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Board of Directors
Kim Simensen, Chair
ProMentm Advisors, LLC
Mylynn Tufte, Vice Chair
Optum Advisory Services
Craig Broman, Secretary/Treasurer
St. Cloud Hospital; Retired
Andrew Adams, MD
Transplant Surgeon; University of Minnesota
Gretchen Dahlberg
Donor Family Member
Thomas Harris, Jr.
Gillette Children’s Hospital
Julie Heimbach, MD
Transplant Surgeon, Mayo Clinic
Alex Hill, PhD
Medtronic
Jerry Lee
Lee Financial Group; Living Donor
Kim Malsam-Rysdon
Avera Health
Monica Mayer, M.D.
Councilwoman, Tribal Business Council of Mandan, Hidatsa, & Arikara Nation
David McFarland
Donor Family Member
Reuben Moore
Minnesota Community Care
Benjamin Sun, MD
Transplant Surgeon, Abbott Northwestern
George Surratt
Transplant Recipient; Retired
Kelly White, CEO, Ex-Officio
LifeSource
William Payne, MD
LifeSource Medical Director (Ex-Officio)
Clinical Policy Board
Mark Hill, MD, Chair
Transplant Surgeon, Hennepin Healthcare
Bhargav Mistry, MD, Vice Chair
Transplant Surgeon, Sanford Medical Center – Fargo
Stephanie Battell
Hospital Administrator, Monument Health Hospital
Donna Bishop
Tissue Bank Representative, LifeNet Health
Wendy Burt
Public Member
Richard Daly, MD
Transplant Surgeon, Mayo Clinic
Smaroula Dilioglou, PhD
MD/PhD Histocompatibility, Sanford Hospital – Fargo
Anthony Hericks, MD
Intensive Care, Avera McKennan
Raja Kandaswamy, MD
Transplant Surgeon, University of Minnesota
Nadim Koleilat, MD
Transplant Surgeon, Sanford Medical Center – Bismarck
Robroy MacIver
Transplant Surgeon, Children’s Hospital
Karen Rice
Donor Family Member
Jon Snyder, PhD
Public Member, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute
Sujit Sakpal, MD
Transplant Surgeon, Avera McKennan
Alejandro Rabinstein, MD
Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic
Thavam Thambi-Pillai, MD
Transplant Surgeon, Sanford USD Medical Center – Sioux Falls
Thomas Wyatt, MD
Emergency Department Representative, Hennepin Healthcare
William Payne, MD
LifeSource Medical Director (Ex-Officio)