Our Leadership

Meet our leadership team, dedicated to saving the lives of people facing kidney failure while protecting and supporting all living kidney donors.

Garet Hil

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Garet Hil became involved in transplantation when his daughter was diagnosed with kidney failure at age 10. After he and his wife were both deemed incompatible, a difficult and extensive donor search finally resulted in a successful transplant for their daughter. That process inspired them to create a better way to facilitate transplants for the thousands of people with incompatible donors in desperate need of a kidney transplant.

Matthew Cooper, MD

NKR Surgical Director

Michael Cecka, PhD

NKR Lab Director

Margaret Voges, RN

Chair, NKR Operations Committee

Amy Waterman, PhD

NKR Research Director

Ryan Meehan

Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer

Kevin Nelson

Chief Information Officer

Samantha Hil

Vice President of Marketing & Microsite Product Manager

Matthew Ronin

Vice President of Research & Technology

Jennifer Derba

Vice President of Accounting & Controller

Joe Sinacore

Vice President of Network Development

Frank Schultz

Vice President of Software Engineering

Eusebio (EJ) Tamez

Director, Patient Coaching

Timothy Wan, Esq.

General Counsel