Board
Governing Board
Dr. Trudy Larson, Chair - Professor and Dean, UNR School of Community Health Science (Retired)
Chris Bosse, Treasurer - Chief Government Relations Officer, Renown Health
Sherry Watson-Lawler, Secretary - Director, Quality & Patient Safety, UCLA
Bill Welch, Past Chair - CEO, Nevada Hospital Association
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
Mason VanHouweling - CEO, University Medical Center
Patricia Allen - President, Health Strategies Inc.
Dr. Sebastian Giwa, PhD - Serial Biotech Founder and CEO, Sylvatica Biotech
Stephen Corrigan Rayhill, MD, FACS - Transplant Surgeon, University of Washington
Blayne Osborne - President, Nevada Rural Hospital Partners
Vince Variale - CEO, North Vista Hospital
Todd Sklamberg - CEO, Sunrise Hospital
Peter Guzman - President & CEO, Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce
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
Melissa Cipriano - Executive Director, Children's Heart Foundation
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
Emily Davies, D.O. - Pediatric Intensivist, Children's Hospital of Nevada at University Medical Center