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

Navneet S. Majhail MD, MBBS, MS

Sarah Cannon Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program @ TriStar Centennial

Nashville

United States

Member
WBMT Alternate

Amal Alharbi

Member
ASHI Representative

Medhat Askar MD, PhD

Baylor University Medical Center

Dallas

United States

Member
FACT Alternate

Catherine Bollard MBChB, MD, FRACP, FRCPA

Children's National Health System Blood and Marrow Transplant Program

Washington

United States

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
CBA Alternate

Marcie Finney

Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Cord Blood Foundation d.b.a. Cleveland Cord Blood Center

Cleveland

United States

Member
WMDA Representative

Mrs. Lydia Foeken

Leiden

Netherlands

Member
ISCT Representative

Miguel Forte

Kiji Therapeutics

Member

Dr. Mark Fung M.D.

The University of Vermont Medical Center

Burlington

United States

Member
ISCT Representative

Jacques Galipeau MD, FRCP(C)

University of Wisconsin

Madison

United States

Member
ASHI Alternate

Katherine Giovetsis

Member
SCB Representative

Dawn Henke

Member
ISCT Alternate

Queenie Jang

Vancouver

Canada

Member
NMDP Alternate

Jessica Knutson

Member
CAP Representative

Patricia Kopko

Member
AABB Representative

Susan N. Leppke

Minneapolis

United States

Member
ASFA Alternate

Sharon Leung

Member

Alycia Maloney

American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Arlington Heights

United States

Member
ASGCT Alternate

Caitlin McCombs

Member
ASFA Representative

Yara Park MD

UNC Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program

Chapel Hill

United States

Member
CBA Representative

Louise Ristau

Member
WBMT Representative

Joseph Schwartz MD, MPH

Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy

Omaha

United States

Member
WMDA Alternate

Matthew Seftel MD

Canadian Blood Services' Cord Blood Bank

Edmondton

Canada

Member
ASGCT

Margarita Valdez Martinez

Member
ASTCT Alternate

Mr. Andre Williams

ASTCT

Washington

United States

Member
SCB

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