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NMDP Committees

The National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) committees provide advice and support to our board of directors on NMDP programs and services.

Audit Committee
Board Development Committee
Compensation Committee
Cord Blood Committee
Donor Availability and Multicultural Affairs Committee
Donor and Patient Safety Monitoring Committee
Executive Committee
Finance Committee
Histocompatibility Committee
Patient Services Committee
Standards Committee
Strategic Planning Committee

Audit Committee

Daniel Arndt, Chair
John F. Barlow
Janet K. Shaw
John P. Whiteley
Staff Liaison: Gordon Bryan
Ex Officio: Edgar L. Milford, M.D.

Board Development Committee

Rebecca A. Lewis, Esquire, Chair
Laurence D. Atlas, Esquire
Eugene Boyd
Jacquelyn A. Fredrick, M.B.A.
Naynesh R. Kamani, M.D.
Robert D. Lorentz, Ph.D.
Mary Faith Marshall, Ph.D.
Esperanza B. Papadopoulos, M.D.
Thomas H. Price, M.D.
Robert A. Rivera
Susan L. Rossmann, M.D., Ph.D.
Staff Liaison: Jeffrey W. Chell, M.D.
HRSA: Robyn S. Ashton, R.N., M.S.N.
HRSA: Shelley Tims
Ex Officio: Edgar L. Milford, M.D.

Compensation Committee

Rebecca A. Lewis, Esquire, Chair
Jacquelyn A. Fredrick, M.B.A.
Robert D. Lorentz, Ph.D.
Edward L. Snyder, M.D.
Staff Liaison: Gordon Bryan
Staff Liaison: Jeffrey W. Chell, M.D.
Ex Officio: Thomas K. Berg, Esquire
Ex Officio: Edgar L. Milford, M.D.

Cord Blood Committee

Joanne Kurtzberg, M.D., Co-chair
Pablo Rubinstein, M.D., Co-chair
Donna Altamoro
Daniel R. Ambruso, M.D.
Juliet Barker, M.D.
Lee Ann Baxter-Lowe, Ph.D.
Hal Broxmeyer, Ph.D.
Jennifer A. Christian
Brian Freed, Ph.D.
Edward S. Guindi, M.D.
Donald L. Hudspeth
Linda Kelley, Ph.D.
Nancy A. Kernan, M.D.
Joseph E. Kiss, M.D.
Kenneth Moise Jr., M.D.
Azita Nourani, M.S.
David Oh, M.D.
Jay Ohlmstead
Thomas H. Price, M.D.
Voravit Ratanatharathorn, M.D.
Donna M. Regan, M.T. ASCP
Joanna Reems, Ph.D.
Elizabeth J. Shpall, M.D.
Edward L. Snyder, M.D.
Dennis M. Todd, Ph.D.
Randal K. Wada, M.D.
John E. Wagner, M.D.
Donna Wall, M.D.
John R. Wingard, M.D.
Staff Liaison: Kathy Welte, B.S.N., M.B.A.
HRSA: Robyn S. Ashton, R.N., M.S.N.
HRSA: Robert L. Baitty
Navy: Robert J. Hartzman, M.D.; Capt., MC, USN (Ret.)
Ex Officio: Robert Chow, M.D.
Ex Officio: Bertram Lubin, M.D.

Donor Availability and Multicultural Affairs Committee

Rebecca McCullogh, Chair
Renee Adaniya
Theresa M. Boyd, M.D.
Arthur W. Bracey, M.D.
Airam O. da Silva, MPH
Stephen S. Hata
Robert Howard
Jill I. Kendall
Debbie Mabry
Douglas D. Mora
Calvin Pierce
Carrie Sevier
Sharon Sugiyama
Randal K. Wada, M.D.
Yvonne I. Ybarra
Staff Liaison: Steve Lovelace
HRSA: Robyn S. Ashton, R.N., M.S.N.
HRSA: Robert L. Baitty
HRSA: Shelley Tims
The Marrow Foundation^®: Jeannie L. Howe

Donor and Patient Safety Monitoring Committee

Col. Charles Bolan, M.D., Chair
Edward Agura, M.D.
Karen K. Ballen, M.D.
Theresa M. Boyd, M.D.
S. DeCarlo Gladden, R.N.
Calvin D. Jackson Jr.
Chatchada Karanes, M.D.
Nancy A. Kernan, M.D.
Mary Faith Marshall, Ph.D.
Adam C. McFadden
Elizabeth H. Perry, M.D.
David L. Porter, M.D.
Thomas H. Price, M.D.
Lance D. Trainor, M.D.
Joseph P. Uberti, M.D., Ph.D.
Staff Liaison: Roberta J. King, M.P.H.
HRSA: Robyn S. Ashton, R.N., M.S.N.
HRSA: Robert L. Baitty
HRSA: Shelley Tims
HRSA: Anita Wabeke
Navy: Robert J. Hartzman, M.D.; Capt., MC, USN (Ret.)

