Michelle Jarvi, CTBS Michelle Jarvi is a Clinical Specialist at Trillium Gift of Life Network (TGLN) in Toronto, Ontario. She is an AATB Certified Tissue Banking Specialist with over seven years experience in Tissue Recovery and Training, Donor Suitability, Quality Assurance and Project Management. Michelle began her tissue banking career in 2012 and has held a variety of positions; some of which include, Tissue Recovery and Processing Technician, Tissue Recovery Manager and Clinical Specialist. Michelle has been instrumental in establishing the tissue recovery system in Ontario. She has had the opportunity to train alongside many OPOs in the USA as well as industry leading surgeons and doctors. Michelle has also held a Funeral Directors Licence (Class 1) for the last eight years.

Sasha Rice is the Tissue Recovery Manager, at Trillium Gift of Life Network (TGLN). Sasha’s educational background is in Biotechnology and Public Health. Prior to working in tissue donation, Sasha worked in the private sector for 6 years at a biotechnology company that developed diagnostic tests for genetic and infectious diseases. She specialized in Bio-Safety and led the launch of the Biosafety Level 2 program at her previous employer. Sasha began working at TGLN just over 7 years ago, she has held various positions at TGLN, including front-line clinical tissue donation and recovery roles, then moving to supervisory/managerial roles in the last 4 years. She has worked on a number of system and process improvement initiatives at TGLN which include implementation of in situ cornea recovery and led the implementation of Ontario's consolidated multi tissue recovery program.

Emmitt serves as Manager of Tissue Recovery and Research Training at LifeGift Organ Donation Center, providing leadership, training, and evaluation of tissue recovery for implantation and tissue for research. Emmitt also serves his colleagues by designing educational and training curricula and courses to increase staff competency and retention for the critical work performed.

Emmitt is passionate about leadership, training, developing individuals and teams, and helping advance the programs in which they work to achieve goals. Emmitt obtained his CTBS in 2013 and has continued to progress upward positionally to his current role while learning leadership, process development, and improvement strategies.

Before launching a career in tissue donation, Emmitt studied at the University of Houston toward a Bachelor of Science in Biology and minored in Health, where his value of science and healthcare has driven him to excel and contribute in the way he is doing so today.