Matthew Wadsworth
Advisory Board Chair
As President & CEO of Life Connection of Ohio, Matthew leads the non-profit organization’s efforts to serve families and save lives through organ donation.
Prior to his role at Life Connection of Ohio, Matthew served as Vice President of Clinical Affairs at Nevada Donor Network, where he was responsible for operations, family services, hospital services, organ recovery, tissue recovery, the call center and the birth tissue program that he created.
Having provided testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability in 2021 and the Senate Committee on Finance in 2023, Matthew continues to be an outspoken advocate for the urgent need for reform of the nation’s organ donation and transplantation system, and he remains laser focused on providing families with the opportunity for donation and on facilitating the gift of life for those in need.
Matthew earned a Bachelor of Science in biology from Wright State University and a Master of Business Administration from Ohio University. He holds a certificate in health care management from Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis and a graduate certificate in human donation science from the University of Toledo – Health Science Campus. Matthew's Dayton Business Journal award accolades include Forty Under 40 and Health Care Hero, and in 2023, he was a finalist for the prestigious Executive of the Year. Matthew serves on the American Society of Transplantation Organ and Tissue Preservation Advisory Board and the University of Toledo Masters in Transplantation and Donation Sciences Program Advisory Board.
"With so much room for improvement in the field of organ donation and transplantation, Give to Live Health is a pioneer in the living donation space,” Matthew said. “Give to Live Health provides a white-glove service for patients navigating a complicated system while freeing up transplant center staff to focus on what they do best. I am hooked on Give to Live Health’s mission and the organization’s innovative impact in saving more lives through living kidney donation.”