Amy S. Tang, MD is a primary care internist and Director of Viral Hepatitis & TB Programs at North East Medical Services in the San Francisco Bay Area. She led the development of a simplified hepatitis B guidance for primary care providers hosted on Hepatitis B Online and served on the writing group for the 2025 AASLD/IDSA Hepatitis B Treatment Guidelines. She serves on the Governance Council for Hep B Free and has served on the CDC's Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices working group on hepatitis B immunization.

Nicole Wright Derks is a volunteer with Blue Faery: The Adrienne Wilson Liver Cancer Association and a healthcare professional with over 17 years of experience. She brings both clinical expertise and deeply personal perspective as a caregiver and daughter to a mother living with hepatocellular carcinoma. Nicole's advocacy is rooted in compassion, resilience, and firsthand understanding of the emotional and practical challenges families face in healthcare.

Michael Charlton, MBBS, is an internationally renowned specialist in liver diseases and transplant medicine with a particular expertise in the diagnosis, treatment and management of fatty liver disease (steatotic liver disease), nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and viral hepatitis. He has served as president of the International Liver Transplant Society and served as a principal investigator on grants and as a study section member for the National Institutes of Health, including studies of the pathophysiology of fatty liver disease (steatotic liver disease) and viral hepatitis. Dr.

Taylor Rhoades, MHA, is System Program Director for Responsible AI at Mercy and a Global Liver Institute Ambassador. His connection to liver care is deeply personal: his son, John, was diagnosed with biliary atresia at 28 days old, underwent a Kasai procedure, and ultimately received a liver transplant one day before his first birthday.

Scientist, educator, curriculum developer, and CPRS-FE/CPSS with 35 years of experience translating evidence-based science and behavioral health principles into engaging professional education. Combines lived recovery experience with expertise in adult learning, instructional design, stakeholder collaboration, and systems improvement.

Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center

After a high-flying, 20-year career as an IT consultant for Ernst & Young LLC and Verizon Business, Beth Lehman faced a life-altering reckoning. Decades of grueling corporate travel had masked a severe battle with alcoholism, leading to a late-2019 diagnosis of advanced cirrhosis and liver cancer. On April 19, 2021, she received a life-saving liver transplant at the Piedmont Transplant Institute—an experience that left her feeling physically and spiritually reborn within hours of surgery.

Tracie Morse is a business development and sales executive with more than 25 years experience driving growth, building strategic partnerships, and connecting organizations with the communities they serve. Her career spans hospitality, healthcare, international business, entrepreneurship, media, and event leadership, providing a broad perspective on business development, relationship management, and community engagement.