Mid-America Transplant is governed by a voluntary, community-based Board of Directors composed of Donor Family members, hospital executives, physicians, and other disciplines, including ethics, religion, and law.
Mid-America Transplant Board of Directors
Joan Magruder
Governing Board Chair
Group President
BJC Healthcare
Arindam Kar
Governing Board Vice-Chair
Shareholder
Polsinelli
Jay Guffey
Governing Board Secretary/Treasurer
Retired Hospital Administrator
Richard Bucholz, MD
Governing Board Immediate Past Chair
KR Smith Professor of Neurological Surgery
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Tonia Burke
Donor Family Member
Bon Secours Mercy
William Chapman, MD
Professor and Chief, Section of Transplantation
Surgical Director, Transplant Center
Executive Vice-Chair, Dept. of Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine
Sean Hogan
President
Mercy Hospital South
Marie Moore
Chief Nursing Officer
Mercy Hospital Springfield
Angelleen Peters-Lewis, PhD
Vice-President and COO
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Ron Prenger
Retired Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
CoxHealth
Harry Ratliff
Vice President and Wealth Management Advisor
Merrill Lynch
Jacque Richmond
Vice President/Deputy Counsel
Mercy
Steven Scott
President
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Lori Sturgill
Chief Information Officer
ScaledData Health
Lori Weatherspoon
Vice-President/CNO
Christian Hospital
Tessa Woods, MD
Trauma/Critical Care Surgeon
CoxHealth
Mid-America Transplant Foundation Board of Directors
Jorge Riopedre
Foundation Board Chair
Executive Director
Delmar Divine
Gene Ridolfi
Foundation Board Vice-Chair
Executive Director, Health and Vascular Service
Barnes-Jewish Transplant Center
Emily Givens
Foundation Board Secretary/Treasurer
Investment and Development Specialist
Bryan Properties
Ellen Barnidge, PhD
Foundation Board Immediate Past Chair
Interim Dean and Assistant Professor
Saint Louis University College for Public Health & Social Justice
Jennifer Davis
Administrative Assistant to the Assistant Superintendent of Learning
Webster Groves School District
Dwayne Ingram
Patient Advocacy Coordinator
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Rev. Gabrielle Kennedy
Director
Faith & For the Sake of All
Kevin Lee
President & CEO
Mid-America Transplant
Patty Morrow
Vice President, Behavioral Health Operations
Mercy
Robert Ream, MD
Pediatric Critical Care Physician
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital
John Reed
Senior Director
Property Tax for Charter Communications
Ron Young
Founding Pastor
Impact Church of St. Louis
