“If there’s anything I could say to the people who have donated blood to our son and helped save his life, it’s ‘thank you.’ You go to The Blood Center, spend your hour and you donate, maybe not even giving a second thought to what you’re doing. But what you’re doing is saving my son’s life.”
Brandon
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Brian G. Gannon
Since Brian G. Gannon joined Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center as president and CEO in February 2006, the Commit for Life program has seen phenomenal growth, with more than a quarter of a million current Commit for Life donors giving blood and saving lives on a regular basis.
Mr. Gannon brings more than 20 years of experience as a health care administrator and executive and eight years in corporate product management, and he is uniquely qualified to meet the challenge of providing for the transfusion needs of the world's largest medical community.
Serving for 14 years as president and CEO of The Blood Center for Southeast Louisiana excellently prepared Mr. Gannon for his role here. Prior to his tenure in Louisiana, he held numerous leadership positions, including chief operating officer of Belle Bonfils Memorial Blood Center and Neurosciences Program Administrator at the Swedish Medical Center, both in Denver. His appointment as president and CEO of Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center was a homecoming for Mr. Gannon. Earlier in his career, he was a product manager at Armco Steel in Houston.
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Mr. Gannon holds a Master of Business Administration degree in Management and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Southwestern Louisiana.
Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Susan Rossmann
Dr. Susan Rossmann is the first Chief Medical Officer of Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center. She joined the staff in September 2001 from her position as director of the blood bank and director of the microbiology and serology departments at Texas Children's Hospital.
Dr. Rossmann completed her undergraduate studies at Mount Holyoke College and received an M.A. and Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Michigan. In 1989, she received her M.D. from Baylor College of Medicine, where she also completed her residency in anatomic and clinical pathology. She is board certified in both anatomic and clinical pathology and certified in blood banking/transfusion medicine by the American Board of Pathology.
Dr. Rossmann was actively involved with Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center, even before joining the executive staff. She held memberships on the technical advisory and the education and research committees. Rossmann is also an inspector with the College of American Pathologists' laboratory accreditation committee and a blood bank standards assessor with the American Association of Blood Banks.
Chief Financial Officer
Eric Eaton
Eric Eaton joined Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center in January 2007 as Director of Business Operations. Mr. Eaton was promoted to Chief Financial Officer of Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center in March 2016. In this position, he is responsible for overseeing the Risk Management, Building and Fleet Management, and Business Operations departments at The Blood Center.
He graduated with his Bachelor of Business Administration from Sam Houston State University and received a CPA certification from the State of Oklahoma. Following his graduation, he accepted a job at the Oklahoma State Auditor’s Office as a State Auditor. He was promoted to Audit Manager, where he not only led and performed audits of many state and local agencies but was responsible for quality control reviews and preparation of the State’s Annual Financial Reports and State-Wide Single Audit Reports.
Following his time with the Oklahoma State Auditor’s Office, he accepted a job with McConnell, Jones, Lanier, & Murphy LLP as an Audit Manager. During his tenure there, he was promoted to Director of Quality Assurance, where he gained valuable experience working with non-profits such as the NAACP, MS Society, and the Gulf Coast Community Services Association that helped further prepare him for his role at The Blood Center.
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He has nearly 30 years of experience in diversified management and accounting and has significantly increased the fiscal standing of every company where he has been employed.