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BOARD MEMBERS
Harlan Abrahams, Lawyer, writer,
educator, and consultant
Rick Abrams, Rose Center for
Preventive Medicine
Adam Aron, World Leisure
Partners, Inc.
Norm Brownstein, Brownstein Hyatt
Farber & Schreck
Larry Chan, University of Colorado
Health Sciences Center
Walt DeHaven, CBS 4
David Ehrlich, Interactive Marketing
& Innovation
Don Elliman
Steve Farber, Brownstein Hyatt
Farber & Schreck
Gregg Farber, Living donor
Phil Haag, Monroe Group
Josh Hanfling, AMMA Group
Barry Hirschfeld, National
Hirschfeld, LLC
April Jones, Jones Law Firm, PC
Igal Kam, University of Colorado
Health Sciences Center
Bruce Karpas, Crème de la Crème, Inc.
Chris Klug, Klug Enterprises, Inc.
Liver recipient and Olympic medalist
Donald L. Kortz, Fuller Real Estate
Gary Levine, Merchants Mortgage
Troy Lowrie, VCG Holdings
Jimmy Lustig, HC Company
Charlie Lyons, Beacon Entertainment
Bill MacMillan, Cargill MacMillan
David McReynolds, Columbine
Health Plan
Carolyn Meske, Bernstein Global
Wealth Management
Chuck Morris, AEG Live Rocky
Mountains
Scott Reiman , Hexagon Investments
Dick Robinson, Robinson Dairy, Inc.
Jim Sullivan, Sullivan Restaurant Group
Brian Wilson, Retired & kidney recipient
Estelle “Sissy” Wolf, Retired
Daniel Yohannes, New Resource Bank
THE STATE OF THE FOUNDATION
It is with great pride and appreciation
that we present to you the 2007 Annual
Report for the American Transplant
Foundation. In this, our first annual
report, you will find a review of our
accomplishments since our inception,
as well as our vision for the future.
The Foundation has been able to forge
new ground in advancing support for
organ and tissue donation. Making
Steve Farber
organ donor registration more mainstream
has been a primary goal, which
has been approached by identifying
new ways for people to register their
intent to be a donor, such as when filing
State income taxes.
Our efforts have also included community-based
education and outreach
programs. By reaching out to ethnic
communities, we are able to customize
messaging that resonates, and which
provides important information about
the medical facts leading to the
Heidi A. Heltzel
disparity in needing, and receiving, lifesaving
transplants among ethnic groups.
Supporting medical advancements is another important component
of the Foundation’s goals. On September 29, 2007, the
Foundation pledged a gift of $1,000,000 to endow a Chair of
Transplant Surgery at the University of Colorado Hospital. This
endowment provides perpetual funding to transplant programs,
brings additional national and international exposure to recruit top
transplant surgeons and provides an ability to dedicate research to
the field.
On behalf of the board members, staff and volunteers of the
American Transplant Foundation, we wish to thank you, our
donors, corporate sponsors and foundations for your continued
commitment.
Steve Farber, Chairman, American Transplant Foundation
Heidi A. Heltzel, Executive Director, American Transplant Foundation
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