LifeSource Executive Team

Susan Gunderson
CEO, Founder

Peter Farstad
Chief Administrative Officer

Julie Kemink
Chief Clinical Officer

Dan Lunn
Director of Donor Services Center
& Tissue Services

Susan Mau Larson
Director of Partner and Community Relations

Meg Rogers
Director of Transplant Center Relations

Sue Weese
Director of Organ Procurement

Brenda Welsch
Director of Quality and Regulatory Affairs

Benjamin Sun, MD, Chair
Transplant Surgeon,
Abbott Northwestern Hospital

Martha Anderson
Tissue Bank Representative,
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation/Voluntary Health Association

Andrew Baker, MD
At-Large,
Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office

Wendy Burt
Public Member, Minnesota Hospital Association

Richard Daly, MD
Transplant Surgeon,
Mayo Clinic, Saint Mary’s Hospital

Patrick Dean, MD
Transplant Surgeon, Mayo Clinic

Smaroula Dilioglou, PhD
MD/PhD, Histocompatability,
Sanford Transplant Services, Fargo

Mark Hill, MD
Transplant Surgeon, Hennepin Healthcare

Monica Huber
Hospital Administrator,
Sanford USD Medical Center, Sioux Falls

Raja Kandaswamy, MD
Transplant Surgeon,
University of Minnesota Medical Center

Nadim Koleilat, MD
Transplant Surgeon,
Sanford Medical Center, Bismarck

Bhargav Mistry, MD
Transplant Surgeon,
Sanford Medical Center, Fargo

Jennifer Myster
Donor Family Member,
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital

Michael Puumala, MD
MD, Neuroscience, Avera McKennan

Karen Rice
Donor Family Member

Jon Snyder, PhD
Public Member,
Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute

Jeffery Steers, MD
Transplant Surgeon, Avera McKennan Hospital

Thavam Thambi-Pillai, MD
Transplant Surgeon,
Sanford USD Medical Center, Sioux Falls

Thomas Wyatt, MD
Emergency Department Representative,
Hennepin Healthcare

Judy Zier, MD
Intensive Care Representative,
Children’s Minnesota

William Payne, MD
LifeSource Medical Director, University of Minnesota Medical Center (Ex-Officio)