Caren Shank

Inspired by the gift of life.

I connect Mayo Clinic to LifeSource. I help everyone involved navigate and feel good about donation making sure the process goes smooth where families, hospital partners and LifeSource has everything they need to carry out its mission of hope and healing. 

Prior to joining LifeSource, I worked in research administration connecting Mayo Clinic investigators to Federal, Foundation and Industry Sponsored funding as well as a season in Strategic Services facilitating custom oligonucleotides manufacturing in biotechnology. My roles in life sciences and research translate nicely to being a connector now as a hospital partner liaison. 

I want to impact that stadium of people on the waiting list. I want to inspire more donation. I want to sit in the pit next to grieving families and spark solidarity, hope and healing.

I want more people to know what it’s like to have Dr. Daly walk into your dying husband’s echmo/icu room and relay -“we have a match, and it looks like your husband is going to be gifted lungs tonight.”