Innovative Blood Resources (www.innovativebloodresources.org) is excited to announce Andrew Detlefsen as the newly elected Chair of the Innovative Blood Resources Board of Directors. Detlefsen, Vice President of Business Banking at Wells Fargo in Lincoln, NE, has served as Vice-Chair of the board for the past two years and previously as president of the Nebraska Community Blood Bank (NCBB) Board of Directors. Innovative Blood Resources is a nonprofit 501(c)3 charitable organization operating two nationally-recognized, community-based blood centers—Minnesota-based Memorial Blood Centers and Nebraska Community Blood Bank, based in Lincoln
The board, with representation from the centers in both states, is charged with governance and financial oversight to ensure Innovative Blood Resources is effectively fulfilling its mission of saving lives. Outgoing Chair Tom Heaney of Trio Executive Search in St. Paul, MN will remain on the Board of Directors as Vice-Chair, serving along with current members: Thomas Becker, M.D., M.B.A., Medica Health Plans; Scott Becker, HBE Becker Meyer Love; Laura Redoutey, Nebraska Hospital Association; Matthew P. Dokken, 3M; James Dowiak, U.S. Bancorp; Timothy Kuck, Universal Health Services; Darek Lester, M.D., Pathology Medical Services P.C.; Scott Lynch, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota; Phillip Martin, Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly; Art Molnar, M.D., Lincoln Anesthesiology Group, P.C.
For more information about the Nebraska Community Blood Bank, visit www.ncbb.org.