leadership
Executive Leadership
Our Executive Leadership Team brings tremendous experience in the organ and tissue procurement industry and a shared commitment to saving and healing more lives to Donor Network West every day.
President and CEO
Janice F. Whaley
Janice F. Whaley serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Donor Network West, the second largest OPO in the U.S., joining the organization in January of 2019. After her arrival, the organization substantially increased organ recovery performance across multiple metrics, saving hundreds more lives. Her leadership, advocacy, and operational efforts, in both the state of California as well as the nation overall, serve as evidence of her passion.
Senior Leadership
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Director of Donation Development, Bay RegionSandy Andrada
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Director of Donation Development, Nevada/Norcal RegionNicole Bishop
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Direction of Administration, Safety and RiskKevin Campbell
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Director of Organ Allocation OperationsValerie Chipman
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Director of Organ Preservation and Surgical ServicesJocelyn Cooper
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Director of Learning and DevelopmentLisa Gentile
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Director of Quality SystemsSusan Hall
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Director of Organ Operations, West and East BayDonyale John
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Director of Human Resources
Lynette Johnson
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Director of donation Development, valley regionJaclyn Manzanedo
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director of tissue recovery
Chanel Nakanishi
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ControllerSandra Olson
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director of organ operations, valley regionKim Patton
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director of research programAhmad Salehi, M.D., Ph.D
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Director of donation development, bay regionEileen Spallino
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director of community engagement
Annie Stickel
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director of family services
Steven Ward
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director of performance improvementStefanie Woidtke
Board of Directors
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Janice F. Whaley, Ex Officio
President and CEO
Donor Network West -
Michael J. Peterson, Chairperson
Healthcare Consultant/Advisor
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Carolyn Light, Chair-Elect
Executive Director, Transplant
UCSF Health Services, UCSF -
Eric L. Williams, FACHE, Secretary-Treasurer
Interim SVP, Area Manager
Kaiser Permanente, Santa Clara Medical Center
Board Members
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Clark Andrew Bonham, M.D.
Director of Adult & Pediatric Living
Donor Liver Transplant Programs
Stanford University Medical Center -
Stephan Busque, M.D.
Director, Adult Kidney & Pancreas Program
Associate Professor
Stanford Medical Center -
Thomas A. Cycyota
President & Chief Executive Officer
AlloSource -
Michael J. Ferenc, M.D.
Forensic Pathologist
Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office -
Luis Fonseca, FACHE
Chief Operating Officer
Alameda Health System -
Chris Freise, M.D.
Professor & Interim Division Chief
UCSF Transplant Service -
Christine Hartley, RN, MS, ACNP-BC
Administrative Director, Solid Organ Transplant
Stanford Healthcare -
Harish D. Mahanty, M.D., FACS
Surgical Director of Kidney Transplant
California Pacific Medical Cente -
Frances McNeil, Esq.
Associate General Counsel
Law Department, Blue Shield of California -
Ameet Nanda
Vice President & Site Administrator
California Pacific Medical Center – Sutter Health -
Erik W. Olson, MHA
Renown Health Vice President & Chief Executive Officer
Renown Regional Medical Center -
Rajalingam Raja, Ph.D., D(ABHI)
Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery
Director, Immunogenetics and Transplantation Laboratory
University of California, San Francisco -
Anthony Robinson
Operations/Training Captain
San Francisco Fire Department, Airport Division -
Na’eem Salaam
Vice President, Operations
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative -
Larry Salinas
Executive Director, Governmental Relations
Office of the President, Fresno State University -
Baljeet S. Sangha, MPH, FACHE
Chief Operating Officer & Deputy Director San Francisco Health Network
San Francisco Department of Public Health and County of SF -
Rev. Bryson White
Research Assistant
The Society for the Study of Black Religion -
Michelle Zyromski, Esq.
Zyromski Konicek LLP
Medical Advisory Board
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Peter Chin-Hong, M.D., Co-Chair
Associate Medical Director, Donor Network West
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Step 3 Medicine
Associate Dean for Regional Campuses, UCSF School of Medicine
Director, Transplant ID Program, Division of Infectious Diseases
Infectious Disease Physician, UCSF -
Luis Mayen, Co-Chair
VP of Strategic Partnerships and Business Development, Donor Network West
Members
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Arash Afshinnik, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor, UCSF
Director, Neurocritical Care -
Janet Bellingham, M.D.
Transplant Surgeon
California Pacific Medical Center -
Jack Boyd, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Stanford University Medical Center -
Julie Brown, MBA, MPH
Principal, Julie Brown Associates
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Waldo Concepcion, M.D., FACS
Chief Medical Officer, Donor Network West
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Ann DiMatteo, BSN, MSN
Transplant Administrator
Manager, Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Program
California Pacific Medical Center -
Sara Dionne, PhD
Senior Laboratory Director
VRL Eurofins -
Robert Fulbright, JD, MA
Bioethics Program Director
Renown Health -
Jack Harbell, M.D.
Senior Associate Consultant
Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Hepatobiliary Surgery
Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale -
Gerri James, RN, BSN, CCTC
Transplant Administrator
Manager of Kidney & Lung Transplant Programs
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital -
Darina Kavanaugh, DNP, RN, CPHQ
Chief Nurse Executive
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center -
Jennifer Kerney, RN, MSN, CRNP
Assistant Director Transplant Services
Kidney Transplant Program
UCSF Medical Center -
Thomas Krall, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor – Anesthesia
UCSF Medical Center -
Jasleen Kukreja, M.D., MPH
Surgical Director of Lung Transplant Program
UCSF Medical Center -
Ruchika Mishra, Ph.D.
Senior Bioethicist
Program in Medicine and Human Values
Sutter Health Bay Area -
James Orr, M.D.
Trauma & Emergency Surgery
Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Vacaville -
Thomas Pham, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor,
Abdominal Transplant Surgery
Stanford University School of Medicine -
Brett Sheridan, M.D., FACS
Department Chair of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Surgery
Chief of Cardiac Surgery
Surgical Director of Heart Transplantation
California Pacific Medical Center -
Penny Stroud, MBA
Principal, Cattaneo & Stroud, Inc.
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Moussa F. Yazbeck, M.D., FACP
Neurocritical Care / Critical Care Medicine
Vice Chief of Staff
John Muir Medical Center