The Transplant Community Advisory Council (TCAC) is a transplant community-led group that includes transplant candidates, recipients, living donors, and caregivers. This group focuses on the Society's pillars of advocacy, education, organ donation, research, and service to the community through the lens of the patient. The Society strives to incorporate the patient voice into its advocacy efforts and meetings.
Chair: Joseph Hillenburg, Caregiver
Past Chair: Alin Gragossian, Heart Recipient
Board Liaison: Dr. Darshana Dadhania
Ex-Officio: Ronald Gill (2024)
Lynn Carey, Lung Recipient
Charles Cook, Heart & Kidney Recipient
Kelly Duren, Donor Mom
Madelyn Flickinger, Liver Recipient
George Franklin, Kidney Recipient
Yosef Telsner, Living Kidney Donor
Michael Sole, Liver Recipient
Elizabeth Goldman, Uterus Recipient
Joelle Atkinson, Kidney & Liver Recipient
Tyler Chavez, Heart Recipient
The TCAC has an open application process - Terms begin in August.