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