Russell holds a Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration from the University of Houston and was introduced to tissue donation at Lions Eye Bank of Texas at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, serving as a Compliance & Quality Systems manager until becoming the Executive Director in 2006 to 2009. Subsequently, he joined LifeGift, first on the front lines of tissue recovery, becoming CTBS certified in 2010 and further advancing to the leadership of the tissue recovery program in 2016. Through his passion as Director of Tissue Services, he embraces continual innovation with highly aligned donation community partners and provides Senior Faculty instruction within LifeGift's Institute for the Future of Transplantation.

Paul Hicks, CTBS, has 25+ years of experience in the tissue banking and organ donation industry, working in central processing and customer service. He is currently the Manager of Central Processing at New England Donor Services. He achieved his CTBS back in 2000, and is also a member of the Association of Supply Chain Management. He has been invited to speak at multiple conferences with a focus on sterile instrument processing. He has successfully implemented a supply management/sterile instrument tracking application at NEDS, and serves as a subject matter expert to other OPOs in identifying best practices in their own processes.

Bill Bickford is a Materials Management Coordinator at the Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE), the organ procurement organization serving western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Bickford is responsible for clinical inventory and sterilization of instruments used in the organization's onsite surgical suites. Bickford joined CORE in 2013, bringing with him significant experience in sterilization. This knowledge has led to greater use of the surgical suites and has, in turn, increased the number of organs recovered from each organ donor. Also, Bickford was instrumental in the deployment of CORE’s inventory management system, BTM. Bickford is certified in sterile processing and holds a CRCST certification.

Adam Gnipp is a Materials Management Coordinator at the Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE), the organ procurement organization serving western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Gnipp is responsible for clinical inventory and sterilization of instruments used in the organization's onsite surgical suites. Gnipp joined CORE in 2013, bringing with him significant experience in sterilization. This knowledge has led to greater use of surgical suites and has, in turn, increased the number of organs recovered from each organ donor. Also, Gnipp was instrumental in upgrading CORE's washing and sterilization equipment for the surgical suite. The process deployment for the organization's inventory management system in 2014 has significantly improved operational response to recalls and now allows CORE to track exactly what equipment is used for each donor case.  Gnipp is certified in sterile processing and holds a CRCST certification.