Board of Directors

Governing Board Members

• Jim Carter, Organ Donor Family Member,Vermont
• Joe Comella, Organ Donor Family Member, Albany
• David Conti, MD, Albany Medical Center, Albany
• Antonio Di Carlo, MD, Fletcher Allen Healthcare, Vermont
• Sandra Felis, Fletcher Allen Healthcare
• Bill Gormley, Transplant Recipient, Vermont
• Steven Kind, Board Chair-Vermont, IBM, Director, Business Development
• Sam Messina, Organ Donor Family Member, Albany
• Bernadette Pedlow, Albany Medical Center
• Gina Picarillo, RN, Transplant Recipient, Albany
• Marianne Salerno, RN, Hospital Liaison, Kingston Hospital, Kingston
• Donna Sickler, RN, Board Secretary, Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare, Utica

Advisory Board Members

• Donna Anderson, RN, Bassett Medical Center
• Susan Baron, Volunteer, Donor Family Member
• Julia Cannizzaro, Volunteer, Living Donor
• Jean Colaneri, RN, Albany Medical Center
• Michael Gruenthal, MD, Chair-Neurosciences, Albany Medical Center
• Michael Gallichio, MD, Transplant surgeon, Albany Medical Center
• Reverend Paula Gravelle, PhD, Ellis Medicine
• Maryann Handron, Volunteer, Recipient Family Member
• George Herrera, Tissue Bank Representative
• Amy Hahn, PhD, Transplant Immunology Laboratory
• Ed Potyrala, RN, Albany Medical Center