Board of Directors

Board Of Directors For Gift of Hope

Our Board of Directors manages the property, business and affairs of Gift of Hope. Members include hospital administrators, physicians, transplant surgeons, transplant recipients and donor family members. They are responsible for establishing and reviewing our policies, maintaining quality organ and tissue procurement systems and providing for organizational management and planning.

Julie Fitzgerald, MD, FAAP

Chairperson, Loyola University Medical Center

Julie Fitzgerald, MD, FAAP
Chairperson, Loyola University Medical Center

Julie Lynn Fitzgerald, MD, FAAP the Division Director of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and the Vice Chairman of Pediatrics for Administration at the Ronald McDonald Children’s Hospital at Loyola University Medical Center ...

Robert L. Brandfass

Vice Chairperson, OSF Healthcare System

Robert L. Brandfass
Vice Chairperson, OSF Healthcare System

Robert Brandfass is Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Counsel at OSF Healthcare System, Peoria, where he has worked since 2012. In this position, he is responsible for all legal affairs and serves ...

Harry Wilkins, MD

President/CEO

Harry Wilkins, MD
President/CEO

Harry Wilkins, MD is President/CEO of Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network. In that role, he provides overall leadership for the organization, guides its strategic direction and ensures that the organization stays true to its ...

Jerry Anderson

Secretary, Past President/CEO, Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network

Jerry Anderson
Secretary, Past President/CEO, Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network

Jarold (Jerry) Anderson is the former President/CEO of Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network, serving as the organization’s first chief executive from 1987 until his retirement ...

Juan Carlos Caicedo, MD

Northwestern Medicine

Juan Carlos Caicedo. , MD
Northwestern Medicine

Juan Carlos Caicedo, MD, is a solid organ transplant surgeon and the director of the Hispanic Transplant Program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. He also is an assistant professor of surgery in the ...

Lori Chana

Money Mailer of Eastern DuPage County

Lori Chana
Money Mailer of Eastern DuPage County

Lori Linton Chana is the owner of Money Mailer of Eastern DuPage County. Her business provides direct-marketing services for local, regional and national companies. As owner, Ms.Chana manages all aspects of her business ...

Melody Spann Cooper

Midway Broadcasting Corporation

Melody Spann Cooper
Midway Broadcasting Corporation

Melody Spann Cooper, Chair and CEO Midway Broadcasting Corporation, is among an elite group of female owners of U.S. broadcast properties. She leads an independently owned media boutique of broadcast and digital platforms, including WVON, ...

Marc Garfinkel, MD

SIU School of Medicine

Marc Garfinkel, MD
SIU School of Medicine

Marc Garfinkel, MD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. He is fellowship trained in liver, kidney and pancreas transplantation from the University of California at ...

Michael Iwanicki, DO

Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital

Michael Iwanicki, DO
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital

Dr. Michael Iwanicki brings more than 25 years of experience to his practice as a Trauma/Critical Care Surgeon for Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, a 350-bed Level 1 Trauma Hospital in Downers Grove, Ill. As ...

Bruce A. King

Elmhurst University

Bruce A. King
Elmhurst University

Bruce King’s professional career has been devoted to making a difference in the lives of young people so they can pursue a pathway to opportunities and experiences unknown by previous generations. He also works to create ...

J. Michael Millis, MD

UChicago Medicine

J. Michael Millis, MD
UChicago Medicine

J. Michael Millis, MD, is an internationally recognized surgeon in pediatric and adult liver transplantation and non-transplant liver and biliary tract surgery. He is Professor of Surgery and Vice Chair of Global Surgery at University ...

Pamela Mitchell-Boyd

Ascension Health

Pamela Mitchell-Boyd
Ascension Health

Pamela Mitchell-Boyd is the Senior Director for Inclusion and Equity at Ascension Health. She is a known champion for vulnerable populations and her work ensures that adults and children are provided with fundamental human necessities such as ...

James Riley

Retired Partner, McGuireWoods LLC

James Riley
Retired Partner, McGuireWoods LLP

James B. Riley Jr. is a Retired Partner of the law firm of McGuireWoods in Chicago. His practice encompassed general corporate and healthcare law, including transactions, regulation and policy, compliance, private equity and finance, mergers ...

Nancy A. Stacy

Deloitte LLP

Nancy A. Stacy
Deloitte LLP

Nancy Stacy is a partner with Deloitte LLP where she’s an advisor to Fortune 500 public companies and privately held corporations. She is skilled in structuring M&A transactions, global tax and treasury strategies and supply chain ...

Robert Wright

Treasurer, Wright Advisors

Robert Wright
Treasurer, Wright Advisors

Robert Wright is the Principal of Rockford-based Wright Advisors, a consulting firm that provides business advisory and litigation support services to a broad base of businesses.

Since 1986, Mr. Wright has been a partner with such firms ...

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