Christine Bales, AABB Vice President Global Impact serves as a technical expert in Quality Management Systems for Blood Centers, Transfusion Services and Clinical Laboratories. Bales designs implementation models to be used as roadmaps for Blood Donor Centers and Transfusion Services’ facility accreditation processes and quality system improvements. Christine has experience as an assessor for AABB and a CAP inspector. Ms. Bales has over 25 years of management experience in clinical laboratories, blood donor centers and hospital-based transfusion services. During Christine’s years as CEO and senior management she led organizations through strategic planning, process improvement activities, and facility accreditation processes. Christine holds a Certificate in Organizational Leadership from Harvard University, a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Purdue University and certifications in Medical Technology and Immunology from ASCP. She is a member of the AABB (Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies), ASCP (American Society of Clinical Pathology), ASQ (American Society for Quality), CLSI (Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute), ADLM (Association for Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine) and ISBT (International Society of Blood Transfusion).