Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center
Theresa Pina's work experience includes a role as Immediate Past President and Board Member at ADRP: The Association for Blood Donor Professionals since 2017. Theresa has also served as Board President from 2021 to 2023. Prior to this, they worked at Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center starting from 2005. Their roles there included Vice President of Operations, Director of Donor Recruitment and Mobile Collections, Director of Donor Recruitment, Donor Recruitment Services Manager, Supervisor of Quality Assurance and Training, and Donor Recruiter.
Theresa Pina obtained a Bachelor's degree in Consumer Science and Industrial Distribution from the University of Houston, where they studied from 1998 to 2001.
Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center
Our mission: To partner with the community to help save and sustain lives by providing a safe supply of blood, blood components and related services. Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center began operations, independent of the Harris County Medical Society on Jan. 1, 1975. Today, recognized worldwide for its quality assurance programming, state-of-the-art technologies and management expertise, The Blood Center has grown to more than 700 employees and serves more than 170 hospitals and health care institutions in the 26-county Texas Gulf Coast, Brazos Valley and East Texas regions. To meet the needs of the area community, The Blood Center must collect about 1,000 donations every day. That is why The Blood Center encourages individuals to Commit for Life, a partnership between the community and Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center that is focused on saving lives, today and in the future. Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center is a nonprofit, independent blood center that is not affiliated with the American Red Cross.