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Our Leadership

Management Team

Samuel M. Holtzman III
President and Chief Executive Officer

Teresa Shafer, RN, MSN, CPTC
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Charles Van Buren, M.D.
Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer

Patricia Rubin
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Kimberly Davis, RN, CPTC
Managing Director of Hospital Services, Southeast Region

Janice Whaley, MPH, CPTC, CTBS
Managing Director of Clinical Operations, Southeast Region

Ron Ehrle, RN, BSN, CPTC
Managing Director, North Region

Schawnté Williams-Taylor, RN, BSN, CCRN, CPTC
Managing Director, West Region

Jessica C. Leibold
Managing Director of Facilities

Carolyn Olivarez, LVN, CPTC
Director of Quality Assurance/Risk Management/Regulatory Compliance

Mark W. Roth, MHA / MBA, CTBS
Director, Tissue Recovery Services – Southeast Region

Laura Frnka, BS, APR
Director of Communications

Monique LeFlore, MHR
Director of Human Resources

Sergio Manzano Jr., RN, CPTC
Manager of Organ Recovery Services, North Region

Carla J. Arreola
Communications Center Manager

Ken Mireles, CTBS
Supervisor, Tissue Recovery Services – Southeast Region

Medical Directors

Charles Van Buren, M.D., Chief Medical Officer

Burt “Bo” Fowler, M.D.

R. Patrick Wood, M.D.

Board of Directors

Brenda Lyon, RN, MS, NEA-BC – Chair
Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Houston

Barclay Berdan, FACHE
Texas Health Resources, Arlington

Nancy C. Cychol, RN, MSN
Cook Children’s Medical Center, Fort Worth

Joseph DeLeon, MPA
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth, Fort Worth

Samuel M. Holtzman III
LifeGift, Houston

Sharyn Ivory, FACHE, CPHQ
Covenant Medical Center, Lubbock

Kim Judd, RN, MSN, NEA-BC
University Medical Center, Lubbock

Richard J. Knight, M.D.
The Methodist Hospital, Houston

David Lopez, FACHE
Member-at-Large, Houston

Edward K. Massin, M.D.
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston

Luis Mieles, M.D.
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center, Houston

Ruth Schiermeyer
Community Representative, Lubbock

Lawrence Schkade, Ph.D.
Community Representative, Arlington

Roberta Schwartz, MHS
The Methodist Hospital, Houston

Roland B. Smith, Ed.D., MPA
Community Representative, Houston

Kristen Turner, RN, MBA
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston

Charles Van Buren, M.D.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houton Medical School, Houston

R. Patrick Wood, M.D.
Member-at-Large, Houston