Board Members

A Board of Directors governs Gift of Life, 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 members 

  • Scott Gruber, MD, PhD, Harper University Hospital, (president)         

  • Stanley Sherman, MD, West Michigan Surgical Specialist, P.C. (president elect)
  • Marwan Abouljoud, MD, Henry Ford Hospital
  • Denis Alix, MD, West Michigan Surgical Specialist, P.C.
  • Maurice Binkow, partner, Honigman, Miller, Schwartz and Cohn LLP
  • Mark Boelkins, MD, Renal Associates of Grand Rapids, P.C.
  • William Bouman, MD, Grand Rapids
  • Donna Duvin, executive director of American Red Cross, Washtenaw County
  • A. Bradley Eisenbrey, MD, PhD, Gift of Life Michigan
  • John E. Green Jr., president and CEO, Aegis Group Search Consultants, LLC
  • Mark Harris, Regional Director of Sales, Clear Channel Communications
  • John Konnak, MD, University of Michigan Health System
  • Alan Leichtman, MD, University of Michigan Health System
  • Robert Merion, MD, University of Michigan Health System
  • Henry K. Oh, MD, St. John Hospital & Medical Center
  • Jeffrey Punch, MD, University of Michigan Health System
  • Leslie Rocher, MD, William Beaumont Hospital
  • J.C. Rosenberg, MD, PhD, Gift of Life Michigan
  • Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra, MD, PhD, Michigan State University at KCMS
  • Jeremiah G. Turcotte, MD, Surgery Emeritus Faculty, University of Michigan
  • Michael P. Tyranski, Wealth Management Advisor, Merrill Lynch
  • Atsushi Yoshida, MD, Henry Ford Hospital


Advisory Board Members

  • John Gerlach, PhD, Michigan State University (chair)
  • James Andary II, Esq, Andary, Andary, Davis and Andary (vice chair)
  • Daniel Borreson, MD, West Michigan Surgical Specialits, PC
  • Steven Cohn, MD, general surgery, Royal Oak
  • Kim Dean, MD, surgical director of Henry Ford Hospital
  • Darla Granger, MD, St. John Hospital
  • Rick Hillbom, COO of Oakwood Hospital and Medical Center
  • James Hoogeboom, DO, Spectrum Health-Butterworth Hospital
  • Michael Jaggi, DO, Hurley Medical Center
  • Timothy Keener, senior vice president, Allegiance Health
  • Terri Lynn Land, Michigan Secretary of State
  • Julian Losanoff, MD, surgery, John Dingell, VAMC
  • John Magee, MD, University of Michigan Medical Center
  • Karen Morey, president, Donate Life Coalition of Michigan
  • Brian Peters, Michigan Health & Hospital Association
  • Kevin Ross, CEO Midwest Eye-Bank
  • David Rozelle, heart recipient
  • Mary Anne Stella, RN, American Red Cross
  • Panayiotis Varelas, MD, PhD, Henry Ford Hospital