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

Christopher Curran, Vice President of Organ Operations
ccurran@lifegift.org

Joseph Kreeb, CTBS, Vice President of Tissue Services
jkreeb@lifegift.org

Carolyn L. Olivarez LVN, CPTC, CPHQ, Vice President, Quality & Regulatory Compliance
colivarez@lifegift.org

Lauren Quinn, Vice President, External Relations
lquinn@lifegift.org

David Staley, SPHR, Vice President, Human Resources and Organizational Development
dstaley@lifegift.org

LifeGift Board of Directors

Matthew Girotto, Chair

Jennifer Jarriel, Vice Chair

Adriana Valencia, Treasurer

Elaine Nelson, Secretary

Stacy Bacon, MD

Robert Boudwin

Nancy Cychol

Tom Flanagan

John Graham, MD, D. Min.

Nancy Hellyer

Edward Kuntz

George B. Mallory, Jr., MD

Gay Nord

Steve Sanders

Roberta Schwartz

Ruth Schiermeyer