Dr. Paul Lange, MD, FCCP, is Vice President of Medical Affairs at MTF Biologics, where he provides clinical leadership and medical oversight in support of advancing tissue donation, transplantation, and biologics innovation. A board-certified physician in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Dr. Lange brings nearly three decades of clinical, executive, and academic experience spanning critical care medicine, donation, and healthcare leadership.

Prior to joining MTF Biologics, Dr. Lange served as Medical Director for Donor Alliance, where he provided oversight of clinical practices, medical policies, and donation performance improvement initiatives. He also previously held senior leadership roles including Chief Medical Officer at Gift of Life Michigan and Chief Medical Officer for Ascension Borgess Medical Group.

In addition to his executive leadership experience, he was a practicing intensivist and former Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker School of Medicine in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

He is a member of numerous professional organizations, including the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), American Thoracic Society (ATS), and American College of Physicians (ACP). Dr. Lange earned his undergraduate degree in Biology/Psychology from the University of Michigan and his medical degree from the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.

Known for his thoughtful leadership and commitment to saving and enhancing lives through donation and transplantation, Dr. Lange brings a unique blend of bedside clinical expertise, operational leadership, and strategic vision to the evolving biologics field.

Lester Oliver, is the Product Owner at DonorIQ, where he focuses on AI development and implementation across a platform built for tissue banks, biologics organizations, and transplant programs.

Over the past decade he’s built products across healthtech, pharma, entertainment, media, e-commerce, and supply chain. That's meant getting close to complicated workflows and turning that understanding into software that fits how people actually work.

His background spans product management in pharma and healthcare SaaS, UI/UX consulting across supply chain and e-commerce, and more recently focused work on AI development and implementation in regulated environments. He’s AWS Certified with specific training in Generative AI on AWS.

At DonorIQ he sits at the intersection of product ownership, development, and implementation, spending most of his time on where AI can genuinely support donor screening and referral workflows, reducing manual work, improving data integrity, and keeping organizations compliant without adding friction to an already time-sensitive process.
For him this work goes beyond the technical. Tissue donation has a real human cost when things go wrong, and a real opportunity when they go right. That's what keeps him focused on building things that are both practical and meaningful.

Michelle Reef, MA, is a mission-driven healthcare leader with more than 20 years of experience across organ and tissue donation, healthcare sales, and leadership development. She is the founder of Unlock Leadership Consulting, where she partners with organizations to translate mission into action by strengthening systems, developing leaders, and improving performance across complex care environments.

Michelle previously served in senior and executive leadership roles with the Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency (MORA) and Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network, where she oversaw tissue and organ operations, family services, referral management, hospital partnerships, and multidisciplinary teams.

She also serves as a consultant and operational advisor with DonorIQ, helping guide AI-enabled solutions for donation and transplantation. In that role, she provides subject matter expertise on tissue and organ workflows, donor screening, eligibility processes, operational handoffs, and client implementation strategies to ensure technology solutions align with real-world operational and compliance needs.

At the national level, Michelle has held committee and leadership roles with AOPO, NATCO, The Alliance, and DLA, and frequently speaks at conferences and educational programs. Her contributions have been recognized with honors including The Alliance Rising Leader Award.

Michelle holds a Master of Arts in Executive Leadership from Liberty University, certifications in GiANT Worldwide Leadership Coaching and FranklinCovey programs, and is a graduate of the Art and Science of Leadership Program through the Gift of Life Institute in collaboration with The Wharton School and Temple University’s Fox School of Business.

Michelle values collaboration, industry partnership, and learning from the many mission-driven professionals advancing donation and transplantation.