Management Team

Khristine Turner
Eastern Territory Manager, OPO Relations

Khristine Turner has over five years of experience in the area of organ procurement. Prior to joining Vesta Therapeutics, she worked with Life Connection of Ohio located in Dayton, Ohio as a Procurement Transplant Coordinator. In addition to having experience in the field of organ donation and transplantation, Khristine has worked as a Hematology Lab Tech Assistant and a Pharmacy Technician. In 2000, Khristine completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from the University of North Carolina at Asheville. In addition to obtaining her degree, she was awarded a research grant in the area of endocrinology which gave her an opportunity to present her findings at the National Conferences on Undergraduate Research (NCUR.) She will complete her Masters of Business Administration from Indiana Wesleyan University in December of 2008.

Jason Benjamin
Western Territory Manager, OPO Relations

Jason Benjamin received his EMT-D certificate from Thurston County Medic 1 in 1993 and worked for both TCFD District 6 and American Medical Response. In 2001 he received a degree in surgical technology. Jason spent 2 years at St. Peters Hospital in Olympia Washington. For the next year he taught surgical technology at Clover Park College. He has spent the past 5 years working as both a Surgical Recovery Coordinator and Organ Recovery Coordinator in Washington state at the Life Center Northwest OPO and prior to this at the LifeGift OPO in Texas.