FACT EXECUTIVE STAFF
The FACT executive team provides the vision, expertise and experience for the successful administration of the Foundation and guidance for its continued growth in the field of cellular therapy.
Chief Medical Officer
Phyllis I. Warkentin, M.D.
Dr. Phyllis I. Warkentin is a founding member of FACT and has been serving as a board member and chief medical officer since the organization’s inception.
In addition to her work with FACT, Dr. Warkentin has been the director of the unrelated bone marrow transplantation program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center since 1988 and a professor of pediatrics and pathology/microbiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center since 1994. She attended medical school at the University of Minnesota where she subsequently completed a residency in pediatrics, and fellowships in pediatric hematology/oncology and blood banking.
Phyllis I. Warkentin, MD
FACT Medical Director
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Professor of Pathology and Pediatrics
982168 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska 68198-2168
Phone: (402) 559-7257
Email: pwarkent@unmc.edu
Chief Executive Officer
Linda Miller, M.P.A.
Linda Miller has been with FACT since 1997, as its first employee and the administrative director of the Foundation. In her current position, she is responsible for overseeing the planning, organization, and administration of the Accreditation Office and ensuring equitable treatment of all applicant programs.
Ms. Miller earned a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration and a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Prior to her role at FACT, she was the administrator of pulmonary and critical care medicine, and general internal medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Her career at UNMC has spanned 26 years.
Linda Miller, MPA
Chief Executive Officer
Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy
986065 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-6065
Main Phone: (402) 559-1950
Email: lmiller1@unmc.edu