TSBC Directors and Board
Executive Director Medical Director and Tissue Bank Director Research Director The Board
Executive Director
Alice Ruby, MPH, MPPM
Alice Ruby, TSBC’s Executive Director since 2002, has over 20 years experience in health care including health education, research, and client services with an emphasis on women's health and sexual health issues. Her management experience and education have focused on the areas of non-profit administration, quality improvement, operations management, and customer service. She received awards for commitment to social justice and community-based public health from Yale University’s School of Epidemiology and Public Health. Ms. Ruby is a research collaborator with Dr. Scheib, TSBC’s Research Director and also the mother of a donor-conceived child.
Medical Director and Tissue Bank Director
Lorraine Bonner, MD
Dr. Bonner is a graduate of Stanford University Medical School and a past Chair of the Ethics Committee at Summit Medical Center. She is currently a hospitalist on the staff of Summit Medical Center and Alameda Hospital. Dr. Bonner has been TSBC's Medical Director since 2001.
Research Director
Joanna Scheib, PhD
Dr. Scheib conducts research on psychosocial issues related to donor insemination and reproduction. She joined TSBC in 1996 with a PhD from McMaster University in Canada and post-doctoral training from the Universities of New Mexico and California. Along with the Identity-Release® Task Force, Dr. Scheib conducted a needs assessment to help develop policy and services for families and donors in the Identity-Release® Program. Current research includes identifying factors that predict conception and examining outcomes among open-identity donors, donor-conceived adults, and their families. Dr. Scheib is jointly appointed as Associate Adjunct Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of California, Davis.
Boards
TSBC has two boards that provide assistance with legal, medical, and ethical policy issues: a Board of Directors and a Medical Advisory Committee. The Board of Directors meets every other month to discuss current TSBC issues and to formulate policy. Members of the Medical Advisory Committee are available as needed to provide guidance in their respective areas of expertise.
Board of Directors
- Alexsis Beach, Esq. (Co-President)
- Mickye Adams, MD (Co-President)
- Alice Philipson, Esq. (Treasurer)
- Robert Vermeulen (Secretary)
- Erica Breneman, MD
- Marcus Leifert
- Tasha Wilson, LMSW
- Julie Harris, PhD
Medical Advisory Committee
- Lorraine Bonner, MD (Medical/Tissue Bank Director)
- Erica Breneman, MD (Ob/Gyn)
- Mickye Adams, MD (Perinatology)
- Dawn Banasiak, MS (Genetics)
- Paul Turek, MD (Urology)
- Jeffrey Burack, MD (General Medicine)
- Grace Laurencin, MD, MPH (General Medicine)
- Susan Rubin, PhD (Ethics)
