Key Staff

Executives

Brian M. Shepard
Acting Chief Executive Officer

Mary D. Ellison, Ph.D., MSHA
Assistant Executive Director, External Relations

Douglas E. Harvey
Assistant Executive Director, Administration and Management
Chief Financial Officer

John D. Persons, III, Esq.
General Counsel/Assistant Executive Director, Legal Affairs

Vicki F. Sauer
Chief Operating Officer, UNOS Foundation

Janet B. Smith
Assistant Executive Director
Chief Information Officer

Jo Anne Snyder
Assistant Executive Director, Human Resources

Directors

James B. Alcorn
Director, Policy

Angela Allen
Director, Instructional Innovations

Rebecca D. Anderson
Director, Evaluation and Quality

Paula C. Bryant
Director, Architecture, Quality and Standards

Brad J. Burshem
Director, IT Delivery Services

Cassandra Cossitt
Director, Development

Elisabeth J. Gabrynowicz
Director, Communications

Jennifer B. Gavin
Director, UNOS Meeting Partners

Frank T. Gilg
Director, Commercial Operations and Sales

David M. Kappus
Director, Membership

Jason P. Livingston
Director, Legal Affairs

Matthew S. Lovetro
Director, Finance

Maureen A. McBride, Ph.D.
Director, Research

Karl J. McCleary, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Scientific Director, Center for Transplant System Excellence

Lisa Schaffner
Director, Public Relations and Marketing

Kevin J. Smolen
Director, Creative Services

Adrienne A. Taylor-Parham
Director, HRIS, Benefits and Compensation

Joe E. Wysowski
Director, Facilities and Security