Delaware Governor's Board

Mission and Background

The Delaware Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Board (OTDAB), which is appointed by the Governor of Delaware, is charged with educating the public and developing programs about organ and tissue donation. The remit of this Board is to raise donor awareness in the state of Delaware and increase the number of people who include the donor designation on their driver’s license or personal ID card. It is the Board’s objective to allow more people in the Delaware region to receive life-saving and life-enhancing transplants. The Board focuses on identifying programs and initiatives which will advance donor awareness in Delaware and encourages Delawareans to contribute to the Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Trust Fund. The Board utilizes Trust Fund monies to award grand to fund programming to increase organ and tissue donor awareness.

Board Members

The Delaware Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Board shall be composed of nine members all appointed by the Governor. Members of the board serve 3-year terms and may be appointed to successive terms by the governor.

1. One representative from the federally certified organ procurement organization (Gift of Life Donor Program) serving Delaware.
2. One representative from an eye bank serving Delaware.
3. One transplant recipient.
4. One family member of a donor.
5. One physician, with a special interest in transplantation.
6. One officer, employee, or board member of a Delaware acute care general hospital.
7. One representative from the Department of Health and Social Services.
8. One representative from the Department of Education.
9. One representative from the Division of Motor Vehicles