leadership
President and CEO
Janice F. Whaley
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.
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
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VP of People Services
Lynnette Johnson
Senior Leadership
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Director of Learning and Development
Clint Brown
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Director of Administration, Safety and Risk
Kevin Campbell
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Director of Organ Operations, Northern Region
Jeff Chao
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Director of Organ Operations, South Bay
Valerie Chipman
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Director of Organ Preservation and Surgical Services
Jocelyn Cooper
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Director of Quality Systems
Susan Hall
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Director of Organ Operations, West and East Bay
Donyale John
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Director of donation Development, valley region
Jaclyn Manzanedo
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director of tissue recovery
Chanel Nakanishi
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Controller
Sandra Olson
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senior director of organ operations, valley region
Kim Patton
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director of research program
Ahmad Salehi, M.D., Ph.D
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Director of donation development, bay region
Eileen Spallino
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director of community engagement
Annie Stickel
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Director of Marketing and Communications
Stephanie Torralva
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director of family services
Steven Ward
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director of performance improvement
Stefanie Woidtke
Board of Directors
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Janice F. Whaley, Ex Officio
President and CEO
Donor Network West -
Carolyn Light, Chairperson
Executive Director, Transplant
UCSF Health Services, UCSF -
Eric L. Williams, FACHE, Chair-Elect
Interim SVP, Area Manager
Kaiser Permanente, Santa Clara Medical Center -
Tom Cycyota, Secretary-Treasurer
President & Chief Executive Officer
AlloSource
Board Members
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Clark Andrew Bonham, M.D.
Director of Adult & Pediatric Living
Donor Liver Transplant Programs
Stanford University Medical Center -
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 -
Chris Freise, M.D.
Professor & Interim Division Chief
UCSF Transplant Service -
Christine Hartley, RN, MS, ACNP-BC
Administrative Director, Solid Organ Transplant
Stanford Healthcare -
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
Vice President & Site Administrator
California Pacific Medical Center – Sutter Health -
Michael J. Peterson
Healthcare Consultant/Advisor
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Rajalingam Raja, Ph.D., D(ABHI)
Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery
Director, Immunogenetics and Transplantation Laboratory
University of California, San Francisco -
Anthony Robinson
Operations/Training Captain
San Francisco Fire Department, Airport Division -
Na’eem Salaam
Vice President, Operations
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative -
Baljeet S. Sangha, MPH, FACHE
Chief Operating Officer & Deputy Director San Francisco Health Network
San Francisco Department of Public Health and County of SF -
Robert Wenz
Executive Director of Pediatric Transplant Center, Interventional Services, Outpatient Heart Center, Neurodiagnostics, and Pulmonary Services
Stanford Children's
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Rev. Bryson White
Research Assistant
The Society for the Study of Black Religion
Medical Advisory Board
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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, Donor Network West
Members
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Arash Afshinnik, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor, UCSF
Director, Neurocritical Care -
Janet Bellingham, M.D.
Transplant Surgeon
California Pacific Medical Center -
Jack Boyd, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Stanford University Medical Center -
Julie Brown, MBA, MPH
Principal, Julie Brown Associates
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Waldo Concepcion, M.D., FACS
Chief Medical Officer, Donor Network West
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Ann DiMatteo, BSN, MSN
Transplant Administrator
Manager, Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Program
California Pacific Medical Center -
Sara Dionne, PhD
Senior Laboratory Director
VRL Eurofins -
Robert Fulbright, JD, MA
Bioethics Program Director
Renown Health -
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 -
Justin Johnson
Vice President of Donation Development and Organ Operations
Donor Network West
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Darina Kavanaugh, DNP, RN, CPHQ
Chief Nurse Executive
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center -
Jennifer Kerney, RN, MSN, CRNP
Assistant Director Transplant Services
Kidney Transplant Program
UCSF Medical Center -
Thomas Krall, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor – Anesthesia
UCSF Medical Center -
Jasleen Kukreja, M.D., MPH
Surgical Director of Lung Transplant Program
UCSF Medical Center -
Ruchika Mishra, Ph.D.
Senior Bioethicist
Program in Medicine and Human Values
Sutter Health Bay Area -
James Orr, M.D.
Trauma & Emergency Surgery
Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Vacaville -
Thomas Pham, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor,
Abdominal Transplant Surgery
Stanford University School of Medicine -
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 -
Penny Stroud, MBA
Principal, Cattaneo & Stroud, Inc.
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Moussa F. Yazbeck, M.D., FACP
Neurocritical Care / Critical Care Medicine
Vice Chief of Staff
John Muir Medical Center