Board of Trustees & Executive Management
LifeShare Blood Center is led by an all-volunteer Board of Trustees consisting of individuals representing all the geographic areas of our service territory. LifeShare’s Trustees are a working management group. Members are selected from medical, legal, financial, community leader, and other areas of expertise that complement and build upon LifeShare’s visionary tradition.
OFFICERS
Walter Sanchez
Chairman of the Board
Attorney – The Sanchez Law Firm, LLC
Southwest Louisiana
Victor Sooter
Vice Chair
Attorney – Sooter & Associates, LLC
Central Louisiana
Merrilee Leatherman
Secretary
Community Volunteer
Northwest Louisiana
J Thomas (Tom) Simms III
Immediate Past Chairman
Partner – Carr, Riggs, Ingram, LLC
Northwest Louisiana
MEMBERS
J. William (Bill) Hankins
Community Volunteer
Southwest Louisiana
Ottis M. (Mike) Harris
President – Harris Company
Southeast Texas
Margaret Wallace
Community Volunteer
Northwest Louisiana
John VanHoose, MD
Pathologist – The Pathology Laboratory
Southwest Louisiana
Verni Howard
Shreveport Trustee
Wynn Lawrence
Financial Advisor – Edward Jones
Northwest Louisiana
Executive Management
Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells (HUVEC)
Storage
20C or in vapor state LN2 until ready to use
Cell Count
5.0 x10 5 per vial
Sterility and Infectious Diseases
DCells are tested and found to be negative for mycoplasma and endotoxin. Donor tested and found to be negative for HIV 1, HIV 2, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HTLV 1, WNV, Zika, and Syphilis
Methods
Human amnion is isolated from the placenta, washed in phosphate buffered saline and
packed for long term storage in a 20C freezer