric Intensivist, Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines - Jim Springer
Director, Recovery Partner Relations, LifeNet, Virginia Beach, VA - Johan Aerts, DO
Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Surgeon, Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines - Jonathan Simmons, DO
Critical Care Physician, UIHC - Julie Tuel, RN, BSN, CCRN-CMS, SCRN
Unit Nursing Director, Neuro-Trauma-Medical, Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines - Kalpaj Parekh, MD
Thoracic Surgeon, UIHC - Louis Katz, MD
Executive Vice President, America's Blood Centers - Mario Zanaty, MD
Neurosurgeon, UIHC - Nicole Patterson, RN
Transplant Coordinator, UPH-DM - Qasim Chaudhry, MD
Kidney Transplant Surgeon, UnityPoint Health, Des Moines - Sabi Singh
Assistant Vice President, UIHC - Suzanne Conrad | Ex Officio
Ex Officio, Chief Executive Officer IDN - Lois Geist, MD | Ex Officio
Non-Voting, IDN Medical Director - Sarah Fewell | Ex Officio
Chief Operating Officer
