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Corinne is the Executive Director, Chief Operations Officer, and Treasurer of the Anatomy Gifts Registry (AGR), a non-profit whole body donation program. AGR is one of the accredited Non-transplant Anatomic Donation Organizations, or NADOs. Corinne has over 12 years of experience in non-transplant tissue banking ranging from donor family services through research client services and executive management. Corinne has been active in the AATB Ad-Hoc committee, recently turned council, working on the physical assessment and risk assessment guidance documents, among other projects. 

Corinne has Bachelor's and Master's of Science degrees in human nutrition, focusing on clinical nutrition and epidemiology, and has completed her clinical dietetic internship at the University of Maryland,Medical Center, and holds a Registered Dietitian (RD) credential, and has been a Certified Tissue Banking Specialist (CTBS) since 2009.

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Kraig Markland received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Life Chiropractic College, a postgraduate degree in forensics from the National University of Heath Sciences. He retired from private practice, started a second career working as a tissue recovery tech at Iowa Donor Network, and earned his CTBS. At Live On Nebraska, he was a Professional Outreach Specialist and coordinated recovery activities with funeral professionals, law enforcement investigators, and pathologists. He has also completed a Medicolegal Death Investigator course and has received a Mortuary Science degree. Currently working at Tennessee Donor Services as a Funeral Home/Medical Examiner Liaison.  

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Erik Fay is a 2011 graduate from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. There he studied Sociology with a concentration in Criminal Justice and a minor in Psychology. He served as a law enforcement officer for 6 years, receiving multiple Merit Awards and even a Life Saving Award. Erik began his work in the transplant field in 2018 as a Tissue Donation Coordinator with New England Donor Services. During his time in the Tissue Operations Department, he became a subject matter expert in tissue donation. Erik achieved the title of Certified Tissue Banking Specialist in 2020. After working as a Preceptor training new hires in the role, he was promoted to Tissue Operations Clinical Educator in March of 2024.

In her current role Gretchen leads the donor referral and donor services center for Tennessee Donor Services, Sierra Donor Services and New Mexico Donor Services.  Having the privilege to serve others working in donation for almost 20 years, Gretchen believes that the gift of donation can provide hope in some of life's darkest moments.

Gretchen holds her CTBS, CT.  She also earned her Bachelor of Science from University of Wisconsin- La Crosse and her Master of Arts in Counseling from Lakeland University.  She and her family currently live in Nashville, TN, but she still missed the winter in Wisconsin.

Wendy Garrison is part of the leadership team with the hospital-based organ procurement organization (OPO) in San Diego, California.   Lifesharing is a top-performing OPO serving a diverse population of just over 3.5 million in San Diego and Imperial Counties.  Wendy began her career as a Trauma nurse in Memphis, TN.  It was here Wendy discovered her passion for working with families who were experiencing trauma and end-of life.  She began working with the Memphis-based OPO in 2007 starting as a coordinator then joining the leadership team as Clinical Manager in 2010.  In 2014 she journeyed to the west coast and joined the Lifesharing team as Manager of Family Services and has remained a part of the leadership team currently serving as Director of Family Services and Donor Support. 

Mackenzie Ellis, Donor Services Specialist at Mid-America Transplant in Saint Louis, Missouri has over 10 years of Donor Services' experience. She is responsible for on-boarding new staff and focusing on developing best practices to enhance tissue authorization rates. As a subject matter expert, Mackenzie collaborates with Performance Excellence and Business Intelligence teams. Together, they have developed visual management tools to improve tissue authorization rates and are currently building advanced systems to provide real-time guidance for donation coordinators during tissue authorization conversations. In her spare time, she enjoys exploring new restaurants in the Saint Louis area.

Erik Fay is a 2011 graduate from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. There he studied Sociology with a concentration in Criminal Justice and a minor in Psychology. He served as a law enforcement officer for 6 years, receiving multiple Merit Awards and even a Life Saving Award. Erik began his work in the transplant field in 2018 as a Tissue Donation Coordinator with New England Donor Services. During his time in the Tissue Operations Department, he became a subject matter expert in tissue donation. Erik achieved the title of Certified Tissue Banking Specialist in 2020. After working as a Preceptor training new hires in the role, he was promoted to Tissue Operations Clinical Educator in March of 2024.

In her current role Gretchen leads the donor referral and donor services center for Tennessee Donor Services, Sierra Donor Services and New Mexico Donor Services.  Having the privilege to serve others working in donation for almost 20 years, Gretchen believes that the gift of donation can provide hope in some of life's darkest moments.

Gretchen holds her CTBS, CT.  She also earned her Bachelor of Science from University of Wisconsin- La Crosse and her Master of Arts in Counseling from Lakeland University.  She and her family currently live in Nashville, TN, but she still missed the winter in Wisconsin.

Wendy Garrison is part of the leadership team with the hospital-based organ procurement organization (OPO) in San Diego, California.   Lifesharing is a top-performing OPO serving a diverse population of just over 3.5 million in San Diego and Imperial Counties.  Wendy began her career as a Trauma nurse in Memphis, TN.  It was here Wendy discovered her passion for working with families who were experiencing trauma and end-of life.  She began working with the Memphis-based OPO in 2007 starting as a coordinator then joining the leadership team as Clinical Manager in 2010.  In 2014 she journeyed to the west coast and joined the Lifesharing team as Manager of Family Services and has remained a part of the leadership team currently serving as Director of Family Services and Donor Support. 

Mackenzie Ellis, Donor Services Specialist at Mid-America Transplant in Saint Louis, Missouri has over 10 years of Donor Services' experience. She is responsible for on-boarding new staff and focusing on developing best practices to enhance tissue authorization rates. As a subject matter expert, Mackenzie collaborates with Performance Excellence and Business Intelligence teams. Together, they have developed visual management tools to improve tissue authorization rates and are currently building advanced systems to provide real-time guidance for donation coordinators during tissue authorization conversations. In her spare time, she enjoys exploring new restaurants in the Saint Louis area.

I graduated St. Louis University School of Medicine. My anatomic/clinical pathology residency program was University of Missouri, Kansas City. I completed fellowships in Transfusion Medicine and Cytopathology at the University of Colorado. I have been an Associate Medical Director at AlloSource for approximately 2 1/2 years. I am CTBS certified. I am a member of the AATB Physicians Council and I served on the Monkey Pox Physicians Council Work group.