Board Members

A Board of Directors governs Gift of Life Michigan, setting all policies and overseeing all activity for the organization. Thirteen committees address issues ranging from histocompatibility to multiple-organ retrieval. Meetings take place bi-monthly.



Governing board 2013

  • President: Stanley Sherman, MD, West Michigan Surgical Specialist, P.C., 2013
  • Immediate Past President: Scott Gruber, MD, PhD, John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, 2013
  • President Elect: Alan Leichtman, MD, University of Michigan Health System, 2013
  • Secretary: Atsushi Yoshida, MD, Henry Ford Hospital, 2013
  • Treasurer: Michael P. Tyranski, Merrill Lynch, 2013
  • Maurice Binkow, Esq., Honigman, Miller, Schwartz and Cohn LLP, 2015
  • Rabbi Robert Dobrusin, Beth Israel Congregation, 2014
  • Donna Duvin, MBA, Red Cross of Washtenaw County, 2015
  • Stephen Economy, MBA, Brighton, 2013
  • Sherrie Farrell, JD, Dykema Gossett, PLLC, 2013
  • John E. Green Jr., MHA, Aegis Group Search Consultants, LLC, 2015
  • Mark Harris, Clear Channel Communications, 2014
  • James Hoogeboom, DO, Metro Health, 2015
  • Dean Kim, MD, Henry Ford Hospital, 2014
  • Anthony King, MHA, The Wellness Plan, 2013
  • Terri Lynn Land, former Michigan Secretary of State, 2015
  • Anne Murphy, Transplant Center Director, University of Michigan Health System, 2015
  • Elizabeth Rubinstein, Liver Recipient, TLC Program at Henry Ford Hospital, 2013
  • Richard Pietroski, CEO Gift of Life Michigan


Advisory board

  • Chair: Richard Hillbom, MBA, Oakwood Hospital and Medical Center, 2013
  • Vice Chair: Panayiotis Varelas, MD, PhD, Henry Ford Hospital, 2013
  • Eide Alawan, Diversity Liaison, Harper University Hospital, 2015
  • James Andary II, JD, Andary, Andary, Davis and Andary, 2014
  • Michael DeJong, MDWest Michigan Surgical Specialists, PC, 2014
  • Carol Dwyer, Sparrow Hospital, 2014
  • John Gerlach, Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2014
  • Darla Granger, MD, St. John Transplant Specialty Center, 2014
  • Michael Jaggi, DO, Hurley Medical Center, 2013
  • Ruth Johnson, Michigan Secretary of State, 2014
  • Asghar Khaghani, MD, Spectrum Butterworth Health Systems, 2013
  • Steven Levy, Director of Operations, MHA Keystone Center for Patient Safety & Quality, 2015
  • John Magee, MD, University of Michigan Medical Center, 2013
  • Anita Moncrease, MD, MPH, President, Detroit Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program, 2015
  • Kevin Pontz, Heart Recipient, Donor Husband, 2015
  • Vandad Raofi, MD,William Beaumont Hospital, 2013
  • Kevin Ross, MHA, MS, Midwest Eye-Banks, 2014
  • David Rozelle, Heart Recipient, 2013
  • Milagros Samaniego, MD, 2015
  • Matthew Schneider, MD, 2015
  • Henry Walters III, MD,Children’s Hospital of Michigan, 2013
  • Miguel West, MD, 2013
  • Richard Pietroski, CEO Gift of Life Michigan