Organizations Filed Purposes:
COORDINATING THE RECOVERY OF HUMAN ORGANS AND TISSUE FOR TRANSPLANTATION BY WORKING WITH AND PROVIDING EDUCATION TO MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, DONOR FAMILIES, AND THE PEOPLE OF MISSISSIPPI TO SAVE AND IMPROVE LIVES.
TO INSPIRE ALL MISSISSIPPIANS TO SAVE AND ENHANCE LIVES THROUGH ORGAN, EYE AND TISSUE DONATION.
MORA FOCUSES ITS EFFORTS ON IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL DONORS WHILE COORDINATING AND MAXIMIZING THE DONATION OF ORGANS AND TISSUES FOR TRANSPLANT. BY WORKING WITH LOCAL HOSPITALS, TRANSPLANT PROGRAMS, TISSUE PROCESSING PARTNERS, AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT AND TRANSPLANTATION NETWORK (OPTN), MORA IS ABLE TO MATCH DONORS WITH RECIPIENTS AND COORDINATE THE RECOVERY AND TRANSPORTATION OF ORGANS AND TISSUE FOR TRANSPLANTATION. DURING 2019, MORA HAD 77 ORGAN DONORS LEADING TO 287 ORGANS TRANSPLANTED AND 287 TISSUE DONORS.
MISSISSIPPI ORGAN RECOVERY AGENCY (MORA) WORKED TO GENERATE AWARENESS AND INCREASE DONOR AUTHORIZATIONS IN MISSISSIPPI'S DONOR REGISTRY THROUGH THE MS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, REGISTERME.ORG. DURING 2019, THERE WERE OVER 60,000 NEW REGISTERED DONORS THAT JOINED THE DONOR REGISTRY. IN 2019, MORA UTILIZED STAFF, RESOURCES AND THE PERSON POWER OF MORE THAN 277 VOLUNTEERS THAT PUT IN OVER 924 HOURS TO PROMOTE ORGAN, EYE AND TISSUE DONATION AWARENESS THROUGHOUT MORA'S DESIGNATED SERVICE REGION.IN 2019, MORA'S PUBLIC EDUCATION EMPHASIS INCLUDED: DONATION AWARENESS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THROUGH, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, ADVERTISING, COMMUNITY EVENTS, SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS, PROMOTIONAL EVENTS, RECOGNITION CEREMONIES AND OUTREACH THROUGH THE FAITH COMMUNITIES. 2019 MEDIA AND SPECIALTY ADVERTISING PROMOTED DONATION AWARENESS AND ENCOURAGED REGISTRATIONS AT WWW.MSORA.ORG & WWW.REGISTERME.ORG.- MORA'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER WAS EMAILED TO REGISTERED DONORS, HOSPITAL STAFF, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, DONATION ADVOCATES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.- INTEGRATED USE OF SOCIAL AND MOBILE MEDIA MARKETING INCLUDED FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE TO PROMOTE DONOR AWARENESS EVENTS AND ENCOURAGE DONOR REGISTRATIONS. - A MAJOR CAMPAIGN ACROSS MULTIPLE AVENUES OF MEDIA TARGETING AWARENESS IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN CENTRAL MS. - PRESS RELEASES AND PUBLIC SERVICE DONATION AWARENESS INFORMATION WAS SENT TO MEDIA IN THE STATE AND MONITORED THROUGH CISION, A MEDIA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. - REGISTERME.ORG DONOR REGISTRY INFORMATION WAS PROMOTED VIA STATEWIDE MEDIA OUTLETS.- PAID RADIO, TELEVISION, ON-LINE AND PRINT ADVERTISING COMBINED WITH IN-KIND ADVERTISING. 2019 EDUCATION AND EVENTS PROMOTED DONATION AWARENESS AND ENCOURAGED REGISTRATION IN DONATELIFEMS.ORG- DONOR AWARENESS AND DONOR REGISTRY MATERIALS DISTRIBUTED AT HEALTH FAIRS, SCHOOLS, CONFERENCES, COMMUNITY, AND WORKPLACE PARTNERSHIP EVENTS.