Our Leadership

 John A. Hagins, CEO

A graduate of Stockton College in New Jersey. Hagins began his career with the American Red Cross in 1987. After working eight years in Hospital Services with progressing responsibilities up to Assistant Director, Hagins was appointed director for various activities related to donor recruitment. From July 2000 to 2009 he served the senior regional director responsible for all areas of recruitment, collections, marketing and communications. In May 2009 he was appointed interim CEO of the Greater Alleghenies Region and CEO effective November 30, 2009. An active member of the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB), he has presented on multiple topics including quality of life for collections staff, managing recruitment activities and apheresis platelet donor recruitment and collection. Hagins is currently serving on the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) donor recruitment/public relations committee and is president of the Association of Donor Recruitment Professionals (ADRP).

Bob Lawn, BA, MBA, MT(ASCP)SBB - Chair, Regional Volunteer Advisory Board

Bob, who resides in Waynesboro, Pa., has over 40 years of blood bank experience and recently retired as the Blood Bank Section Head at Waynesboro Hospital and had previously held a similar position at Washington County Hospital in Hagerstown, Md.  Bob is retired from the US Army with 31 years of service as a Medical Service Corps Officer working primarily in Blood Banks and Donor Centers around the US and Europe.  He serves on the Washington County Maryland, American Red Cross, Chapter Board of Directors, where he has been for about 20+ years, and with the Greater Alleghenies Region's Board since 1998.  Bob was a recipient of the blood region's Edgar Cheeley Award for outstanding volunteer service in 2000. 

He is a graduate of the Catholic University of America with a BA in 1971, and from Mt. Saint Mary’s University with an MBA in 1990. He has coordinated numerous blood drives at both Waynesboro and Washington County hospitals. He is an active platelet and blood donor. He is active in his church, St. Andrew Catholic Church, the Knights of Columbus, on the Board of Directors of the Antietam Watershed Association and currently President of a local square dance club.

John B. Nobiletti, MD, PhD, Medical Officer

Joining the Greater Alleghenies Region in 1998, Dr. Nobiletti received both his Bachelors of Science and Masters of Science in Biology from St. John’s University in Jamaica, NY, and his PhD in Pharmacology and Medical Degree from State University of New York at the Downstate Medical Center. His background also includes working as a clinical chemist. Dr. Nobiletti also provides medical oversight to the Appalachian (Roanoke, Va.) and Mid-Atlantic (Norfolk, Va.) Red Cross blood regions and served as Blood Services Physician for the Connecticut Region of Red Cross Blood Services from 1997 to 1998. He has co-authored articles appearing in Transfusion, Environmental Health Perspectives, Psychopharmacology, Neurochemistry and Life Sciences publications.

 Lisa Hart, Senior Director, Donor Recruitment

 Hart joined the American Red Cross in 1986 as a Donor Resources Field Representative for the northeast corner of the Greater Alleghenies Region (Blair, Centre, Clearfield, Huntingdon, Juniata and Mifflin counties). In 2000 she was appointed Assistant Director of Donor Resources, supervising donor recruitment staff based in Johnstown and State College, Pa., and Winchester, Va. In May 2009 she was named Senior Director of Donor Recruitment. Hart is a past winner of the region’s Spirit of Excellence and Tiffany Award for Employee Excellence, and also received the Circle of Excellence Award for Outstanding Performance in Donor Recruitment in the North Atlantic Area of Red Cross Blood Services. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown.

 Timothy A. Miller, Senior Director, Donor Services

 A native of Tyrone, Pa., Miller began his Red Cross career in 1985. As senior director, he has senior management supervisory responsibilities for the region’s whole blood and single donor platelet collections departments. From 1985 to 1988 he held positions of donor resources field representative and operation/schedule coordinator in the Washington (D.C.) Region of Red Cross Blood Services. In 1988 he joined the Greater Alleghenies Region and held positions in the donor resources and education departments. In 1996 he was appointed director of the collections department, leading the region’s largest department in achieving its collection, quality, regulatory and customer service goals. In 1994 he received the region’s Spirit of Excellence Award. He holds both a Bachelor of Science degree and Master of Business Administration degree in Marketing from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.