Donor Alliance

Calling all teachers! Donor Alliance is hiring educators for our Transplantation Science program. It's a free curriculum offered in 6th to 12th grade classrooms to provide students with a hands-on learning experience about the science behind organ and tissue donation for transplantation. Would you like to make a difference in your community? Apply today! https://lnkd.in/gBJf_rN6 You can also send your resume to TransplantationScience@donoralliance.org.

Proud of our public education coordinators! They did a presentation about Donor Alliance’s Transplantation Sciene Program to organ, eye & tissue professionals from across the country at the 2024 AOPO Annual Meeting. Transplantation Science provides students across CO and WY with a hands-on learning experience about organ and tissue donation. The curriculum will also be offered in several different languages starting in the fall!

Jennifer Muriett to serve as Board Secretary beginning July 2024. The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), which links all professionals involved in the U.S. donation and transplantation system, has announced Jennifer Muriett as the Board Secretary for the 2024-2026 term. Muriett is the Chief Operating Officer of Donor Alliance.https://https://lnkd.in/gSpDD3Fi

Donor Alliance has been recognized as a 2024 Colorado Top Workplace by The Denver Post. This is the 11th time Donor Alliance has been recognized as a Top Workplace. “Recognizing our organization as one of the top workplaces in Colorado is an honor that truly reflects the dedication and passion of our entire team and acknowledges Donor Alliance’s commitment to creating a culture that fosters collaboration, innovation and growth,” said Jennifer Prinz, president and CEO, Donor Alliance. “Every day our staff and volunteers make a profound difference in the lives of people throughout our region. It is incredibly meaningful to know that our staff feels valued, supported, and empowered to do their best work, which ultimately helps us fulfill our mission to save and heal lives.” https://lnkd.in/gzHTQg9z

Donor Alliance has been selected as a winner of the 2024 Top Workplaces USA national award. The Top Workplaces USA national award is open to U.S. organizations with 150 or more employees. In addition, Donor Alliance has been recognized as a 2024 Best Place to Work by Denver Business Journal in the extra-large company (150-299 employees) category. This is the 6th time Donor Alliance has been recognized as a Best Place to Work. https://lnkd.in/gAYH57Q9

Our region recorded the ninth consecutive year of growth for organ donation; the generosity of 307 heroic organ donors resulted in 918 lifesaving organ transplants in 2023. This marked a 10.4% increase in donors and a 10.6% increase in transplants compared to 2022. In addition to the lives saved through organ donation, we were proud to also work with 1,703 tissue donors and their families to recover lifesaving and healing tissue for bone and skin grafts, which will help over 100,000 more lives to be saved or healed.

" Donor Alliance is pleased to announce Donor & Family Services Manager Serena Altamirano will be advancing the organization’s mission within diverse communities on a national level. Altamirano was recently appointed to the 2023-2025 Governing Board of Directors for the Association for Multicultural Affairs in Transplantation (AMAT). The national organization is dedicated to supporting partners around the country in the transplant field as they work to support those waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant within multicultural communities." https://lnkd.in/grnYbscr

"Donor Alliance has joined the Matador Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) Consortium. The partnership, which includes other Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs), explores the possibility of leveraging advanced drone technology to quickly transport lifesaving organs across long distances between rural hospitals and hospitals where transplants occur. Currently, OPOs leverage both commercial and private ground and air transportation services for safe delivery of donated organs and tissue." https://lnkd.in/egpmyj4Y

"Rocky Mountain Performance Excellence (RMPEx) presented its 2023 Pete Reicks Leadership Award to Grace Harcek, director of performance excellence at Donor Alliance, for her tireless pursuit ensuring the organization’s efforts are aligned on its mission of saving and healing lives for organ and tissue donation and transplantation in Colorado and most of Wyoming. Each year, the award recognizes an individual whose performance excellence leadership and behaviors provide a role model for others. As director of performance excellence, Harcek collaborates with each department at Donor Alliance to evaluate and continuously improve systems and processes across the nonprofit organization." https://lnkd.in/e44wxUqj

Last weekend, Donor Alliance was able to attend the Children's Hospital Association annual meeting. Here, Donor Alliance presented a Donor Alliance Ending the Wait Award and was able to connect with local hospital partners.