An Affiliation Board with representation from the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and the National Marrow Donor Program^® (NMDP)/Be The Match^® provides general oversight of the CIBMTR budget and operations. 

Responsibilities

• Reviews and approves an annual budget;
  
• Reviews and approves a research plan;
  
• Quarterly assesses CIBMTR productivity;
  
• Establishes other CIBMTR committees, as needed;
  
• Amends, as necessary, terms of the Affiliation Agreement;
  
• Reviews and approves data access and confidentiality policies.
  

Membership

• The Chief CIBMTR Scientific Directors (NDMP/Be The Match and MCW) serve as co-chairs of the Joint Affiliation Board. 
• Each organization then has 3 additional voting members and 2 non-voting members serve as part of the Board. 

MCW Membership

• Bronwen Shaw, MD, PhD; Chief Scientific Director, CIBMTR MCW
  
• Patricia Steinert, PhD, MBA; Executive Director, CIBMTR MCW
  
• J. Douglas Rizzo, MD, MS; Senior Scientific Director, SCTOD, CIBMTR MCW
  
• Marcelo Pasquini, MD, MS; Senior Scientific Director, CIDR, CIBMTR MCW
  

• Christopher P. Kops, CPA, MBA; Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration and Chief Operating Officer, MCW
  
• Juliet McDevitt, JD; Associate General Counsel, MCW
  

Meetings

The Joint Affiliation Board meets quarterly.