Executive Committee

Robert D. Lorentz, Ph.D., Chair
Edward L. Snyder, M.D., Vice Chair
Laurence D. Atlas, Esquire
Thomas K. Berg, Esquire
Eugene Boyd
Arthur W. Bracey, M.D.
Jennifer A. Christian
Stella M. Davies, M.B.B.S., Ph.D.
Jacquelyn A. Fredrick, M.B.A.
Naynesh R. Kamani, M.D.
Rebecca A. Lewis, Esquire
Rebecca McCullough
Edgar L. Milford, M.D.
Staff Liaison: Jeffrey W. Chell, M.D.

Finance Committee

Jacquelyn A. Fredrick, M.B.A., Chair
Eugene Boyd
Susanne A. Hershowitz
Michael A. Hopkins, Esquire
Robert Howard
Pankaj Kamani
Robert D. Lorentz, Ph.D.
Adam C. McFadden
W. Dale Revell
Jonathan Tingstad
Staff Liaison: Gordon Bryan
HRSA: Robert L. Baitty
HRSA: Shelley Tims
Navy: Robert J. Hartzman, M.D.; Capt., MC, USN (Ret.)
Ex Officio: Marion Dietrich
Ex Officio: Edgar L. Milford, M.D.

Histocompatibility Committee

Robert A. Bray, Ph.D., Chair
Naynesh Kamani, M.D., Vice Chair
Theresa M. Boyd, M.D.
Carolyn K. Hurley, Ph.D.
Craig Kollman, Ph.D.
Edgar L. Milford, M.D.
Carlheinz Muller, M.D., Ph.D.
Pablo Rubinstein, M.D.
Ann E. Woolfrey, M.D.
Neng Yu, M.D.
Staff Liaison: Michelle I. Setterholm
HRSA: Robyn S. Ashton, R.N., M.S.N.
HRSA: Robert L. Baitty
HRSA: Anita Wabeke
Navy: Robert J. Hartzman, M.D.; Capt., MC, USN (Ret.)
Ex Officio: Juliet Barker, M.D.
Ex Officio: Mary Eapen, M.D.
Ex Officio: Brent Logan, Ph.D.
Ex Officio: Harriet Noreen

Patient Services Committee

John E. McKemie, Chair
Naomi L. Zikmund-Fisher, Vice Chair
Laurence D. Atlas, Esquire
Jennifer A. Christian
Airam O. da Silva, MPH
Andrea Feldmar
Mari Hentges
Allison M. Johnson
Everett Lee
Rebecca A. Lewis, Esquire
Kathleen Loinette, R.N.
Jane G. Morrison, M.A., L.S.W.
Jennifer O'Brien
Thomas Petersen
Barry A. Schatz
Sharon Sugiyama
Eileen Zwart
Staff Liaison: Elizabeth Murphy, Ed.D., R.N.
HRSA: Robyn S. Ashton, R.N., M.S.N.
HRSA: Robert L. Baitty
HRSA: Shelley Tims
Ex Officio: Cynthia Evans
Ex Officio: Tennille Stokes

Standards Committee

Zbigniew M. Szczepiorkowski, M.D., Ph.D., Chair
Pam K. Jeffers
Susan F. Leitman, M.D.
Thomas H. Price, M.D.
George Selby, M.D.
John R. Wingard, M.D.
Staff Liaison: Fran L. Rabe
AABB: Donna M. Regan, M.T., ASCP
FACT: Elizabeth J. Shpall, M.D.
HRSA: Anita Wabeke
Ex Officio: Adrian Gee, Ph.D.
Ex Officio: Jay Herman, M.D.

Strategic Planning Committee

Edward L. Snyder, M.D., Chair
Daniel Arndt
Arthur W. Bracey, M.D.
Jennifer A. Christian
Stella Davies, M.B.B.S., Ph.D.
Andrea Feldmar
Jacquelyn A. Fredrick, M.B.A.
Sergio A. Giralt, M.D.
Melanie Goldish
Russell J. Hammer
Stephen S. Hata
Dave Huddleston
Mark R. Litzow, M.D.
Rebecca McCullough
Randal K. Wada, M.D.
John P. Whiteley
Staff Liaison: Michael Boo, J.D.
Staff Liaison: Jeffrey W. Chell, M.D.
Board Chair: Robert D. Lorentz, Ph.D.
HRSA: Robert L. Baitty
HRSA: Shelley Tims
Navy: Robert J. Hartzman, M.D.; Capt., MC, USN (Ret.)
Ex Officio: Edgar L. Milford, M.D.