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Allan Porter

In 2026, I am answering the call to... apply data modernization to honor donors and save lives.
Job Title: Senior Director, Data Science
Organization: LiveOnNY
Age: 31
Years in Donation and Transplantation: 4
What makes your career in organ donation and transplantation special?

What makes my career in organ donation and transplantation so special is the rare convergence of purpose and innovation. I have the unique opportunity to apply modern data concepts, advanced analytics, and machine learning to a field where every insight has the potential to save or transform a life. This is not an abstract exercise in optimization. It is work grounded in humanity, where data becomes a bridge between loss and hope.
Organ donation is built on an extraordinary act of generosity. Donors and their families make selfless decisions during profoundly difficult moments, and honoring that gift requires precision, urgency, and care. By modernizing data systems and developing intelligent models, I help ensure that fewer opportunities are missed and that every potential gift is recognized and acted upon.
What drives me is knowing that behind every data point is a person—a patient waiting, a family giving, a life that can be changed. Being able to use the tools of data science in service of that mission is what makes this work the most meaningful of my career.

Biography

Allan Porter is the Senior Director of Data Science at LiveOnNY, where he leads the transformation of data strategy to support life-saving organ donation and transplantation across the region. He joined LiveOnNY in 2022 as Director of Data Intelligence and was promoted to his current role in 2023.

Recruited to modernize the organization’s data infrastructure and build robust analytical pipelines, Allan leverages data science, predictive modeling, and machine learning to uncover insights that optimize operations, improve organ placement, and ultimately help honor donors and save more lives. Before joining LiveOnNY, he worked as a Data Scientist at Mount Sinai Health System, where he developed advanced analytics to support clinical decision-making. He holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from New York University and a Bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience from Queens College.

He was nominated for The Alliance 40 Under 40 by Kelly Anderson, Press Officer and Director of Communications at LiveOnNY. Anderson described Allan as a driving force behind the organization’s transformation from a tier three to a tier one OPO, noting that his work turning complex data into actionable insights contributed to more than 5,000 lives being removed from the transplant waitlist over four years, as LiveOnNY achieved an 85 percent increase in organ donation over five years.