Our Committee Members 

Professional Relations Committee

Purpose:
Enhance communications with relevant organizations in the field of cellular therapy and identify opportunities for collaboration.

Current members of Professional Relations Committee:

Position

Name

Organization

City

Country

Chair
FACT Representative

Phillip Johnson MMedSc(Path)

Queensland Cord Blood Bank At The Mater

Brisbane

Australia

Vice-Chair
FACT and WBMT Alternate

Joseph Schwartz MD, MPH

Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy

Omaha

United States

Member
WBMT Representative

Amal Alharbi

Member
ASHI Representative

Medhat Askar MD, PhD

Qatar University

Member
NMDP Representative

G. David Booth

NMDP/Be The Match

Minneapolis

United States

Member
AABB Alternate

Christina M Celluzzi Ph.D

AABB

Bethesda

United States

Member
WMDA Representative

Mrs. Lydia Foeken

Leiden

Netherlands

Member
ASTCT Representative

Molly Ford

American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Arlington Heights

United States

Member
CAP Representative

Dr. Mark Fung M.D.

The University of Vermont Medical Center

Burlington

United States

Member
ASHI Alternate

Katherine Giovetsis

Member
SCB Representative

Dawn Henke

Member
ASTCT Alternate

Heather Hurley

Member
ISCT Alternate

Queenie Jang

Vancouver

Canada

Member
NMDP Alternate

Jessica Knutson

Member
CB, AABB Representative

Joanne Kurtzberg MD

Duke University Medical Center Adult and Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Program

Durham

United States

Member
ASFA Alternate

Sharon Leung

Member
ASGCT Representative

Caitlin McCombs

Member
ASFA Representative

Yara Park MD

UNC Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program

Chapel Hill

United States

Member
WMDA Alternate

Matthew Seftel MD

Canadian Blood Services' Cord Blood Bank

Edmondton

Canada

Member
AABB Representative

Leah Stone

AABB

Bethesda

United States

Member
ASGCT Alternate

Margarita Valdez Martinez

Member
ISCT Representative

Daniel Weiss MD, PhD

University of Vermont Pulmonary Medicine

Member
SCB Alternate

Catherine Zander

Standards Coordinating Body for Regenerative Medicine

Monrovia

United States

Staff Liaison

Kara Wacker MBA, RAC

Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy

Omaha

United States