A Board of Directors governs Gift of Life Michigan, setting all policies and overseeing all activity for the organization. Committees address issues ranging from histocompatibility to multiple-organ retrieval. Meetings take place quarterly.
Governing Board 2021
- Chair: Anne Murphy, University of Michigan Medical School, term ends 2021
- Immediate Past Chair: John E. Green, Jr., M.H.A., Aegis Group Search Consultants, LLC, term ends 2021
- Chair Elect: Pamela Sexton, Old National Bank, term ends 2021
- Secretary: Timothy Mulligan, kidney transplant recipient, term ends 2021
- Treasurer: Kathleen Vogelsang, C.F.A., Van Andel Institute, term ends 2021
- Erica Battle, C.P.A., George Johnson & Company, term ends 2021
- Richad Boothman, term ends 2022
- Denise Brooks-Williams, Henry Ford Health System, term ends 2022
- Carolyn Cole-Brown, Michigan Medicine, term ends 2023
- Janice Firn, Ph.D., University of Michigan Medical School, term ends 2022
- Darla Granger, M.D., St. John Hospital & Medical Center, term ends 2023
- Ann Hollenbeck, Jones Day, term ends 2022
- John E. Green, Jr., M.H.A., term ends 2021
- James Hoogeboom, D.O., Surgical Critical Care Associates P.C., term ends 2021
- Said Issa, M.D., Laser Vision Care Center, term ends 2022
- Annette Joe, M.D., donor family member, term ends 2021
- Tim Keener, term ends 2023
- Alan Leichtman, M.D., term ends 2023
- John Magee, M.D., Michigan Medicine, term ends 2023
- Ora Pescovitz, M.D., Oakland University, term ends 2022
- Christian Schafer, Trinity Health, term ends 2021
- Kathleen Vogelsang, C.F.A., term ends 2021
- Shannon Wilson, Priority Health, term ends 2022
- Staff: Dorrie Dils, CEO, Gift of Life Michigan
Advisory Board 2021
- Chair: Randall Sung, M.D., Michigan Medicine, term ends 2023
- Vice Chair: Jim Lopez, M.D., Michigan Medicine, term ends 2023
- Harry Anderson, M.D., St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor, term ends 2022
- Peter Archangel, heart transplant recipient, term ends 2022
- Damanpreet Bedi, M.D., Beaumont Health System, term ends 2021
- Phillip Camp, M.D., Spectrum Health, term ends 2023
- Kelly Collins, M.D., Children's Hospital of Michigan, term ends 2022
- Reg Dawson, Community Tissue Services, term ends 2021
- Joyce deJong, D.O., Western Michigan University Homer Stryker, M.D. School of Medicine, term ends 2023
- Jeffrey Devries, M.D., M.P.H., Beaumont Health System, term ends 2023
- Mina El-Kateb, M.D. St. Clair Nephrology Associates, term ends 2023
- Patricia Franz, M.D., Beaumont Health System, term ends 2022
- John Hayden, Bronson Healthcare, term ends 2021
- R. Michael Hofmann, M.D., Mercy Health, term ends 2023
- Steven Kemp, Kemp Funeral Home & Cremation Services, term ends 2023
- Ahmad Maarouf, M.D., Beaumont Health System, term ends 2022
- Gabriel Maine, PhD, Beaumont Health System, term ends 2021
- Anita Moncrease, M.D., M.P.H., term ends 2021
- Michael Rizzari, M.D. Henry Ford Health System, term ends 2023
- Gary Roth, D.O., Michigan Health & Hospital Association, term ends 2021
- William Ryan, Transplant Life Foundation, term ends 2021
- Millie Samaniego, M.D., Henry Ford Health System, term ends 2021
- Rajeev Sharma, M.D., Harper University Hospital, term ends 2023
- Kyle Sheehan, M.D., Michigan Medicine, term ends 2022
- Julia Steinke, M.D., M.S., Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, term ends 2021
- Staff: Bruce Nicely, CCO, Gift of Life Michigan
Gift of Life Foundation
There is also a separate entity, the Gift of Life Foundation, which has its own Board of Trustees.
Detroit MOTTEP Foundation
The Detroit MOTTEP Foundation is also a separate entity with its own Board of Directors. Gift of Life MOTTEP is a partnership between Gift of Life Michigan and the Detroit MOTTEP Foundation.