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Terri Bilton is a Program Manager at Mercy Ships, Chief Executive at Mercy Ships, and Fund raising speaker for Freedom for Fistula Foundation and Mercy Ships at Freedom from Fistula. She has worked as Medical Administrator/OR Supervisor at Mercy Ships.

Christopher D. Hillyer, MD, President and CEO and Chief Scientific Officer of New York Blood Center (NYBC), and Professor, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, was previously the endowed Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, where he served as director of the Emory Center for Transfusion and Cellular Therapies. He is board certified in transfusion medicine, hematology, medical oncology and internal medicine. He is an editor of 12 textbooks including the 16-18th editions of the AABB Technical Manual, and is recognized internationally as an expert in hematology, blood transfusion, and cellular therapies. His book, Transfusion Medicine and Hemostasis: Clinical and Laboratory Aspects, has become a primary resource throughout the world. Dr. Hillyer has authored more than 175 articles pertaining to transfusion, stem cells, erythropoiesis, and virology, and has been awarded millions of dollars in research funding from the National Institutes of Health, the CDC, and other agencies. He is a past-president of AABB, a former trustee of the National Blood Foundation, and served as an associate editor of TRANSFUSION.He is the 2014 Emily Cooley Award recipient for his “significant commitment and contributions to the field of transfusion medicine..." and was recognized with two Tiffany Awards from the American Red Cross for his work in Africa. Dr. Hillyer is an architect of NYBC Ventures, co-founder of Transfusion & Transplantation Technologies, Inc. (3Ti), HemeXcel Purchasing Alliance, and HemeXcel Resources, and holds a number of patents related to blood banking and cellular therapies. He has served on a number of for-profit and not-for-profit boards.Dr. Hillyer received his BS from Trinity College with Honors and his MD from the University of Rochester School of Medicine, with postgraduate fellowships in hematology-oncology, transfusion medicine and bone marrow transplantation at Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston.