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

John Osth, Chair
Colleen Chapleau, B.B.A., CHTC
Cunyon Gordon
Rod Johnson
Vicki Rasmusen
Janet Shaw
John Whiteley
Staff Liaison: Gordon Bryan
Staff Liaison:  Nicole Green
Ex Officio: Edward Snyder, M.D.

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Board Development Committee

Rebecca McCullough, Chair
Daniel Arndt
Arthur Bracey, M.D.
Gregory Hale, M.D.
Naynesh Kamani, M.D.
Rebecca Lewis, Esq.
Bernadette Murray-Fertel
Esperanza Papadopoulos, M.D.
Thomas Price, M.D.
Staff Liaison: Jeffrey Chell, M.D.
HRSA: Shelley Tims
Ex Officio: Edward Snyder, M.D.

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Compensation Committee

Rebecca Lewis, Esq., Chair
Daniel Arndt
Arthur Bracey, M.D.
Jacquelyn Fredrick, M.B.A.
Robert Lorentz, Ph.D.
Edward Snyder, M.D.
Staff Liaison:  Roy Bossen, Esq.
Staff Liaison: Gordon Bryan
Staff Liaison: Jeffrey Chell, M.D.

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Cord Blood Committee

Joanne Kurtzberg, M.D., Co-chair
Pablo Rubinstein, M.D., Co-chair
Daniel Ambruso, M.D.
Juliet Barker, M.D.
Lee Ann Baxter-Lowe, Ph.D.
Hal Broxmeyer, Ph.D.
Michel Carbone
Robert Chow, M.D., A.M.
Jay Feinberg, B.A., Lh.D., hc
MaryBeth Fisk, AMT, ASCP, CTBS, CQA, ASQ
Brian Freed, Ph.D., DABHI
Edward Guindi, M.D.
Donald Hudspeth, B.S., CLS, MT(ASCP)
Naynesh Kamani, M.D.
Linda Kelley, Ph.D.
Nancy Kernan, M.D.
Joseph Kiss, M.D.
Mary Laughlin, M.D.
David Oh, M.D.
Larry Petz, M.D.
Thomas Price, M.D.
Voravit Ratanatharathorn, M.D.
Joanna Reems, Ph.D.
Donna Regan, MT(ASCP)SBB
Elizabeth Shpall, M.D.
Edward Snyder, M.D.
Dennis Todd, Ph.D.
Randal Wada, M.D.
Donna Wall, M.D.
John Wingard, M.D.
Staff Liaison: Michael Boo
Staff Liaison:  Kathy Welte, B.S.N., M.B.A.
HRSA: Randy Gale
HRSA:  Robert Baitty
HRSA:  Anita Wabeke
Navy: Robert Hartzman, M.D.; Capt., MC, USN (Ret.)
Ex Officio: Carolyn Hurley, Ph.D.

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Council Officers

Gregory Hale, M.D., Council President
Colleen Chapleau, B.B.A., CHTC, Council President-Elect
Marcos de Lima, M.D., Council Vice President

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Donor and Patient Safety Monitoring Committee

Susan Rossman, M.D., Ph.D., Chair
Theresa Boyd, M.D.
Steven Devine, M.D.
S. DeCarlo Gladden, R.N.
Gregory Hale, M.D.
Gina Laport, M.D.
John Levine, M.D., M.S.
Galen Switzer, Ph.D.
Staff Liaison: Roberta King, M.P.H.
Staff Liaison:  John Miller, Ph.D.
HRSA: Robyn Ashton, R.N., M.S.N.
HRSA: Anita Wabeke
HRSA: Jim Bowman, M.D.
Navy: Robert Hartzman, M.D.; Capt., MC, USN (Ret.)
Ex Officio:  Edward Snyder, M.D.

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Executive Committee

Edward Snyder, M.D., Chair
Daniel Arndt
Arthur Bracey, M.D.
Jacquelyn Fredrick, M.B.A.
Gregory Hale, M.D.
Naynesh Kamani, M.D.
Rebecca Lewis, Esq.
Robert Lorentz, Ph.D.
Rebecca McCullough
Thomas Price, M.D.
John Wingard, M.D.
Staff Liaison: Jeffrey Chell, M.D.
HRSA:  Robert Baitty
HRSA:  Richard Durbin
HRSA:  Shelley Tims
Navy:  Robert Hartzman, M.D.; Capt., MC, USN (Ret.)

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Finance Committee

Daniel Arndt, Chair
Dian Austin
Susanne Hershowitz, Ph.D.
Pankaj Kamani
Miriam Markowitz
Stelios Papadopoulos, Ph.D.
W. Dale Revell
David Schubert
Jonathan Tingstad
Staff Liaison: Gordon Bryan
Staff Liaison:  Jeffrey Chell, M.D.
Staff Liaison:  Roy Bossen, Esq.
HRSA: Robert Baitty
HRSA: Shelley Tims
Navy: Robert Hartzman, M.D.; Capt., MC, USN (Ret.)
Ex Officio: Edward Snyder, M.D.

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New Opportunities and Technologies

Sergio Giralt, M.D., Chair
Jacquelyn Fredrick, M.B.A.
Stelios Papadopoulos, Ph.D.
John Wingard, M.D.
Staff Liaison:  Michael Boo
Staff Liaison:  Dennis Confer, M.D.
Staff Liaison:  Michael Jones
HRSA:  Robert Baitty
Ex Officio:  Edward Snyder, M.D.

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Patient Focused Initiatives

Andrea Feldmar, LCPC, Co-Chair
John Wingard, M.D. Co-Chair
Deborah Aboral
Larry Atlas, Esq.
Rex Crawley, Ph.D.
Airam da Silva, M.P.H.
Jane Dabney, LISW
Stella Davies, M.D., BS, Ph.D, MRCP
Carol Gillespie
Gary Goldstein
Myra Jacobs, MA, CFRE
Marion Kalbacker, MSW, LCSW
Kim Schmit-Pokorny, RN, MSN, OCN
Kathy Loinett, R.N., B.S.N., CHTC
Robert Lorentz, Ph.D.
Philip McCarthy, M.D.
Rebecca McCullough
Barry Schatz
Sue Stewart
Staff Liaison:  Jeffrey Chell, M.D.
Staff Liaison:  Elizabeth Murphy, Ed.D., R.N.
HRSA:  Robyn Ashton, R.N., M.S.N.
HRSA:  Robert Baitty
Ex Officio:  Edward Snyder, M.D.

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Standards Committee

Zbigniew Szczepiorkowski, M.D., Ph.D., Chair
Theresa Boyd, M.D.
Gregory Hale, M.D.
Susan Leitman, M.D.
Thomas Price, M.D.
George Selby, M.D.
Staff Liaison: John Miller, M.D., Ph.D.
Staff Liaison:  Lisa Phillips-Johnson, MT (ASCP) SBB, CQA (ASQ)
CQM-OE
AABB: Donna Regan, M.T., ASCP
FACT: Elizabeth Shpall, M.D.
HRSA: Anita Wabeke
HRSA:  Robyn Ashton, R.N., M.S.N.
Ex Officio:  Edward Snyder, M.D.

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