Alan Reid Sipe moved to Garden City Beach 38 years ago. Alan had two children, ages 2 and 7, at the time. His son Justin was born with Cystic Fibrosis, a disease that affects digestion and pulmonary function. Alan was employed with Coker Builders for four years and oversaw their construction operations in coastal South Carolina. After his time with Coker Builders, he was hired by Jensen’s Inc., which owned and operated retirement communities along the eastern seaboard. For 26 years, he managed a large retirement community in Garden City Beach, retiring in 2014. In 2004 Alan’s son died while awaiting a lung transplant. Soon after, Alan and his wife, Jane, attended a Donate Life volunteer meeting in Myrtle Beach. That very night Alan was asked if he could speak with a local TV station the next day about organ donation, he did, and the rest is history. Alan and his wife support and promote organ donation so that someday no one will die waiting on a life-saving (giving) transplant. Alan participates in health fairs, various Donate Life events and has spoken to large professional groups across the state. Currently, he is awaiting state approval of his nomination as a Donate Life board member.

Tracy Moore began employment at Donate Life South Carolina in April 2008 and was instrumental in the launching of the SC Organ and Tissue Donor Registry in December 2008. As Executive Director of DLSC, she has assisted in community and statewide initiatives to change existing legislation and create new laws that serve and educate the citizens of South Carolina in support of the SC Organ and Tissue Donor Registry.

Tracy has personal experience with the hope and anguish that being on a transplant waiting list brings to patients and their loved ones. Her first husband was diagnosed with a rare heart tumor and was in need of a heart transplant, but he passed away at the age of 27 due to complications from his illness. Tracy is a fervent supporter of organ and tissue donation.

Katie Alice grew up in North Carolina and graduated from North Carolina State University with a BA in English and language, writing and editing.

Katie Alice Walker founded KAW Communications in 2011. She began her career on the editorial staff at Departures magazine in New York City, where she wrote and edited fashion, shelter, travel and food pieces for the magazine. Katie joined Riley Communications in 2008 after relocating to Columbia, South Carolina, where she brought her creativity to work on a variety of award-winning campaigns. She has earned her clients placement in an array of local and national media outlets including Garden & Gun magazine, Southern Living and NPR.

Katie is an active volunteer in her community and enjoys updating her old home, which she shares with her husband and son. Katie Alice Cox Walker is currently serving her first term as a Donate Life South Carolina board member.

John Brogan, a kidney transplant recipient, represents the Lowcountry region of South Carolina. John was born in Evanston IL and lived in Wellesley, MA and Cleveland, OH before entering college. While living in Wellesley, our next door neighbor was Dr. Joe Murray who did the first kidney transplant. John received his AB from the College of the Holy Cross and MBA from the University of Notre Dame. Since getting his CPA while working for Price Waterhouse & Co., John has chaired boards of the firm’s investment. He currently serves on the board of Amerco, the parent company of U-Haul. His non-profit service includes chair of the Board of the College of the Holy Cross and served on the boards of Suffolk University and Convent of the Sacred Heart. John also served on the Business Advisory Council of the Univerity of Notre Dame and my wife serves as Chair of its Performing Arts Council. John resides in Bluffton, SC with his wife of 46 years. They have three children and four grandchildren. As a DLSC Board Member, John has personal experience of receiving the gift of life through transplantation. John’s mother was diagnosed with renal failure in 1968 and had two cadaver transplants before she died in 1980. John is keenly aware of the importance of promoting organ, eye and tissue donation, as several members of his family have received kidney transplants.

Bio coming soon!

Dr. Michael Cuenin is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross College (Worcester, Massachusetts) and Tufts University School of Dental Medicine (Boston, Massachusetts). After six years practicing general dentistry, Dr. Cuenin began his career in Periodontics beginning in 1988. He served as an Army Dental Officer for 30 years; retiring with the rank of Colonel after Commanding dental units in Europe and at Fort Jackson South, Carolina. He trained in the US Army and Medical College of Georgia in Periodontics and is a graduate of the General Dentistry (AGD) Residency at Fort Riley, Kansas.  

Dr. Cuenin was awarded Diplomate status (Board Certification) in Periodontics in 1993. Dr. Cuenin is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Post-Graduate Periodontics Program at MUSC, (James B. Edwards School of Dental Medicine).

Dr. Cuenin enjoys the challenges of private practice and looks forward to his days with Dr. Sparacino and Dr. Jordan. In his leisure time he and his wife, Denise, enjoy spending time with family enjoying the beautiful Low Country.  They have three adult children and four grandchildren.