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.

2009 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Dear Abby aka Jeanne Phillips
Syndicated Newspaper Columnist
California

R.D. Todd Baur
President
Baur Good LLC
Missouri

Bryan N. Becker, MD
(NKF President)
Transplant Nephrologist
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Wisconsin

Deborah I. Brommage, MS, RD
(NKF Secretary)
Renal Clinical Consultant
Genzyme
New York

Derek E. Bruce, Esq.
Director, Government Relations
Walt Disney World Co.
Florida

James G. Carlson
President and CEO
Amerigroup Corporation
Virginia

William Cella
(NKF Chairman-elect)
President
The Cella Group, LLC
New York

Allan J. Collins, MD
(NKF Immediate Past President)
Nephrologist
Professor of Medicine
Univerisity of Minnesota
Minnesota

John Davis
CEO
National Kidney Foundation, Inc.
New York

Francis L. Delmonico, MD
Transplant Surgeon
Medical Director
New England Organ Bank
Massachussetts

William G. Dessoffy, CFA
Regional Managing Director
First Republic Bank
New York

Ellen Gaucher, MSN, RN
Group Vice President
Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, Inc.
Iowa

Jay Justice
Vice President, Human Resources
Hospital Sisters Health System
Illinois

Hon. John N. Kirkendall
Probate Court Judge (Ret.)
MIchigan

Thomas P. McDonough
(NKF Chairman)
President, Coventry Health Care (Ret.)
Maryland

David McLean, PhD
CEO
Ancillary Care Management
Minnesota
Dennis W. Morgan
Executive Vice President
First Southern Bank
Alabama

Howard M. Nathan
President and CEO
Gift of Life Donor Program
Pennsylvania

Antonia Novello, MD
Pediatric Nephrologist
Surgeon General of the U.S. (Ret.)
Florida

Sister Michele O’Brien, MSN
Director of Adult Advocacy
Christus Santa Rosa Health Care
Texas

Ronald A. Rittenmeyer
Chairman, President and CEO
Electronic Data Systems Corporation
Texas

Guy L. Scalzi
Executive Vice President
Veloz Global Solutions
New York

William A. Singleton
Vice President
Smith Barney (Ret.)
Washington, DC

Karen Thurman 
Florida Democratic Party
Florida

Ruben L. Velez, MD
Nephrologist
President and CEO
Dallas Nephrology Associates
Texas

W. Edward Walter
President and CEO
Host Hotels and Resorts, Inc.
Washington, DC

David G. Warnock, MD
Nephrolgoist
Professor of Medicine and Physiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Alabama

Michael Watts, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
Wasserman Media Group LLC
California

Ken Howard
(Chancellor)
Stage and Screen Actor
California

A. Bruce Bowden, Esq.
(NKF General Counsel)
Partner
Duane Morris LLC
Pennsylvania