NKF Leadership
NKF Leadership Team
Bruce Skyer
Chief Executive Officer
Joseph Vassalotti, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Joan Shepard Lustig
Senior Vice President for Field Services
JoAnn Vecchione
Senior Vice President for Organizational Resources
Kerry Willis, PhD
Senior Vice President for Scientific Activities
Eric Albrecht
Vice President for Events Development & Sports Marketing
Holly DeVan
Vice President for Major Gifts Corporate Development
Petros Gregoriou, CPA
Vice President for Finance
Anthony Gucciardo
Vice President for Constituent Programs
David Rexroad
Vice President for Meetings Management
Troy Zimmerman
Vice President for Government Relations
Ellie Schlam
Director of Communications
Board of Directors
The 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.
2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ed Walter
NKF Chairman
Lynda A. Szczech, MD, MSCE
NKF President
Duke University Medical Center
Beth Piraino, MD
NKF President-elect
Professor of Medicine
Associate Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
William G. Dessoffy, CFA
NKF Secretary
Regional Managing Director
First Republic Bank
William Cella
NKF Immediate Past Chairman
The Cella Group
Jerome Bill Aiken
Coldwell Banker Burnet
George L. Bakris, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
R. D. Todd Baur
Conway Investment Research, LLC
Bryan N. Becker, MD
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, University of Illinois-Chicago
A. Bruce Bowden, Esq.
Duane Morris LLP
Derek E. Bruce, Esq.
Edge Public Affairs
Alexander Morgan Capron
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
Paul Crawford, MD
Jane S. Davis, CRNP
University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
Francis L. Delmonico, MD
Medical Director
New England Organ Bank
Brian Dilsheimer
Dilsheimer Communities, LLC
Tom Hough
Executive Vice President
Chief Financial Officer
Lucchese Inc.
Jay Justice
Chief People Officer
Hospital Sisters Health System
Kevin Longino
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
Stephen Pastan, MD
Emory Transplant Center
Art Pasquarella, CRE
BPG Properties, Ltd.
Gregory W. Scott
Chairman and CEO
APS Healthcare
Michael W. Sexton
President
Piedmont Bushings & Insulators, LLC
Michael Watts, CPA
Cheif Operating Officer
Wasserman Media Group
