Meet the Team

Dr. Merlyn Sayers
Dr. Merlyn Sayers
President and Chief Executive Officer

With over 35 years in transfusion science medicine, Dr. Sayers has led the blood program since 1996. He is responsible to the board of directors and oversees quality assurance and regulatory compliance, human resources, grant proposals and research.

Dr. Laurie Sutor
Dr. Laurie Sutor
Vice President, Medical Services and Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Sutor oversees medical services and consultation, cellular therapy, reference and transfusion, donor notification, special donations and therapeutic donation and transfusion (clinical apheresis).

B.J. Smith
B.J. Smith
Vice President, Operations and Information Services

Smith’s responsibilities are the operations of Central and East Texas headquarters; organizational contracts, finance and materials management. He also oversees the production, testing and labeling, and hematology services for blood products, as well as inventory distribution and operations related to mobile blood drives and blood collection.

Veronica Moore
Veronica Moore
Vice President, Marketing and Operations Support

Moore fosters hospital client relationships for customer retention, secures client service contract agreements, manages research requests, develops corporate culture, and oversees marketing and public relations.

Directors and Board Members
Our team is made of leaders who are passionate about the communities we serve and making a lifesaving impact.
Saving lives since the 1950s
We have been saving lives by making transfusion possible since 1951.