Renal Support Network Team Members


Lori Hartwell
RSN National Headquarters, Glendale, CA

• Founder / President
• Three-time kidney transplant recipient, previously on in-center HD
• Year diagnosed with kidney disease: 1968

Mike Paget
Prescott, Arizona

• Director of Operations
• Board Member, California Dialysis Council
• Has worked in the Renal community for nearly 40 years

Cheryl Thomas
Galveston, Texas

• Project Manager, PEPP Speakers Program
• Registered Dental Hygienist
• Year diagnosed with kidney disease: 1996, Transplant recipient, 1999

Diana Headlee-Bell
Pittsburgh, PA

• KidneySpace Moderator
• Two-time kidney transplant recipient; now on in-center nocturnal HD
• Year diagnosed with kidney disease: 1974

Heidi Lesemann
RSN National Headquarters, Glendale, CA

• Program and Marketing Manager
• PEPP Speaker Bureau Manager
• Over 30 years in non-profit organization management

Jessica Garcia
RSN National Headquarters, Glendale, CA

• Executive  Assistant
• Over nine years working in the kidney community

Jodie Younse
RSN National Headquarters, Glendale, CA

• Administrative Assistant
• Live & Give graphic design, layout
• Photographer

Kathe LeBeau
Latham, New York

• Project Manager, weKAN Patient Activists
• Year diagnosed with kidney disease: 2004
• Home hemodialysis, on transplant waiting list

Linda Oakford
RSN National Headquarters, Glendale, CA

• Patient Liaison
• Transplant recipient, 2001
• Year diagnosed with kidney disease: 1985

Mandy Trolinger
Denver, Colorado

• Regional Meetings Coordinator
• Transplant recipient
• Renal Dietician

Marlene DeCenzo
RSN National Headquarters, Glendale, CA

• Special Projects Coordinator
• Fourteen-year association with RSN

Shari Gilford
Portland, Oregon

• Graphic Design & Publishing
• Third-time kidney transplant received March 2006; previously on nocturnal home HD, in-center HD, CAPD, and CCPD
• Year diagnosed with kidney disease: 1976

Tim Ryder
RSN National Headquarters, Glendale, CA

• Administrative Assistant for Payroll and Accounts Payable
• Editorial Assistant to Kidney Times
• Three-year association with RSN