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Spokesperson Biographies

Jim MacPherson
Chief Executive Officer
America's Blood Centers

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Since 1986, Jim MacPherson has served as executive director and chief executive officer of America’s Blood Centers, North America's network of non-profit community blood centers. Previously, he was the director of hemapheresis, regulatory affairs and operations research for the American Red Cross Blood Services, headquartered in Washington, D.C. Before that, he directed the research and special transfusion support units at the Rochester (N.Y.) Red Cross.

Mr. MacPherson received master's degrees in cellular physiology from George Washington University and in pathophysiology from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Mr. MacPherson has written and presented scores of papers in the field of transfusion medicine and authored and edited several books on the subject. He currently resides in Maryland with his wife and three children.