Ronald Keister Named Controller of Community Blood Center/Community Tissue Services

Dayton, OH – Community Blood Center/Community Tissue Services (CBC/CTS), has named Ronald Keister, CPA, as the Controller.  Keister is responsible for the day-to-day supervision of the Accounting staff of CBC/CTS, and will maintain financial accounting information in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).  In addition, Keister will be responsible for developing annual accounting and administration budgets and effectively managing corporate expenditures.

“I am pleased to welcome Ron to the management team at CBC/CTS. His past experience and overall expertise in accounting and finance will be an asset to CBC/CTS,” stated Judith E. Woll, MD, CEO and Medical Director of CBC/CTS.

Before moving to the Miami Valley in 2004, Kesiter worked at Owens Community College in Toledo, Ohio as the Director of Finance.  He most recently worked as a Tax Consultant.  He has over 25 years of accounting and financial experience.  Keister earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Miami University in Oxford Ohio, and was CPA certified in 1976.  He is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants. 

Community Blood Center/Community Tissue Services (CBC/CTS), an independent, not-for-profit organization, is ISO 9001:2000 Certified.  Community Blood Center is the sole provider of blood components to twenty-five hospitals in the Miami (Ohio) and Whitewater (Indiana) Valleys.  Community Tissue Services serves the public through procurement, processing and distribution of human tissue donations used for transplantation.  Community Tissue Services is comprised of seven regional offices: Dayton, Ohio (Corporate Headquarters); Fort Worth, Texas; Fresno, California; Indianapolis, Indiana; Portland, Oregon; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Toledo, Ohio with satellite offices in Boise, Idaho, Medford, Oregon and Connersville, Indiana.

For more information about Community Blood Center/Community Tissue Services, visit www.cbccts.org.

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