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Management Team

Samuel M. Holtzman
President and Chief Executive Officer

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

Patricia Rubin, CPA
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Kimberly Davis, RN, CPTC, CTBS
Managing Director of Donor Resources

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 and Purchasing

Collis J. Foard, CPA
Controller

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

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

Laura Frnka, BS, APR
Director of Communications

Monique LeFlore, MHR
Director of Human Resources

Eve Jones
Assistant Manager of Human Resources

Carla J. Arreola
Manager of Donor Resource Center

Sergio Manzano Jr., RN, CPTC
Assistant Managing Director, North Region

Rhonda Young, RN, BSN, CNOR
Assistant Managing Director of Clinical Operations, Southeast Region

Joanna Zaman, BS
Assistant Manager of Clinical Operations, Southeast Region

Mark Casarez, CTBS
Tissue Program Supervisor, West Region

Medical Directors

R. Patrick Wood, M.D., FACS
Chief Medical Officer

Board of Directors

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

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

Sheriff Adrian Garcia
Public Member, Houston

John K. Graham, M.D.
Public Member, Houston

Samuel M. Holtzman
LifeGift

Sharyn Ivory, CPHQ
Public Member, Lubbock

Brenda Lyon, RN, MS, NEA-BC
Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Houston

Edward K. Massin, M.D.
Public Member, Houston

Ruth Schiermeyer
Public Member, Lubbock

Roberta Schwartz, MHS
The Methodist Hospital, Houston

Roland B. Smith, Ed.D., MPA
Public Member, Houston

Adriana Valencia
Public Member, Houston

EMERITUS

Barclay Berdan, FACHE
Lawrence Schkade, Ph.D., CSP, FAAAS

Sam Holtzman

LifeGift President and Chief Executive Officer

Dear friends,

Last year, more than 1,000 thoughtful and committed people, living in the LifeGift service area, generously gave the gift of life to thousands more fellow human beings through donations of organs and tissue.

In the years ahead, these gifts will multiply a thousand-fold and the impact will echo in the lives of many more. Donation provides a lifesaving experience for the transplant recipient, as well as a life-altering experience for a donor’s family and friends.

Those of us who have the privilege of working in donation have witnessed numerous acts of kindness. We must remind ourselves of the uniqueness of each gift and the fact that miracles do happen – because ordinary people make the conscious decision to become organ and tissue donors.

Want to help make a miracle happen? Register to become an organ and tissue donor.

Saving lives – it’s the right thing to do!