Board
Governing Board
Patricia Allen, Chair - President, Health Strategies Inc.
Brian Kleven, Treasurer - Nevada Market Chief Financial Officer Dignity Health/St. Rose Dominican Hospitals
Sherry Watson-Lawler, Secretary - Director, Quality & Patient Safety, University of California, Los Angeles (Retired)
Dr. Trudy Larson, Past Chair - Professor and Dean, University of Nevada, Reno School of Community Health Science (Retired)
Members
Bill Welch - CEO, Nevada Hospital Association
Claude Wise - CEO, Valley Hospital Medical Center
Jan Jones Blackhurst - Board of Directors, Caesars Entertainment & former City of Las Vegas Mayor
Jim Jimmerson - President, Jimmerson Law Firm
Dr. John Fung - Professor, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Dr. Charles St. Hill - Surgery Department Chair, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Dr. John Packham - Associate Dean/Office of Statewide Initiatives University of Nevada, Reno
Karen Rubel - President/CEO, Nathan Adelson Hospice
Dr. Sebastian Giwa, PhD - Serial Biotech Founder & CEO, Sylvatica Biotech
Stephen Corrigan Rayhill, MD, FACS - Transplant Surgeon, University of Washington
Blayne Osborne - President, Nevada Rural Hospital Partners
Vince Variale - CEO, North Vista Hospital
Todd Sklamberg - CEO, Sunrise Hospital
Peter Guzman - President & CEO, Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce
Mason Van Houweling - CEO, University Medical Center of Southern Nevada
Advisory Board
Kalpana K. Reddy, MD, Chair - ICU MD, VAMC of Southern Nevada
Gabriela Gregory, MD, Vice Chair - Neurologist, Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center
Phillip Ruiz, MD, PHD, FAST, Secretary - Medical Director, Nevada Donor Network
Members
Courtney Kaplan - Director of Business Development Covenant Hospice & Palliative Care & Heroic Donor Mom
Dave Tyrell - Transplant Administrator/Clinical Director For University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, Center For Transplantation
Ernesto Molmenti, MD, PhD, MBA - Transplant Surgeon, Renown Transplant Institute
Geoffrey F. Chiara, O.D. - Optometry Service, VA Southern Nevada Heathcare System (Retired)
Guang Tsai, MD - Anesthesiologist, Summit Anesthesia
John H. Nielson, MD - Orthopedic Surgeon, Pediatric & Adolescent Sports Medicine
Jordana Cheta MD, PLLC, Nephrologist - Co-founder, Nevada Intensive Care Experts; Independent Contractor, Critical Care at Dignity Health & Touro Adjunct Teaching Faculty
Martin Mlezcko - Founder/Principal Consultant, Wired to Win Consulting, LLC
Melissa Cipriano - Executive Director, Children's Heart Foundation
Peter DeBry, MD - Ophthalmologist, Nevada Eye Surgery
Rajy Rouweyha, MD - Eye Bank Medical Director, Nevada Donor Network
Sheldon Paul, MD, FACOG - Obstetrician-Gynecologist, WHASN
Sunil Patel, MD - Transplant Surgeon, University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, Center For Transplantation
Errin Mitchell, MD – Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Physician, Children’s Hospital of Nevada at University Medical Center of Southern Nevada