1. John Edwards is the clinical administrator for Gift of Life Donor Program in Philadelphia, Pa, overseeing all clinical aspects of organ and tissue recovery, and a faculty member for the Gift of Life Institute, Philadelphia, providing training and mentoring for healthcare organizations nationally.
2. Patti Mulvania oversees the clinical education program for the Gift of Life Donor Program in Philadelphia and is a faculty member of the Gift of Life Institute, specializing in consent and clinical communication.
3. Virginia Robertson is the associate director of the Gift of Life Institute in Philadelphia. Formerly, she was the director of hospital services for the Gift of Life Donor Program.
4. Gweneth George is the director of hospital services for the Gift of Life Donor Program in Philadelphia. She directs a team of nearly 20 hospital development staff accountable for donation performance in 150 acute care hospitals.
5. Richard Hasz is vice president of clinical services for the Gift of Life Donor Program in Philadelphia. He oversees the day-to-day clinical operations, including transplant coordination, hospital development, organ preservation, and tissue recovery.
6. Howard Nathan is president and chief executive officer of the Gift of Life Donor Program in Philadelphia. The program has been involved in coordinating more than 22 000 organ transplantations and tens of thousands of tissue transplantations since 1974.
7. Anthony D’Alessandro is a professor of surgery at the University of Wisconsin Medical School and the executive director of the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics organ procurement organization, Madison, Wis. He is currently the cochair of the Organ Transplantation Breakthrough Collaborative.