Harpreet Sandhu

CLS (AAB), MBA, MS

Harpreet Sandhu is Chief Executive Officer of Stanford Blood Center. She’s been with the center since 2007. SBC supports local transfusion medicine programs through blood operations and donor testing, provides transplantation-related clinical testing through its molecular and serology HLA laboratories, and supports the research community through access to human cellular components and testing services.

Harpreet is a board-certified clinical laboratory scientist, with specialties in transfusion and transplantation medicine, and with decades of professional experience spent in progressive managerial and leadership roles. Originally from Vancouver, Harpreet completed her undergraduate studies and training in Canada, and holds a Master of Science in health sciences, and a Master of Business Administration.

Harpreet is the Past Chair of the Board for Blood Centers of America (BCA) and is Past President of the California Blood Bank Society. She serves on the boards of the Association for the Advancement of Blood and Bio-therapies, BCA, the National Blood Collaborative, the National Blood Testing Cooperative, the Blood Centers of California, and the previously, the National Marrow Donor Program. In addition to her board service, she is a committee chair for America’s Blood Centers.

Harpreet enjoys traveling and the outdoors, particularly hiking in the beautiful Bay Area and Pacific Northwest. She is also an avid hockey fan and cheers on the Vancouver Canucks!