Board of Directors
- Christie Thomas, MD | Chair
Transplant Nephrologist VAMC, UIHC - Laura Wenman | Vice-Chair
Hospital Administrator MercyOne Des Moines - Kim Burdakin | Secretary
Liver Recipient - Tami Erb, CFO | Treasurer
Goodwill of the Heartland - Cass Franklin, MD
Transplant Nephrologist, MercyOne Des Moines - Father Marty Goetz
Priest-Pastor, SS John & Paul Parish, Burlington - Marcia Rogers
Managing Director Political Strategy & Campaign Services Firm - Michael Hensch
Executive Director, Johnson County Board of Supervisors - Nancy Richardson
Retired Director, Iowa DOT, Donor Mom - Olivia Thompson
Retired CFO, AlloSource - Robin Thompson
Former Director of Transplant and Center for Liver Disease, UnityPoint 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 - Tom Deprenger
Vice President, Principal Gifts, The University of Iowa Foundation - Troy DeJoode
Executive Director, Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities - Suzanne Conrad Ex Officio
Ex Officio, Chief Executive Officer IDN - Lois Geist, MD Ex Officio
Non-Voting, IDN Medical Director
- Jonathan Simmons, DO | Chair
Critical Care Physician, UIHC - Jim Springer | Vice-Chair
VP, OPO and Hospital Relations, SeaStar Medical - Adam Stockman
Director of Clinical Operations, Iowa Lions Eye Bank - Bette Schwager, RN
Donor Family Member - Dan Katz, MD
Abdominal Transplant Surgeon, VA Medical Center, Iowa City - Elizabeth Field, MD
Histocompatability Specialist, VA Medical Center, Iowa City - Jeff Dumermuth
West Des Moines EMS Chief - Jessica Zuzga-Reed, DO, FAAP
Pediatric Intensivist, MercyOne Des Moines - Johan Aerts, DO
Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Surgeon, MercyOne Des Moines - Julie Tuel, RN, BSN, CCRN-CMS, SCRN
Unit Nursing Director, Neuro-Trauma-Medical, MercyOne, Des Moines - Kalpaj Parekh, MD
Thoracic Surgeon, UIHC - Louis Katz, MD
Executive Vice President, America's Blood Centers - Mario Zanaty, MD
Neurosurgeon, UIHC - Qasim Chaudhry, MD
Kidney Transplant Surgeon, UnityPoint Health, Des Moines - Sabi Singh
Assistant Vice President, UIHC - Christie Thomas, MD | Ex Officio
Transplant Nephrologist VAMC, 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 Clinical Officer
