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President and CEO

Dr. Janice F. Whaley

Dr. Janice F. Whaley serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Donor Network West, the second largest OPO in the U.S., joining the organization in January of 2019. After her arrival, the organization substantially increased organ recovery performance across multiple metrics, saving hundreds more lives. Her leadership, advocacy, and operational efforts, in both the state of California as well as the nation overall, serve as evidence of her passion.

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Executive Leadership

Our Executive Leadership Team brings tremendous experience in the organ and tissue procurement industry and a shared commitment to saving and healing more lives to Donor Network West every day.

Executive Leadership

  • mark borer VP of quality systems donor network west
    Vice President of Quality Systems

    Mark Borer

  • Waldo Concepcion, M.D., FACS donor network west
    Chief Medical Officer

    Waldo Concepcion, M.D., FACS

  • Senior Vice President of Data and Organizational Strategy

    Aninda Dutta

  • matthew graves VP of tissue operations at donor network west
    Vice President of Tissue and Donor Operations

    Matthew Graves

  • Vice President of People Services

    Lynnette Johnson

  • Vice President of Communications, Marketing & Community Engagement

    E'Tiffany Jones

  • luis mayen VP of Strategic Partnerships and Business Development donor network west
    Vice President of External Affairs and Strategic Partnerships

    Luis Mayen

  • Vice President of Organ Operations

    Kim Patton

Senior Leadership

  • Senior Director of donation Development

    Jaclyn Manzanedo

  • Director of Donation Development, South Bay

    Megan Bondy

  • Director of Learning and Development

    Clint Brown

  • Director of Administration, Safety and Risk

    Kevin Campbell

  • Jeff Chao
    Lean and Operational Excellence Director

    Jeff Chao

  • Director of Organ Preservation and Surgical Services

    Jocelyn Cooper

  • Director of Quality Systems

    Susan Hall

  • Director of Clinical Operations

    Sarah Harris

  • Director of Organ Operations, Bay Region

    Donyale John

  • director of tissue recovery

    Chanel Nakanishi

  • director of research program

    Ahmad Salehi, M.D., Ph.D

  • Director of donation development, East and West Bay

    Eileen Spallino

  • Director of Executive Relations and Foundation Operations

    Stephanie Ruvalcaba

  • director of performance improvement

    Stefanie Woidtke

Board of Directors

  • Janice F. Whaley, Janice F. Whaley, PHD, MPH, CPTC, CTBS, Ex Officio

    President and CEO
    Donor Network West & Donor Network West Foundation

     
     

  • Tom Cycyota, Chairperson

    Senior Philanthropy Officer

    Delta Sigma Phi National Fraternity

  • Baljeet Sangha, MPH, FACHE, Secretary-Treasurer

    Pain & Rehabilitative Consultants Medical Group

     

Board Members

  • Berta Bejarano, MA, MBA, CI, CDE

  • Stephan Busque, M.D.

    Director, Adult Kidney & Pancreas Program
    Associate Professor
    Stanford Medical Center

  • Michael J. Ferenc, M.D.

    Forensic Pathologist
    Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office

  • Shannon Fitzpatrick, MS, RN, CCRN

  • Chris Freise, M.D.

    Professor & Interim Division Chief
    UCSF Transplant Service

  • Derrick Glum, MBA, FACHE

  • Christine Hartley, RN, MS, ACNP-BC

    Administrative Director, Solid Organ Transplant
    Stanford Healthcare

  • Romoanetia Lofton, DNP, MSN, MBA, RN, NE-BC

  • Carolyn Light

  • Harish D. Mahanty, M.D., FACS

    Surgical Director of Kidney Transplant
    California Pacific Medical Cente

  • Frances McNeil, Esq.

    Associate General Counsel
    Law Department, Blue Shield of California

  • Ameet Nanda, MHA

    Vice President & Site Administrator
    California Pacific Medical Center – Sutter Health

  • Anthony Robinson

    Operations/Training Captain
    San Francisco Fire Department, Airport Division

  • Robert Wenz, MS, RN, FACHE

    Executive Director of Pediatric Transplant Center, Interventional Services, Outpatient Heart Center, Neurodiagnostics, and Pulmonary Services

    Stanford Children's

  • Rev. Bryson White, PhD

    Research Assistant
    The Society for the Study of Black Religion

Medical Advisory Board

  • Peter Chin-Hong, M.D., Co-Chair

    Associate Medical Director, Donor Network West
    Professor of Clinical Medicine, Step 3 Medicine
    Associate Dean for Regional Campuses, UCSF School of Medicine
    Director, Transplant ID Program, Division of Infectious Diseases
    Infectious Disease Physician, UCSF

  • Luis Mayen, Co-Chair

    VP of Strategic Partnerships and Business Development

    Living Kidney Donor

Medical Advisory Board Members

  • Janet Bellingham, M.D.

    Transplant Surgeon
    California Pacific Medical Center

  • John MacArthur, M.D.

  • Kilment Bozhilov, M.D

  • Michael J. Bauer, M.D.

  • Sara Dionne, PhD

    Senior Laboratory Director
    VRL Eurofins

  • Jack Harbell, M.D.

    Senior Associate Consultant
    Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Hepatobiliary Surgery
    Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale

  • Gerri James, RN, BSN, CCTC

    Transplant Administrator
    Manager of Kidney & Lung Transplant Programs
    Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital

  • Jennifer Kerney, RN, MSN, CRNP

    Assistant Director Transplant Services
    Kidney Transplant  Program
    UCSF Medical Center

     

  • Kate Kronish, M.D.

  • Rajalingam Raja, PhD, F(ACHI), FRCP

  • Brett Sheridan, M.D., FACS

    Department Chair of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Surgery
    Chief of Cardiac Surgery
    Surgical Director of Heart Transplantation
    California Pacific Medical Center

  • Jason W. Smith, M.D., FACS

  • Moussa F. Yazbeck, M.D., FACP

    Neurocritical Care / Critical Care Medicine
    Vice Chief of Staff
    John Muir Medical Center

Donor Network West Foundation

Board of Directors

  • Janice F. Whaley, PHD, MPH, CPTC, CTBS, Board Chair

    President & CEO Donor Network West
    Donor Network West Foundation

  • Angela Moore, Secretary

    Angela Moore Productions

  • Joy Neu, Treasurer

    Donor Network West

Donor Network West Foundation

Board Members

  • Daneen Barker

  • Kristin Cashin

    Realtor
    Christie’s Internation Real Estate

  • Summer Eyo

  • Erik Larsen

    SVP, Middle Market Commercial Banker
    Umpqua Bank

  • Steven Lloyd

    VP/Sales Manager
    Intero Real Estate Services

  • Steve Nelson

  • Ron Reagan

    President/CEO
    Reagan Management Services, Inc.

  • Annie Zucker

    Collective Impact Advisor
    The Children's Cabinet

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