Board Of Directors
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Tiffany Joseph
President
Tiffany is an executive within Deloitte’s consulting practice, specializing in the healthcare industry. She has over 14 years of experience in healthcare strategy, project management, and process improvement. She serves a diverse client base within Life Sciences and Healthcare including world-renowned hospital networks and ministries of health. During her mother-in-law’s recent journey as a kidney recipient, Tiffany joined her support team working to launch a campaign in search of a donor and learned a tremendous amount about the process. Tiffany brings her industry insights, business acumen, and transplant process knowledge to her role at NKDO Canada.
Keith Landra
Vice-President
Keith Landra became a non-directed kidney donor in February 2023 and looks forward to serving the kidney donor community with NKDO Canada. Professionally, Keith is a Chemical Engineer currently in the role of Chief Safety Officer at the Canada Energy Regulator. Personally, Keith and Margaret married in 1987 and he is a proud father and grandfather. His other interests include serving in his Church, fishing, camping, motorcycling and motorsports.
Barry Shefner
Treasurer
Barry Shefner is a real estate executive and philanthropist with a keen interest in promoting kidney donation after being by his wife’s side throughout her kidney transplant journey. Having owned and operated a steel products distribution business and having founded a large property development and real estate management company, Barry possesses a wealth of business experience. Barry’s expertise in business operations, involvement with numerous charities and nonprofit organizations and his knowledge of the kidney transplant process enables him to provide NKDO Canada with valuable insights.
Carole Gilman
Mentorship Director
Carole Gilman was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Carole and her late husband Burt, relocated to Montreal, had two amazing sons, and became proud Canadian citizens. Her entrepreneurial tenacity led her to creating a luxury candle and grow kit manufacturing company right here in Montreal for almost forty years. Carole also remains active with tango, tennis, cooking, gardening, and doting over her two grandsons. When Burt’s kidneys started to fail due to primary amyloidosis he was on a transplant wait list for over two years with no positive donors in sight. With the prospect of having to start dialysis soon, Carole and her sons got tested for compatibility. All three were possible donors but Carole insisted on being the donor. In 2007, Burt had a successful transplant which granted him thirteen more wonderful years with his family. Carole was surprised to find out that the resources and aftercare were almost entirely directed to the recipient and that a “healthy donor” was provided very limited care. Today, we better understand the needs of the donor for emotional, physical, and medical support. Carole is excited to work with families contemplating live kidney donation. She loves to show people that one can live a long, healthy, and full life with one kidney.
Susan Shefner
Susan Shefner is a kidney transplant recipient who is motivated to support donors and recipients through her involvement in NKDO Canada. Susan’s understanding of the multitude of challenges faced by kidney transplant recipients, her knowledge of the Canadian transplant system and her insights on navigating the kidney transplant process are extremely valuable inputs to NKDO Canada. Susan possesses marketing insight, interpersonal skills and strong decision making abilities following successful careers in the fashion industry and in real estate. Those insights, along with her persistent nature and exposure to various other charitable organizations, contribute to her unique perspective.
Lisa Emmott
Lisa Emmott answered the call to donate a kidney for her husband Neil in 2017, until a surprise diagnosis altered her plans, and her life’s calling. During the kidney donor evaluation process, she learned that she is unable to donate due to a benign quirk in her renal arteries. Devastated at being denied the opportunity to donate, she quickly went to work finding another suitable living donor for her husband. Ultimately, her husband was successfully transplanted in a paired kidney exchange that saved eight lives across the United States, but her rejection as a potential kidney donor served as a massive redirection toward kidney awareness and advocacy. Hoping to educate and inspire others, she has worked tirelessly to share their journey in mainstream media to dispel the myth that you have to be a ‘match’ to save the life of your intended recipient. Lisa now serves as the Executive Director of the National Kidney Donation Organization.