Meet Our Leadership Team

  • Sophie Phillips

    Interim Executive Director

  • Hannah Showalter, LMSW

    Director of Grief Support Services

  • Emily Youngberg, LMSW

    Intake and Case Coordinator

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

  • Todd Storch

    Founder of Taylor's Gift and Chairman Emeritus

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  • Elizabeth Hughes, PhD.

    Board President and Chair & Chief Science Officer

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  • Dana Pray

    Board Treasurer, Principal, P&C Recruiting

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  • Steve Smith

    Board Secretary, CEO, Firehouse Agency

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  • Tara Storch

    Co-Founder

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  • Scott Bennett

    Associate Vice President of Solid Organ Transplant at UT Southwestern Medical Center

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  • Javier Espinosa de los Reyes

    Liver Transplant recipient & Co-Director at Tavistock Investment Group

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  • Ronda Horstman

    Chief Recovery Services Officer, Solvita

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OUR ADVISORY BOARD

  • EMILY ALLBRIGHT

    Non-Profit Executive

  • SCOTT ANDERTON

    Group Controller. HCA Healthcare

  • GABRIELLE "GABE" ATTURIO

    Aftercare Specialist, New England Donor Services

  • DR. TIFFANY ANTHONY

    Surgical Director of Liver Transplant, Medical City Transplant Institute

  • ROBIN BAGWELL

    Philanthropist and Living Kidney Donor

  • LISA BARKER

    Grateful Liver Recipient and author of DeLivered

  • CHAD CARROLL

    Executive Director, Donate Life Texas

  • YVETTE CHAPMAN

    Former VP Transplant Services, Methodist Transplant

  • MYRNA GARCIA

    Donation Consultant, Donor Alliance, Inc.

  • ADAM JAMES

    Associate Vice President, CellRight Technologies

  • BROOKE LEE

    Key Account Executive, Financial Services at Salesforce

  • RYAN STORCH

    Taylor's Brother; Owner of Real Estate Group, The Storch Team, brokered by Magnolia

  • DR. WHITNEY STRAUSS, PhD.

    Senior Counsel, Sunwest Communications

  • KIRK WOODALL

    Grateful Liver Recipient & CEO of Milestone Distributors

Members of the Taylor’s Gift Foundation Board of Directors serve an essential role in empowering Taylor’s Gift to fulfill its mission. The commitment of our board includes, but is not limited to:

  • Commitment to the cause and the organization

  • Being knowledgeable about all facets of Taylor’s Gift Foundation

  • Compliance with the fiduciary requirements of Directors

  • Understanding the primary corporate documents (bylaws, financial reports, etc.)

  • Regular attendance at Board and Committee meetings

  • Offering special skills, talents or services

  • Support of fundraising efforts

  • Willingness to act as an ambassador for the organization

  • Financial contribution to the organization