Northern Ohio
Office Staff
Kimberly Covey
Executive Director
440.624.2400 ext. 291
Leah Adams
Program Director
440.465.0245
Josephine Redfern
Development Manager
212.889.2210 ext. 292
Board of Advisors
James Adams
Revolution Trucking
Stacey Brady
University Hospitals Transplant Institute
Ken Couls
PWC
Lisa Deka
Public Library Market
Chrissie Delvalle, LSW
Cleveland Clinic Transplant Institute
Josh Flagner
Quality Components Company, Inc.
Jay Foringer
Illuminating Company
Penny Forster
Cleveland Guardians
Crystal Gadegbeku, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Donna Horvath
AstraZeneca
Brian Kampman
Flannery Georgalis
Karley Karban
Student at UT
Abby Kelly
Dr. Shefali Mahesh
Akron Children's Hospital
Brittany Paulozzi
DaVita Kidney Care
Dr. Rupesh Raina
Akron Children's Hospital
Katie White
Key Bank
James Wineland
Johnson Investment Counsel
Central Ohio
Office Staff
Kari Deaton
Development Manager
614.882.6184 ext. 290
Hayley Fournier
Program Manager
614.882.6184 ext. 823
Board of Advisors
Mike Stevenson, Chair
Chris Artinian
Consumer & Restaurants
Jill Green
Otsuka
Dr. John Spencer
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Janella Straw
Premier Health
Dr. Bill Wilmer
Kidney Specialists, Inc., Nephrology
Cincinnati Ohio
Office Staff
Marsheen Adigun
Regional Manager
614.882.6184 ext. 853
Jaime Brown
Program Manager
513.961.8105 ext. 854
Perry Malloy-Hall
Senior Development Director
513.961.8105 ext. 852
Board of Advisors
Amit Govil, MD, Chair
University of Cincinnati
Mike Ferguson
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Sharad Goel, MD
Kidney & Hypertension Center
Jason Huff
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Corey King
University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center
Rick Schwab
Diocese of Covington
ALL OHIO
OHIO MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD
Ramy Abou Ghayda, MD, MPH
University Hospitals
Ida Ayensu, APRN-CNP, CNN-NP
OSU Wexner Medical Center
Kristin Bame, MS, RDN
Independence Bank
Amy Bobrowski, MD
Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital
Liz Briggs, RN
University of Cincinnati
Peter Brinson, BSN, RN
Cleveland Clinic Transplant
Tia Carroll, BSN, RN
Fresenius Kidney Care
Chrissie Delvalle, LSW
Cleveland Clinic Transplant Institute
Ron Flauto, DO
American Kidney Institute
Prakash Gudsoorkar, MD, FASN, FNKF
University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine
Beth Guthrie, RD
Greater Columbus Regional Dialysis
Taryn Hill, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN
Arizona College of Nursing
Arksarapuk Jittirat, MD
University Hospitals
Lynne Kotte
Fresenius Kidney Care
Paul Kovach, MD
Mount Carmel
Tim Krachko, BSN, RN
Cleveland Clinic Trasnplant Institute
Vikram Kumar, MD
Ohio Endocrine
Sarah Lang, MD
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Rita Lovelace, RN
Cleveland Clinic, Stephanie Tubbs Jones Health Center
Rebecca (Becky) Lynne Rengering, MSN, RN, CPN, CCTC
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Merideth Miller, RD
Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital
Vivek Nadkarni, MD
Mercy Health, Private Practice
Lavinia Negrea, MD
University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center
Christina Nguyen, MD
UH Rainbow Babies & Children
Ruba Nijmeh, MD, FASN
Nephrology at Ohio Kidney Consultants
Jacob Nysather, DO
University of Cincinnati
Oba Opelami, MD
Americare Kidney Institute
Aparna Padiyar, MD
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Samir Parikh, MD
OSU Wexner Medical Center, OSU Nephrology
Mina Patel- Chamberlin, MD
Kidney & Hypertension Center
Nishigandha Pradhan, MD
University Hospitals Transplant Institute
Rupesh Raina, MD
Akron Children's Hospital, AKI, UH Children's Hospital, MetroHealth
Summer VanArsdale, RD, CSR, CCTD, LD
The Kidney Nutrition Coach, LLC
Xiangling Wang, MD, PhD
Genomic Medicine Institute/ Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute
Mara Ward, PharmD
Akebia Therapeutics
David Warner, MD
University of Cincinnati
Natalie West, RN
Health Map Solutions
Kunal Yadav, MD
University of Toledo Medical Center
Amy Yaru, MD
OSU Wexner Medical Center, OSU Nephrology