Staff Directory

McKinley joins the Alliance with over five years of experience managing large-scale programs, national events, and developing public health programs. She began working at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), first as a field assignee to the Mississippi State Department of Health in Jackson, Mississippi, where she worked with the Women and Children’s Health. She then joined the Sickle Cell Data Collection (SCDC) program, where she managed 16 grantees over two years.

She graduated from Ithaca College with a B.S. in Public and Community Health, where she studied how to analyze the social, economic, and environmental factors that impact health and develop strategies to address key issues. She is excited to continue working through advocacy, education, and research with the Alliance.

Felicia joins The Alliance with more than 20 years of health care experience – 18 of those directly carried out in an organ transplant program. Throughout her time in transplant, she has served as a transplant financial coordinator, database administrator and transplant business office supervisor in both pediatric and adult kidney transplant, heart transplant and liver transplant programs. She has also been an active member of the Transplant Financial Coordinators Association. In her spare time, Felicia enjoys spending time with her family, fishing, coaching and serving on the board for a local youth organization in the San Antonio Area.

From multimedia presentations, print and digital design to environmental graphics and photo displays — from New York City to Athens, Georgia — Janet has worked for a wide variety of Fortune 500 companies, newspapers, non-profits, and universities using her experience and love of design to tell her client’s stories. She was named Georgia Illustrator of the Year by the Associated Press for her award-winning news designs at the Banner-Herald in Athens, Georgia and received a number of CASE awards during her 20-year career at the University of Georgia for print publications, environmental graphics and web design. Janet holds a BA in science education from the University of Connecticut and is currently enrolled in the graduate certificate program for non-profit leadership and management at the University of Georgia.