Board of Directors
The 30-member NKF Board of Directors consists of nephrologists, other kidney health care team members, civic leaders with diverse business expertise and people affected by kidney disease. The Board meets three times per year and is charged with fiduciary, fund raising and governance responsibilities for the Foundation. Board members serve a term of three years and may be elected for a second term.
2010 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Joseph D. Abruzzese
President, Advertising Sales
Discovery Communications
R. D. Todd Baur
Baur Good LLC
Bryan N. Becker, MD
Vice-Chair, Dept of Medicine
Section Chief, Nephrology
University of Wisconsin Hospital
Deborah I. Brommage MS, RD, CSR, CDN
Derek E. Bruce
Derek Bruce
Edge Public Affairs
Alexander Morgan Capron
University Professor
Scott H. Bice Chair in Healthcare Law, Policy
and Ethics Professor of Law and Medicine
Co-Director, Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics
James G. Carlson
President & CEO
Amerigroup Corporation
William Cella
The Cella Group
Allan J. Collins MD, FACP
Director of the Chronic Disease Research Group
Jane S. Davis CRNP
Department of Medicine Division of Nephrology, University of Alabama
John Davis
Chief Executive Officer
National Kidney Foundation, Inc.
Thomas M. Davis, III
Director, Federal Government Services
Deloitte
Francis L. Delmonico, MD
Medical Director
New England Organ Bank
William G. Dessoffy, CFA
Regional Managing Director
First Republic Bank
Brian Dilsheimer
Dilsheimer Communities, LLC
Jay Justice, Esq.
VP of Human Resources
Hospital Sisters Health System
Judge John N. Kirkendall
Thomas P. McDonough
Dennis W. Morgan
Executive Vice President & Senior Loan Officer
First Southern Bank
Howard M. Nathan
President and CEO,
Gift of Life Donor Program and Institute
Keith C. Norris, MD, FASN
Professor of Medicine
Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science
Sister Michele O’Brien, MSN
Ronald A. Rittenmeyer
Former Chairman, President & CEO (retired EDS)
Guy L. Scalzi
Executive Vice President
Veloz Global Solutions
Gregory W. Scott
Chairman and CEO
APS Healthcare
Michael W. Sexton
President
Piedmont Bushings & Insulators, LLC
Lynda A. Szczech, MD, MSCE
Duke University Medical Center
Ruben L. Velez, MD, FACP
President & CEO
Dallas Nephrology Associates
Ed Walter
President and CEO
Host Hotels & Resorts
Michael Watts, CPA
CFO Wasserman Media Group
General Counsel
A. Bruce Bowden, Esq.
Duane Morris LLP


