Rita Reik, MD, FCAP, is chief medical officer of America’s Blood Centers and of OneBlood, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Dr. Reik is responsible for leading and implementing the association’s scientific and medical strategies as a national leader representing the interests of ABC members to internal and external stakeholders.Her more than 20 years of experience in transfusion medicine includes leadership positions at Memorial Healthcare System, Community Blood Center (Dayton, Ohio) the American Red Cross where she served as senior medical officer in their national office, as well as, chief medical officer of the Pacific Northwest Region, and national director for the American Red Cross Center for Cell Therapy. Additionally, Dr. Reik has held leadership roles at hospital transfusion services, independent community blood centers of varying sizes, and university-based tissue banks.