- DONOR EDUCATION CURRICULUM TAUGHT IN HEALTH SCIENCE, SCIENCE AND DRIVER'S ED CLASSES WITHIN THE MORA SERVICE AREA. AN AGENCY RECORD 4,900 STUDENTS WERE REACHED IN 56 SCHOOL VISITS DURING THE 2019-20 ACADEMIC YEAR. AN ADDITIONAL 18,000+ WERE REACHED AT EVENTS GEARED TOWARD EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES- CONTINUED DONOR AWARENESS INITIATIVES TARGETED DPS LEADERSHIP AND STAFF AT DPS TESTING LOCATIONS. THE AGENCY ATTENDED THREE REGIONAL DPS MEETINGS.- 4TH ANNUAL DONATE LIFE MS DAY AT THE STATE CAPITOL WITH DONATE LIFE MS STATE TEAM. - 2 DONATE LIFE MS STATE TEAM MEETINGS WITH MSTF & MISSISSIPPI DPS.- 2019 PARTICIPATION IN HOLIDAY RELATED COMMUNITY EVENTS INCLUDING ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE. - DONATE LIFE FLAG RAISING CEREMONIES AT HOSPITALS IN RECOGNITION OF SPECIAL DATES AND IN HONOR OF LIFE SAVING ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATIONS.NATIONAL DONATE LIFE MONTH (NDLM) ACTIVITIES DURING APRIL 2019:- LEGACY DAY AT UMMC CAMPUS WHICH INCLUDED A PRESS CONFERENCE AND BALLOON RELEASE IN THIS CEREMONY FOR DONOR FAMILIES AND RECIPIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. - MULTIPLE BALLOON RELEASES AND OTHER CEREMONIES AT HOSPITALS ACROSS THE STATE.- 8TH ANNUAL RACING FOR DONATION 8K RUN/WALK FUNDRAISER. - PRESS RELEASES REGARDING NDLM EVENTS. - CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL DONATE LIFE MONTH WITH DPS PARTNERS MAJOR EVENTS HOSTED BY MORA:- DAY AT THE CAPITOL TO PROMOTE DONATION TO THE MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATORS IN FEBRUARY. - 2ND HERO 100 BIKE RIDE IN PASS CHRISTIAN, MS TO PROMOTE DONATION ON THE MS COAST. - 3RD ANNUAL TOUR DE LIFE BIKE RIDE IN TUPELO, MS TO PROMOTE DONATION IN NORTH MS. - 6TH ANNUAL SPERO AWARDS PROGRAM TO RECOGNIZE HOSPITAL PARTNERS, MEDICAL PERSONNEL, DONOR ADVOCATES AND CORPORATE PARTNERS THAT PROMOTE THE NEED FOR ORGAN, EYE AND TISSUE DONATION. - 2019 DONOR FAMILY RECOGNITION CEREMONIES IN HATTIESBURG, BILOXI, FLOWOOD AND TUPELO THAT FEATURED HANDMADE ORNAMENTS AND PHOTOS HONORING THEIR LOVED ONES. - 3RD ANNUAL PRAISES OF HOPE: PRAISES OF HOPE IS A FAITH BASED/MULTICULTURAL OUTREACH EVENT IN NOVEMBER THAT MORA HOSTED. THIS EVENT FEATURED TESTIMONIALS FROM TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS, DONOR FAMILIES AND THOSE IN NEED.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Kevin Stump | CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | 40 | $253,969 |
| Russell Touchet | CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER | 40 | $229,314 |
| Scott Pringle | DIRECTOR OF ORGAN RECOVERY | 40 | $123,250 |
| Wauline Carter | DIRECTOR OF FINANCE | 40 | $116,933 |
| Carrie Deese | DIRECTOR OF FAMILY SERVICE | 40 | $109,030 |
| Kellie Wier | DIRECTOR OF HOSPITAL DEVEL | 40 | $101,663 |
| Shirley Schlessinger Md | CHAIRMAN/MEDICAL DIRECTOR | 8 | $18,249 |
| Rita Wray | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Myrna Alexander Nickens Md | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Michael Booker | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Joseph Blackston Md | SECRETARY/TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
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