Johnson Chosen CEO At UNOS

Mark Johnson was appointed as UNOS’ chief govt officer of UNOS in Richmond, Virginia.

Johnson joined the UNOS board in April 2025 and was appointed interim CEO in December 2025. Since then, he has superior UNOS’ work managing components of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), whereas increasing the group’s deal with data-driven analysis and evaluation, knowledgeable consulting providers, and patient-centered reforms to strengthen the organ donation and transplant system.

He additionally led UNOS’ partnership with NASA Langley Research Center and LifeNet Health, finishing a groundbreaking beyond-visual-line-of-sight drone flight take a look at transporting human analysis kidneys.

Johnson has greater than 30 years of worldwide management expertise in monetary and operational excellence, technique improvement, and industry transformation, together with a dedication to bettering well being care supply and organizational efficiency, in keeping with an announcement from UNOS

Before becoming a member of UNOS, Johnson was CEO of Averhealth, the place he led a turnaround for the nationwide supplier of drug and alcohol testing within the legal justice sector. He beforehand served as CEO of BetterMed Urgent Care, guiding the group by way of important progress and the COVID-19 pandemic. He has additionally held management roles at MeadWestvaco, NBC Universal, General Electric and ESPN.