About Us
LifeGift offers hope to the thousands of people in Texas and beyond who need lifesaving organ transplants, and to countless others who need lifesaving tissue transplants.
As the designated organ procurement organization (OPO) for North, Southeast and West Texas, we partner with more than 200 hospitals across 109 counties.
Established in 1987 as Gulf Coast Independent Organ Procurement Organization, LifeGift is approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and accredited by the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) and the American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB).
Download our anniversary timeline to see how LifeGift has evolved over the past 25 years.
Our Leadership
LifeGift Strategic Governance Council
Kevin A. Myer, MSHA, President and Chief Executive Officer
kmyer@lifegift.org
Patricia Rubin, CPA, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
prubin@lifegift.org
R. Patrick Wood, MD, FACS, CTBS, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
rpwood@lifegift.org
Kristine Browning, RN, Vice President, Quality and Regulatory Compliance
kbrowning@lifegift.org
Christopher Curran, CPTC, CTBS, CTOP, Vice President of Organ Operations
ccurran@lifegift.org
Joseph Kreeb, CTBS, Vice President of Tissue Services
jkreeb@lifegift.org
Lauren Quinn, MA, Vice President, External Relations
lquinn@lifegift.org
David Staley, SPHR, SCP, Vice President, Human Resources and Organizational Development
dstaley@lifegift.org
LifeGift Board of Directors
Matthew Girotto, Chair
Jenifer Jarriel, Vice Chair
Adriana Valencia, Treasurer
Elaine Nelson, Secretary
Stacy Bacon, MD
Lance Black, MD
Robert Boudwin
Nancy Cychol
Tom Flanagan
Chase Lesane-Brown, PhD
George B. Mallory, Jr., MD
Deborah Maurer
Steve Sanders
Ruth Schiermeyer, Emeritus
Roberta Schwartz