Board
Governing Board
Bill Welch, Chair - CEO, Nevada Hospital Association
Chris Bosse, Treasurer - VP Healthcare Finance & Government Relations, Renown Health
Esther-Marie Carmichael, ASCP, PHM, CLS, Secretary - Transplant Quality Expert, Keck Hospital of USC Transplant Institute
Todd Sklamberg, Past Chair - CEO, Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center
Members
Brian Kleven - Nevada Market Chief Financial Officer Dignity Health/St. Rose Dominican Hospitals
Claude Wise - CEO, Valley Hospital Medical Center
Jan Jones Blackhurst - Board of Directors, Caesars Entertainment and former City of Las Vegas Mayor
Dr. John Packham - Associate Dean/Office of Statewide Initiatives University of Nevada, Reno
Karen Rubel - President/CEO, Nathan Adelson Hospice
Kathy Silver, BS, MBA, FACHE, FHFMA - President, Culinary Health Fund (Retired)
Mason VanHouweling - CEO, University Medical Center
Patricia Allen - President, Health Strategies Inc.
Sebastian Giwa, PhD - CEO, Sylvatica Biotech
Sherry Watson-Lawler - Director, Quality & Patient Safety, UCLA
Stephen Corrigan Rayhill, MD, FACS - Transplant Surgeon, University of Washington
Dr. Trudy Larson - Professor and Dean, UNR School of Community Health Science (Retired)
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 and Palliative Care & Heroic Donor Mom
Christine A. Quartuccio-Carran, DO, FAAFP - Valley Health System, Associate Program Director (Family Medicine Residency Program) & Heroic Donor Mom
Dave Tyrell - Transplant Administrator/Clinical Director For University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, Center For Transplantation
Denise Valdez - 8 News Now, Journalist
Guang Tsai, MD - Anesthesiologist, Summit Anesthesia
John H. Nielson, MD - Orthopedic Surgeon, Pediatric & Adolescent Sports Medicine
Martin Mlezcko - Deputy Chief, Nevada Department of Public Safety
Meena Vohra, MD, FAAP - Pediatrician, UMC Children’s Hospital of Nevada
Melissa Cipriano - Executive Director, Children's Heart Foundation
Paul Chestovich, MD - Assistant Professor, UNLV School of Medicine; Trauma Surgeon, University Medical Center
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