Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors represents hospital, business and community leaders including transplant recipients and donor family members. Our board is responsible for the oversight and stewardship of our organization and resources in meeting our mission to save and enhance the lives of as many people as possible through organ and tissue donation.
Julie Lynn Fitzgerald
Chair, Gift of Hope Board of Directors Loyola University Medical Center
Robert L. Brandfass
Vice Chair, Gift of Hope Board of Directors OSF HealthCare
Jerry Anderson
Secretary, Gift of Hope Board of Directors, Founding President/CEO, Gift of Hope
Maria Barrionuevo, MSN, RN
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Lori Linton Chana
Gift of Hope Community Foundation Board of Directors
Marc Garfinkel, MD
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Michelle Harris
Alderman, Chicago’s 8th Ward
Robert S. D. Higgins, MD
Rush University and Rush University System for Health
Michael Iwanicki, DO
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
Bruce A. King
Elmhurst University
J. Michael Millis, MD
UChicago Medicine
Pamela Mitchell-Boyd
Ascension Health
James Riley
Retired Partner, McGuire Woods LLC
Melody Spann Cooper
Midway Broadcasting Corporation
Nancy A. Stacy
Deloitte LLP
Harry Wilkins, MD
Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network
Robert Wright
Principal, Wright Advisors
