About Us | Message from the Board Chair

I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the 850 staff members, 3,000 volunteers and over 200,000 donors and tissue donor families who are the lifeblood of Puget Sound Blood Center. To those of you who donated your blood, time, financial resources and business acumen, on behalf of the Board of Trustees, thank you.

For the past 65 years Puget Sound Blood Center has provided safe, reliable blood supply to the Puget Sound region and has sponsored ground-breaking research leading to major advances in blood storage and the treatment of hemophilia. We are very fortunate to have an organization of this caliber in our community.

Outstanding organizations attract outstanding individuals. Puget Sound Blood Center has a history of attracting some of the best minds in the fields of transfusion medicine and hematology as well as a loyal volunteer and donor base.

It was therefore with great anticipation (and admittedly some apprehension!) that two years ago my fellow trustees and I, along with the Chief Executives of two major local hospitals, formed a special committee and launched an international search for a successor to Dr. Richard Counts who retired after over three decades of service. I am pleased to announce that our search yielded the hoped for result: Dr. Jim AuBuchon. Dr. AuBuchon is a leader in the field of transfusion medicine with extensive management experience, most recently with the Dartmouth Medical School and the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital. We could not be more delighted that Dr. AuBuchon accepted our offer to assume the CEO role. Welcome, Jim!

Dr. AuBuchon’s stewardship, a highly skilled and dedicated staff, and an exceptional community of volunteers assures the continuation of Puget Sound Blood Center’s outstanding service and research innovation for many years to come.