Advisory Board

Gift of Life Howie's House Advisory Board is comprised of fifteen individuals who are organ recipients and family members of transplant recipients, living donors, transplant surgeons, healthcare executives and community representatives committed to our mission.

2025 Advisory Board Members

  • Martha Anderson– Former Executive Vice President of Donor Services, MTF Biologics Edison, NJ
  • Carol Giungo – Neiman Marcus
  • Mary Pat Kessler – Director, Global Account Management, Project Management Institute
  • Pepper Krach – Communications Practice Leader Mid-Atlantic Region, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
  • Cynthia London – Donor Mother
  • Howard M. Nathan – Executive Director, The Transplant Foundation
  • Lori Nicoletti Peruto, Esq. – Attorney,Philadelphia Suburban Development Corporation
  • Frank Podietz – President, Emeritus Abramson Center for Jewish Life
  • Ranjoo Prasad, O.D. – Dept. of Ophthalmology Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania Health System
  • Bill Soloway – Gift of Life volunteer, heart transplant recipient
  • Marc E. Uknis, M.D., F.A.C.S. – Associate Professor of Surgery, UMass Medical School
  • Richard D. Hasz – President and CEO, Gift of Life Donor Program
  • Jan L. Weinstock, Esq. – Vice President of Admin & General Counsel, Gift of Life Donor Program
  • Katherine Hamilton – Development Manager, Gift of Life Howie’s House

2025 Board of Directors

  • Michael J. Moritz, MD – Vice Chair, Department of Surgery- Operations and Clinical Affairs Surgery – General Surgery Transplantation Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network
  • Martha Anderson – Former Executive Vice President of Donor Services, MTF Biologics Edison, NJ
  • Richard D. Hasz – President and CEO, Gift of Life Donor Program Philadelphia, PA