STA Leadership Team

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Southwest Transplant Alliance is led by exceptional industry professionals dedicated to the relentless pursuit of saving more lives.


C-SUITE LEADERSHIP

 

Bradley L. Adams

President & CEO

Stephanie Bowman

Chief Financial Officer

Doug Butler

Chief Operating Officer

 
 

Dr. Geoffrey Funk

Chief Medical Officer

Fibbens Addo Koranteng

General Counsel

 
 

DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP

 

Heather Cloward

Director, People Services

Reid Freeman

Director, Clinical Excellence

Jonathan Hewlett

Director, Systems Intelligence

Jaskiran Kaur

Director, Quality Systems

Shae Richardson

Director, Donor Optimization

Jason Vodek

Director, Family Care

Michelle DeLaGarza

Director, Facilities Management & Event Services

Krys Guice

Director, Hospital Services & Business Partner Relationships

Kelli James

Director, Marketing & Communications

Amanda LeGrow

Director, Clinical Services

Katie Sauce

Director, Community Engagement & Foundation Relations

Selena Warden

Director, Laboratory Services

Marcolin Eakins

Director, Information Technology

Alex Headley

Director, Tissue Services

Luke Kim

Director, Finance

Jocelyn Phillips

Director, Education, Culture & DEI

Tyler Strout

Director, Software Engineering

 
 
 

BOARD oF DIRECTORS


CHERYL CAMIN MURRAY, Board Chair

Partner

Jackson Walker LLP


CHARLES TOWNSEND, Board Vice Chair

Partner-in-Charge

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Donor Family Member


W. STEPHEN LOVE, Board Secretary

President/CEO

Dallas Ft. Worth Hospital Council


RON MURFF, Board Treasurer

President

JKL Group

Living Donor


JOHN CARVER, LFACHE

Hospital President, Retired


EDMUNDO CASTEÑEDA, FACHE

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Parkland Health

 

RICARDO LA HOZ, M.D.

Director, Solid Organ Transplant Infectious Diseases

UT Southwestern Medical Center


KRISTI NELSON

News Anchor

NBC5, KXAS, Dallas/Fort Worth

Living Donor


JOHN PHILLIPS

President

Methodist Medical Center


AMANDA ROCKOW

Vice President for Government & Community Relations

UT Dallas


KENYA WOODRUFF

Partner and Deputy General Counsel

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP


BRAD ADAMS

President & CEO

Southwest Transplant Alliance

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 ADVISORY BOARD


TIFFANY ANTHONY, M.D., CHAIRMAN

Transplant Surgeon

Medical City Dallas Hospital


ALEJANDRO MEJIA, M.D.

Transplant Surgeon

Methodist Health Systems


JIGESH SHAH, D.O.

Transplant Surgeon

Parkland Health


STEPHEN ALMOND, M.D.

Transplant Surgeon

Driscoll Children’s Hospital


DEBRA DOHERTY, M.D.

Transplant Surgeon

Baylor University Medical Center


DAWN STERLING

Donor Family Member


CALVIN LYONS

Executive Director

National Kidney Foundation


KARA MONDAY, M.D.

Surgeon

Baylor University Medical Center


VENTKATESH AIYAGARI, M.D.

Neurosurgeon

UT Southwestern Medical Center

 

SURESH KESHAVAMURTHY, M.D.

Transplant Surgeon

UT Southwestern Medical Center


RYAN DAVIES, M.D.

Transplant Surgeon

Children’s Health Dallas


TRINE ENGEBRETSEN, M.D.

Transplant Surgeon

University of Texas Medical Branch


CARLOS DEL CORO, M.D.

Transplant Surgeon

Las Palmas Medical Center


ERIC MARTINEZ, M.D.

Transplant Surgeon

Baylor University Medical Center


JENNIFER CARROLL

General Public


DONNA DRURY

Director of Transplant Services

UT Southwestern Medical Center


CHANTALE LANCELLE, Ph.D.

Director, Transplant Immunology & Histocompatibility

UT Southwestern Medical Center


CHADI AWAD, DNP

Chief Nursing Officer

Medical City Plano Hospital