Board of Directors Member: Merle Zuel
TRIO background . . . TRIO member since 2009
Committees: Chapter Development
Chapter: President/Founding member, Kansas City
Chapter
General background . . .
- Transplant:
Heart,
St. Luke's Medical Center February 23, 2007
- Career: author: Hearts
Like Mine <-- click to read a review), founder of MerleJam
(<-- click to see web site); appeared on the Dr. Oz show and rode on
the Rose Parade DLA float
- Organizations: volunteer and
public speaker with
the Midwest Transplant Network (featured on
their web site <-- click to read that story); serves on
UNOS Patient Affairs Committee; speaks as an Astellas Transplant
Experience Ambassador
- Merle offers TRIO: will serve
TRIO by helping to provide enthusiasm for new TRIO chapter development
based on his own experience founding and now leading the Kansas City
chapter. He also offers his public speaking and writing gifts to
increase our TRIO presence in the public arena.