Our Committee Members

Quality Management Committee

The Quality Management Committee develops and administers programs that maintain high quality in FACT’s organizational operations and in accredited programs.

Current members of Quality Management Committee:

Position

Name

Organization

City

Country

Chair

Kimberly Kasow DO

UNC Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program

Chapel Hill

United States

Vice-Chair

Phillip Johnson MMedSc(Path)

Queensland Cord Blood Bank at the Mater

Brisbane

Australia

Member

Wade Atkins MS, MT(ASCP), SBB, CQA

National Institutes of Health

Bethesda

United States

Member

Lisa Cantwell MHA, CPHQ

Iovance Biotherapeutics

San Carlos

United States

Member

Ms. Priscilla DaSilva

City of Hope Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Program

Duarte

United States

Member

Ms. Therese Dodd RN, MBA, CPHQ, FNAHQ

Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy

Bayside

United States

Member

Deborah Griffin MS, ASQ CPGP

FACT Inspectorate

Bethel Park

United States

Member

Dr. Daniel J. Kota PhD

Baylor College of Medicine, Stem Cell Transplant Program, Texas Children's Hospital and Houston Methodist Hospital

Houston

United States

Member

Bernadette Mestichelli

American Red Cross

Philadelphia

United States

Member

Ms. Cynthia Morris MSN, RN, CPHQ

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy

Memphis

United States

Member

David Henry Michael Steffin MD

Baylor College of Medicine, Stem Cell Transplant Program, Texas Children's Hospital and Houston Methodist Hospital

Houston

United States

Member

Jessica Sue

Sydney Cord Blood Bank

Randwick

Australia

Staff Liaison

Heather J. Conway CQA(ASQ)

Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy

Omaha

United States