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Katrina Russell is co-owner of Dialysis Consulting Group Inc., a dialysis consulting and management services organization.

Ms. Russell has been a registered nurse since 1981 and has practiced nephrology nursing since 1984. She served four terms on the National Renal Administrators Association board of directors, including as president, and is chair emeritus of the ESRD Network 16 board of directors. She previously served on the Network 16 medical review board and contracted with Network 16 and the Southeastern Kidney Council (ESRD Network 6) as a quality management consultant. Ms. Russell served on the HealthInsight corporate board as well as the Comagine Health board of directors.

Ms. Russell has served in many roles within various dialysis settings, from staff nurse to head nurse to administrative director and CEO, in both hospital-based and freestanding facilities. Though recently retired, Ms. Russell remains actively engaged in the kidney community. She assisted the Renal Healthcare Association in developing an online staff training program for didactic materials to help address the pandemic-induced health care shortage in the dialysis field.

She continues to stay busy with volunteer work with various nonprofit organizations. Currently, she is president of the Pilchuck Glass School board of trustees and leads the grant review team for Impact 100 Seattle, a women’s giving collective.