Boards and Leadership
| Nelson Amos, Lead Patient Consultant NxStage Medical, Inc. NKFMDDE Advisory Board Patient Advocate | Larry Abramson President Strategic Healthcare Advisors | Cozumel Pruette, MD Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Nephrology, Clinical Medical Director |
| Prayus Tailor, MD Nephrologist Nephrology Associates Co-Chair Delaware Leadership Committee | Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM, FASN, MACP Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology Deputy Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity Director, Doctoral Diversity Program Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | Sumeska (Su) Thavarajah*, M.D. Immediate Past Chair, Medical Advisory Board Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Nephrology |
| Tisha Guthrie, Social Worker and Group Fitness & Wellness Professional with LifeBridge NKFMDDE Advisory Board Patient Advocate | Jon S. Wilkins, Esq. Managing Director Federal Communications Commission | Joshua Zaritsky, MD, PhD Pediatric Nephrologist Co-Chair Delaware Leadership Committee |
| George Kilbourne Renal Hospital Specialist Aurinia Pharmaceuticals | Kimberly M. Lumpkin's, M.D., FACS, FRCS University of Maryland Children's Hospital Chief of the Division of Pediatric Surgery & Surgeon-in-Chief of the University of Maryland Children's Hospital | Greg Miller, MBA, CFA Past Chairman Consultant, Board Advisor, Investor |
| Silke Niederhaus, M.D. Assistant Professor of Surgery University of Maryland Medical Center | Nabil Sheikh*
Secretary OmegaCor Technologies President | Christopher Simon*, LCSW-C Chair, Patient & Community Service Committee Independent Dialysis Foundation-Parkview Social Worker |
| Swami Swaminathan Chairman Chief Information Officer Reli Group, Inc. | (* denotes Executive Committee Member) | |
| Kristin Brooks
Development Director | Sandy Boesenberg Office Manager | Patricia A. Dash Executive Director |
| Kristy-An Ferracci Living Kidney Donor Community Outreach Assistant | Nicole Scharf Living Kidney Donor Associate Executive Director The Eastern Shore of Maryland & Delaware | Lauren Brown Community Outreach Manager |
| Joshua King, MD
University of Maryland Medical Center Assistant Professor of Medicine Specialties: Medical Toxicology & Nephrology | Serena M. Bagnasco, MD Associate Professor of Pathology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | Mary T. (Tessie) Behrens, MD Mid-Atlantic Nephrology Associates, PA |
| Tammy M. Brady, MD, MHS Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Division of Pediatric Nephrology | Dr. Eric Brown, MD Chair, Medical Advisory Board Mid-Atlantic Nephrology Associates, P.A. | Rochelle Cunningham, MD University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of Nephrology |
| Duvuru Geetha, MD Medical Director Peritoneal Dialysis at Davita JB Zachary and Davita White Square Assistant Professor of Medicine Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center | Adline Ghazi, MD Director, Diabetes Care Program MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital | Wardi Donnelly Johns Hopkins Medicine Administrative Director, TAP |
| Bernard G. Jaar, MD, MPH Immediate Past Chair Nephrologist MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital – Nephrology | Cele Johnson, RN Retired | Edward S. Kraus, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Division of Nephrology Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center |
| William Rayfield, II, MD Physician Medical Chart Review Chart Analyst, LLC Independent Contractor for Faircode Associates, LLC | Christopher Simon, LCSW Social Worker Independent Dialysis Foundation Parkview Cente | Sumeska (Su) Thavarajah, MD, Immediate Past Chair, Medical Advisory Board Assistant Professor of Medicine – Division of Nephrology Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Cente |
| Sharon Turban, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Johns Hopkins School of Medicine – Division of Nephrology | Terry Watnick, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology Johns Hopkins Polycystic Kidney Disease Research | Matthew R. Weir, MD Professor of Medicine Director, Division of Nephrology University of Maryland School of Medicine |
| Jeremy R. Yospin, MD Meadow Kidney Care | ||
| Joshua Zaritsky Co-Chair, Delaware Leadership Committee PCMG Pediatric Nephrologist | Prayus Tailor, MD Chair, Delaware Leadership Committee Nephrology Associates, PA Nephrologist | Tracy Zigman TD Bank Head of Customer Experience Strategy |
| Jody Cross Wintethur Museum Associate Director, Membership & Individual Giving | Ryan Haydu Christiana Care Kidney Transplant Administrative Director, Transplant Program | John Swanson, MD Christiana Care Kidney Transplant Transplant Surgeon |
| Joanne Smith Fresenius Kidney Care Kidney Care Advocate | Kelly Morgan, MPH Ardelyx Area Business Director | Greg Hoey AstraZeneca Regional Account Leader |
