Our Board

Sara Criger, Chair Allina Health Operations and Mercy & Unity Hospitals
Tim Bjork, Vice Chair Transplant Recipient
Kim Simensen, Secretary/Treasurer ProMentm Advisors, LLC
Bruce King, Immediate Past Chair St. Olaf College, Transplant Recipient
Ken Ackerman Mayo Clinic
Craig Broman St. Cloud Hospital
Gretchen Dahlberg Donor Family Member
Frazier Eales, MD Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Alex Hill, PhD Medtronic
Jerry Lee Lee Financial Group; Living Donor
Tim Pruett, MD University of Minnesota Medical Center
Megan Remark Regions Hospital
Mylynn Tufte North Dakota Department of Health
Tom Schwab, MD Mayo Clinic
Susan Gunderson, CEO, Ex-Officio LifeSource
William Payne, MD Medical Director, Ex-Officio, University of Minnesota Medical Center

Benjamin Sun, MD (Chair) Transplant Surgeon, Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Martha Anderson Tissue Bank Representative, Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation/Voluntary Health Association
Andrew Baker, MD At-Large, Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office
Wendy Burt Public Member, Minnesota Hospital Association
Richard Daly, MD Transplant Surgeon, Mayo Clinic – Saint Mary’s Hospital
Patrick Dean, MD Transplant Surgeon, Mayo Clinic
Smaroula Dilioglou, PhD MD/PhD, Histocompatability, Sanford Transplant Services – Fargo
Mark Hill, MD Transplant Surgeon, Hennepin Healthcare
Monica Huber Hospital Administrator, Sanford USD Medical Center – Sioux Falls
Raja Kandaswamy, MD Transplant Surgeon, University of Minnesota Medical Center
Nadim Koleilat, MD Transplant Surgeon, Sanford Medical Center – Bismarck
Bhargav Mistry, MD Transplant Surgeon, Sanford Medical Center – Fargo
Jennifer Myster Donor Family Member, Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
Michael Puumala, MD MD, Neuroscience, Avera McKennan
Karen Rice Donor Family Member
Jon Snyder, PhD Public Member, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute
Jeffery Steers, MD Transplant Surgeon, Avera McKennan Hospital
Thavam Thambi-Pillai, MD Transplant Surgeon, Sanford USD Medical Center – Sioux Falls
Thomas Wyatt, MD Emergency Department Representative/Hennepin Healthcare
Judy Zier, MD Intensive Care Representative, Children’s Minnesota
William Payne, MD LifeSource Medical Director, University of Minnesota Medical Center (Ex-Officio)