Dr. Sander “Sandy” Florman, a native Louisvillian, is one of the world’s leading experts in organ transplantation and a champion of making organ transplantation more widely accessible in the U.S through his work on innovative strategies that connect potential live donors and recipients. He discusses how being a Kentuckian brings him a professional edge in his position as director of the Recanati Institute at Mount Sinai in New York City, his experience rebuilding a transplantation program in post-Katrina New Orleans, and how the connections he made at University of Louisville Medical School opened the doors to his career.

A Conversation with Ellen Miller

Ellen Miller is the co-founder and executive director of the Sunlight Foundation, a Washington-based, non-partisan non-profit dedicated to using the power of the internet to catalyze greater government openness and transparency. Her Kentucky roots run deep, as a member of the Shapira family, whose Heaven Hill Distilleries based in Bardstown is America’s largest independent family-owned producer of bourbon. Here she discusses technology’s role in government transparency, historical Kentuckians who influence her worldview and lifework and Louisville’s role as a leader in government open-data policy.

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