Our leadership is at the core of our business, a team that has been with us for many years, serving the people in and around South Carolina. When former President and CEO Nancy Kay founded Sharing Hope SC in 1984, she founded it with the hope of advancing organ, eye and tissue donation transplantation and research in South Carolina and the United States. One of the first ten agencies that offered organ procurement services in the United States, Sharing Hope SC started off as a small organization with four employees doing primarily kidney recovery and has since grown to 105 employees doing kidney, heart, liver, lung, and tissue procurement. Certified by the federal government, Sharing Hope SC is the designated Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) for organ recovery services in South Carolina and actively provides organ and tissue donor services to 62 Hospitals throughout the state.
MISSION
Together we inspire our community, offer hope and change lives through the gift of organ, eye and tissue donation.
VISION
Every individual embraces organ, eye and tissue donation to save and enhance lives.
CORE VALUES
Compassion – the ability to recognize and the genuine desire to alleviate the distress or misfortune of others.
Accountability – the acknowledgment and assumption of responsibility for one’s actions and decisions, including the obligation to report, explain and be answerable for resulting consequences.
Integrity – being honest and truthful with consistency of character.
Excellence – the commitment of ourselves to continuously improve and seek to exceed recognized performance standards.
Stewardship – honoring the gift by delivering a superior experience for all, sensing their needs and exceeding their expectations.
Unity – a condition of organizational harmony encouraging teamwork, collaboration and celebration of diversity.
Our Leadership
2017 Board of Directors
Henry Gibson
Chair
SC LIONS
Gerald Wilson, M.D.
Vice-Chair
SC Medical Association
Stephen P. Williams
Secretary
At Large (law)
Kyra Morris
Treasurer
Public
Rick Foster, M.D.
Sharing Hope SC Medical Director
Organ Recovery Services (ORS)
SC Hospital Association
Timothy Whelan, M.D.
Sharing Hope SC Associate Medical Director, Clinical Affairs (ORS)
MUSC Medical Director of Lung Transplantation
Kimberly Collins, M.D.
Sharing Hope SC Medical Director, Tissue Services
Forensic Pathology
Derek DuBay, M.D.
MUSC - Chief, Division of Transplant Surgery
Matt Jones
Volunteer Health Organization
SC LIONS
Terry Trnavsky
SC LIONS
Rosalyn Goodwin
SC Hospital Association
George Jenkins
SC LIONS
C. Oliver Moore
SC LIONS
2017 Advisory Board
Joyce Griffin
Hospital Administration
Michael Ward, MD
Chief Medical Examiner
Walter Limehouse, MD
Assistant Professor
MUSC Emergency Medicine
Jacqueline M. Ong
Police Officer
Forensic Investigator
Gary Watts
SC Coroners Association
Tom Glisson
SC Chaplaincy Association
Skip Mikell
SC Morticians Association
W. Scott Fowler
SC Funeral Directors Association
Rev. Callie Walpole
Grace Episcopal Church
Lauralee L. Brown
Regional Director
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation
Executive Team
David DeStefano
Chief Executive Officer
Theresa Craft
Chief Financial Officer
Jeff Thomas
Chief Clinical Officer
Paulette VanFleet
Chief Operating Officer
Leadership Team
Brenda Smith
Director Communications Center
Daisy Hamrick
Director Human Resources
Joe Spitz
Director Information Techology
Lorraine Kemp
Director Quality Systems
Simona Baicu
Director Tissue Recovery Services
Traci Adams
Director Hospital Development
Become a Donor Today
In 30 short minutes, three people will be added to the national transplant list, where approximately 120,000 people in the U.S. and over 1,000 in South Carolina are waiting for a life-saving transplant - 22 of those people will die today before receiving one. A single donation can make an enormous difference, both to the donor’s family and the recipient.