Transplant House is a Seattle-based non-profit helping people and families in need of safe, convenient and affordable housing for pre and post-transplant recovery.

Larry Winn

Chairman

Larry is founder and CEO of Grand Image, an international art publishing and licensing company. He is the founder of Hoopaholics, a basketball lifestyle licensing company and has served as past president of the Seattle Design Center. Larry received a liver transplant in January of 2002. Inspired by his experience as well as the stories heard in transplant support groups, he joined the Board in 2007 and became Chair in 2009.

Steven Lantz

Chair the Housing Committee

Steve was not a transplant recipient. However, he was familiar with the transplant process due to his friendship with an organ recipient. So when asked to join the organization to chair the Housing Committee, Steve signed on immediately. His career background lends itself well to this volunteer position because of his customer service and facilities management experience. A non-profit organization with a staff of unpaid volunteers, requires focus and attention to detail. Transplant house also needed to provide a lot of TLC to help the patients through this traumatic process. The Transplant House patients couldn't be in better hands with Steve.

Mary K. Montgomery

Board Member

Mary K. Montgomery was born and raised near Bellingham, Washington. She has a degree in Political Science from Western Washington University. Mary moved to Seattle nearly 30 years ago to launch her professional career. For the past 20 years, Mary has been the Senior Paralegal in the Complex Litigation Group at the law firm of Keller Rohrback L.L.P. Mary enjoys bicycling (on her own bike and as the "stoker" on the tandem bicycle she shares with her spouse). Mary is also an avid reader, both fiction and non-fiction and a strong supporter of independent bookstores. She and her husband also enjoy motorcycling the scenic, and sometimes remote, back roads of the greater Pacific Northwest region.

Gary Sparling

Gary Sparling was born and raised in Seattle. He is a shareholder at the law firm of Soha & Lang, and he is also a semi-professional bass player. Gary is very excited to be a part of Transplant House.

Amity Neumeister

Amity Neumeister is Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Ms. Neumeister received her Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in General Management and e-Business from the Foster School of Business at University of Washington and her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Puget Sound. She also holds a Certificate in Medical Management from the University of Washington and studied Italian at the Università per Stranieri in Siena, Italy. Ms. Neumeister’s mission is to serve UW's graduate medical education residency and fellowship programs and their trainees by providing them with the resources needed to produce outstanding physicians to meet the healthcare needs of the community. Ms. Neumeister enjoys practicing yoga, listening to live music, animal advocacy, veganism and traveling internationally. She has served as a member of the Transplant House Board since January 2011.

Jorge Reyes, M.D.

Dr. Reyes is Professor of Surgery and Chief of the Division of Transplant Surgery at the University of Washington. He was born in Panama in 1954 and received his medical school training in Brazil. After relocation to New York in 1982, Dr. Reyes successfully completed a research fellowship and full residency in general surgery at New York Medical College Lincoln Hospital. He was recruited in 1988 to the University of Pittsburgh, where he completed a fellowship in solid organ transplantation and served under Dr. Thomas Starzl. He was appointed at the rank of assistant professor in 1989, associate professor in 1995, and achieved full professorship status in 2000. He served at the University of Pittsburgh as Director of Pediatric Transplantation and was responsible for developmental strides in split liver and intestinal transplantation. Dr. Reyes joined the University of Washington Department of Surgery in July of 2004 as the Chief of the Division of Transplant Surgery at UWMC and the Chief of Pediatric Transplantation at Seattle Children’s Hospital. He has held key positions for the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), including as a member of its national Board of Directors, as well as serving numerous other transplant organizations, has published over 200 articles and 30 books and book chapters, and speaks nationally and internationally on transplant issues.

Sandy Bossett

Liver transplant recipient October 2005. Mental Health Professional, Crisis Intervention Specialist. Enjoying life to the fullest.

Ron Adkins

Ron Adkins grew up on a small family farm in SE Missouri. While raising his two daughters in West Seattle, Ron and and his wife of 42 years were volunteers for Campfire and the YMCA. Although retiring from the USPS in 2009, he continues to work with the Combined Federal Campaign, which he has for 20 years. After several heart attacks and many years of heart disease, Ron received the miracle of a heart transplant at the UW Medical Center in Oct. 2001. Ron now volunteers with the UW Team Transplant and serves on the Transplant House Board, which he has since it’s inception. Giving back to the community has been his passion as well as an expression of gratitude which he hopes to continue for many years to come.

Katrina Walker

Treasurer

Katrina is the President of Walker Consulting & Bookkeeping, Inc. Katrina currently serves on the Finance Committee.