Northern Ohio
Office Staff
Anna S. Tzinis
Executive Director
440.241.6780
Leah Adams
Program Manager
440.465.0245
Maddi Snyder
Development Manager
ALL MEMORIALS FOR NORTHEAST OHIO must be mailed to Cleveland PO BOX at:
PO BOX 40544
Bay Village OH 44140
Board of Advisors
Stacey Brady
University Hospitals
Kay Brown
Concerto
Ken Couls
PWC
Kristina Davidson
Horizon Therapeutics
Lisa Deka
Clarivate
Tracy Douglas
Fresenius Kidney Care
Josh Flagner
Quality Components Company, Inc.
Jay Foringer
Illuminating Company
Penny Forster
Cleveland Guardians, Chairwoman
Crystal Gadegbeku, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Jennifer Germana
Horizon Therapeutics
Donna Horvath
AstraZeneca
Dr. Shefali Mahesh
Akron Children's Hospital
Dr. Aparna Padiyar
University Hospitals Transplant Institute
Brittany Paulozzi
DaVita Kidney Care
Dr. Rupesh Raina
Akron Children's Hospital
Junior Board
Melissa Cook
Allstate Insurance
Stacey Friedman
University Heights - Cleveland Heights Schools
Ray Glinka
Ameriprise Financial
Brian Kampman
Ziegler Metzger
Emily Klemenc
Klemenc Construction
Kelsey Rodgers
Lakeshore Insurance
Katie White
Key Bank
James Wineland
Johnson Investment Counsel
Josh Womack
Progressive/LaughStaff
Medical Advisory Board
Kristin Bame, MS, RDN
Independence Bank
Amy Bobrowski, MD
Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital
Peter Brinson, BSN, RN
Cleveland Clinic Transplant
Tia Carroll, BSN, RN
Fresenius Kidney Care
Chrissie Delvalle, LSW
Cleveland Clinic Transplant Institute
Ron Flauto, DO
Americare Kidney Institute
Glenna Frey
Kidney Donor Conversations
Ramy Abou Ghayda
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Lynne Kotte
Fresenius Kidney Care
Tim Krachko
Cleveland Clinic Transplant Institute
Sarah Lang
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Rita Lovelace, RN
Cleveland Clinic, Stephanie Tubbs Jones Health Center
Merideth Miller
Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital
Vivek Nadkarni, MD
Mercy Health, Private Practice
Lavinia Negrea, MD
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Christina Nguyen
UH Rainbow Babies & Children
Oba Opelami, MD
Americare Kidney Institute
Aparna Padiyar, MD
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Chairwoman
Nishghanda Pradhan, MD
University Hospitals Transplant Institute
Rupesh Raina, MD
Akron Children's Hospital, AKI, UH Children's Hospital, MetroHealth
Hernan Rincon, MD
Cleveland Clinic, GUKI
Donna Taylor
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Xiangling Wang, MD, PhD
Genomic Medicine Institute/ Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute
Kunal Yadav, MD
University of Toledo Medical Center
Central Ohio
Office Staff
Hayley Fournier
Program Coordinator
Megan Haggerty
Development Coordinator
614.882.6184 x821
Board of Advisors
Mike Stevenson, Chair
Chris Artinian
Consumer & Restaurants
Jill Green
Otsuka
Dr. John Spencer
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Janella Straw
Premier Health
Dr. Bill Wilmer
Kidney Specialists, Inc., Nephrology
Medical Advisory Board
Summer VanArsdale, RD, CSR, CCTD, LD, Chair
The Kidney Nutrition Coach, LLC
Keith Edwards
Angelini Pharma
Beth Guthrie, RD
Greater Columbus Regional Dialysis
Taryn Hill, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN
Paul Kovach, MD
Mount Carmel
John Mahan, MD
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Dr. Ruba Nijmeh, MD, FASN
Nephrology at Ohio Kidney Consultants
Samir Parikh, MD
OSU Wexner Medical Center, OSU Nephrology
Mara Ward, PharmD
Akebia Therapeutics
William Wilmer, MD
Kidney Specialists, Inc., Nephrology
Amy Yaru
OSU Wexner Medical Center, OSU Nephrology
Cincinnati Ohio
Office Staff
Marsheen Adigun
Regional Manager
614.882.6184 ext. 853
Jaime Brown
Program Manager
513.961.8105 ext. 854
Perry Malloy-Hall
Senior Development Director
513.961.8105 ext. 852
Board of Advisors
Amit Govil, MD, Chair
University of Cincinnati
Mike Ferguson
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Sharad Goel, MD
Kidney & Hypertension Center
Jason Huff
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Corey King
University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center
Rick Schwab
Diocese of Covington
Medical Advisory Board
Rebecca (Becky) Lynne Rengering, Chair
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Prakash Gudsoorkar, MD, FASN, FNKF
University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine
Jacob Nysather, DO
University of Cincinnati
Mina Patel-Chamberlin MD
Kidney & Hypertension Center
Anne Rossi
Fresenius Medical Care, Fairfield
Silvi Shah, MD
University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine
Shahul Valavoor, MD
Kidney & Hypertension Center