2025 Webinar Series: The Power of Representation: Why Diverse Stories Matter in Tissue Donation Awareness an AATB-AMAT Joint Webinar (Group)

Description: Join us on August 13 for “The Power of Representation: Why Diverse Stories Matter in Tissue Donation Awareness an AATB-AMAT Joint Webinar.” This inspiring webinar highlights how sharing multicultural donor and recipient stories and experiences can build trust, break down barriers, and strengthen community support for tissue donation. You’ll hear powerful accounts from individuals whose lives were transformed by donation and learn practical strategies to elevate diverse voices in your outreach efforts. This webinar is ideal for professionals in community outreach, family services, marketing, hospital development, DEI, and education.

Target Audience: Human Resources professionals involved in recruitment, retention, training, or organizational culture within tissue banking organizations and for tissue banking professionals in leadership who have an interest in advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives within their teams and institutions.

Lauralee Brown, RN, MHSA, CPHQ

Lauralee Brown has dedicated more than 30 years to the field of donation and transplantation, including the past 24 years specializing in tissue donation. She began her career as a critical care nurse caring for heart and lung transplant recipients, later serving over a decade in leadership and consulting roles at organ procurement organizations.

Currently, Lauralee is Sr. Director of Corporate Communications at MTF Biologics. She serves on the AATB Donor Family Council (since 2019) and the Donate Life America Advisory Council, and in 2022 received Donate Life America’s Quiet Giant Award for her exceptional contributions to increasing organ, eye, and tissue donation through service and commitment.

Lauralee holds a Master of Science in Health Administration from the University of Kansas and is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality. As a grateful tissue recipient, she is passionate about ensuring the highest level of care and support for donor families, using her own story to give voice to the many untold stories of lives saved and healed through tissue transplantation.