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  • Learn About Donation
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    • Stories of Hope
  • Donor Families
    • Aftercare Program
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    • Gift of Life Stories
    • Grief & Loss
    • Connect
  • About Us
    • Our Mission
    • Leadership
    • Governance
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  • 50th Anniversary
    • Celebrating 50 Years
    • Recipient Stories
    • Donor Heroes
  • Rose Parade Album

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jorge Ortiz, MD 

Transplant Surgeon

Albany Medical Health System

Carlos Marroquin, MD 

FACS Chief, Transplant Surgery 

University of Vermont Medical Center

Isabelle Desjardins, MD

Chief Medical Officer

University of Vermont Medical Center

Kristin Kirk Meehan 

VP, Area Retail Leader 

Key Bank

Wesley Merritt, MBA  

Principal Consultant, IT 

Information Services Group

Kate Keefe

Albany Medical Health System

Mark Simon

President & Chief Executive Officer at ConnectLife

Chad Ezzell

Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President

LiveOnNY

Robert Gruenenfelder

Executive Director

Finger Lake Donor Recovery Network

Vaugh Whittaker MD

Transplant Surgeon


ADVISORY BOARD

CHAIR

Michael Thibault

Executive Director

CDT

SECRETARY

Julia Cannizzaro


  Scott Brehaut, MD

Neurologist

Mohawk Valley Health System  

Robert Plews, MD

Albany Medical Health System

Jaime Pineda, MD, FACS

University Vermont Medical Center


  Gina Picarillo, MSN, RN, CPN

Whitney Young Health  

Susan Baron

Organ Donor Family Member 

Toni Nash, RN

Director of Nursing Education 

United Health Services

Maryann Handron

Community Member    

Susan McKinstry

Nurse Clinician ICU 

Mohawk Valley Health System

Kevin Gramlich

VP of Clinical Services

ConnectLife  

Amy Hahn, PhD

Director, Transplant Immunology

Laboratory  

Albany Medical Health System 

      Jean Colaneri, RN Voluntary Health Association Member (NEKF)

  Jack Simeone

Catholic Charities

Lisa West, RN

Administrator

Malta Medical Center      

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