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Your Privacy Choices
AATB is seeking nominations for the eight AATB councils in the following leadership positions: Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, and Secretary. The term length is two years and begins at the conclusion of the next Annual Business Meeting. The Chairperson(s) of each council will represent their council on, and will serve as a member of, the AATB Board of Governors.
You have until May 1, 2024, to either self-nominate or nominate an AATB individual member who is an employee of an AATB-Accredited Institution in good standing to run for a council officer position. If you plan to submit a nomination, please carefully read the instructions below.
All AATB individual members listed below were first nominated by the Nominating and Awards Committee and then agreed to run for the associated position.
Accredited Tissue Banks Council
Co-Chairpersons
Tom Buersmeyer, LifeNet Health
Ryan Cormier, Gift of Life Michigan
Vice-Chairperson
Anita Gordon, Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE)
Secretary
Patty Malone, Solvita
Donor Family Services Council
Chairperson
Kimberly Monroe, South Texas Blood and Tissue Center
Vice-Chairperson
Lemuel Bradshaw, United Tissue Resources
Debbie Hutt, LifeNet Health
Secretary
Angela Rosati, RTI Biologics, Inc.
Living Donor Council
Chairperson
Bill Cassarly, Regenerative Biologics, Inc.
Vice-Chairperson
Dr. Andrea Ho, AlloSource
Shannon Renaud, Gift of Life Michigan
Anna Tirrell, Birth Tissue Recovery, LLC
Secretary
Audra Holmes, Nevada Donor Network, Inc.
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
Dr. Sally Alrabaa, LifeLink Tissue Bank
Dr. Emmanuel Mahlis, MTF Biologics
Vice-Chairperson
Dr. Anna McDonald, Birth Tissue Recovery, LLC
Secretary
Dr. Noelle Edwards, LifeNet Health
Processing and Distribution Council
Chairperson
Sarah Lopez, United Tissue Resources
Vice-Chairperson
Adam James, CellRight Technologies
Secretary
Sean Piersol, LifeNet Health
Quality Council
Chairperson
Christy Martinelli, Precision Allograft Solutions
Vice-Chairperson
Delhy Arias, BioTissue Holdings, Inc.
Emily Bioski, Lake Superior Centre for Regenerative Medicine (RegenMed)
Robert Hernandez, LifeLink Tissue Bank
Secretary
Misty Brock, Gift of Life Michigan
Erin Butler, South Texas Blood and Tissue Center
Jason Morton, LifeShare Tissue Services, Inc.
Amanda Whelan, New England Donor Services, Inc.
Recovery and Donor Eligibility Council
Chairperson
Tommy Churchill, LifeLink Tissue Bank
Ryan Nelson, Donor Network of Arizona
Vice-Chairperson
Erica Hinterser, Mid-America Transplant
Chris Proctor, MTF Biologics
Secretary
Lesly Gatton, Solvita
Lindsey Hamilton, Indiana Donor Network
Joi Surgeon, Nevada Donor Network, Inc.
All nominations must be received by Wednesday, May 1. The election will open on Monday, June 3, at 11:00 AM, EDT, and close on Monday, July 1, at 11:59 PM, EDT. All council members who are individual members of the Association and employees of an AATB-Accredited institution in good standing are eligible to be elected to a council officer position for the council to which they belong. All council members who are individual members of the Association in good standing are eligible to nominate other eligible members for a council officer position for the council of which they are both members.
Nominations: If you wish to nominate yourself or another member as a candidate for election, please complete the Council Officer Nomination by Petition Form and Nominating Petition(s), signed by at least ten percent (10%) of the Council membership or ten (10) individual members of the particular Council to which the petition relates, whichever is greater. A signature may be denoted in writing or by use of an electronic signature. The petitions and all signatures must be submitted to AATB together as a package. Names of nominees submitted by petition (that comply with Article IV and Article VIII of AATB Bylaws) will be added to the names submitted by the individual council nominating committees for the upcoming election.
Nominations must be received no later than May 1, 2024.
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.
Join an AATB Council and Vote in the Upcoming Election
The AATB biennial election for 2024-2026 Council Officers will open June 3. In order to participate in these elections, you must be an AATB member currently serving on a council. If you are not currently a member of one of AATB’s eight councils and would like to join, or if you would like to change your council affiliation, make sure to do so before May 10 to be eligible to participate in the election.