Meghan began as a critical care nurse nearly 20 years ago. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master of Science in Nursing with an emphasis in Leadership in Health Care Delivery. She transitioned into organ, eye, and tissue donation 15 years ago working for the Organ Procurement Organization (OPO), Iowa Donor Network.
During her time in the OPO field, Meghan served in various roles in clinical care, allocation, family approaches, procurement, administrator-on-call, and hospital development. In her last position at the OPO, Meghan served as the Director of Organ Procurement. Under her direction, the OPO realized a 73% increase in organ donors and 47% increase in transplanted organs over a 3-year period. Meghan also garnered experience as a Transplant Administrator and Director of Transplant Services for the kidney and pancreas transplant program at Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines.
Throughout Meghan’s career she has gained valuable experience in program and content development, process improvement, and leading teams. She has also served on the Board of Examiners at the state level in Iowa for the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program for several years while working for the OPO.
Most recently, Meghan has taken on a new role, serving patients with acute kidney injury and end-stage kidney disease as the Clinical Coordinator in the outpatient dialysis setting. She also serves as Program Consultant for the Alliance.
