Jeff Goldstein earned a bachelor’s degree in public administration from the University of Florida. He’s currently the CEO of Energy Squared and was previously the president of Contract Resources, Inc. Jeff has served the Lung Transplant Foundation in many capacities— fundraising director, vice president, president-elect, and he is currently president. He’s also a former board member of The Transplant Foundation in Miami.
Jeff is a council member of the American Thoracic Society Public Advisory Roundtable (PAR); a consumer reviewer for the Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) of the Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDRMP); a member of the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) Heart and Lung Subcommittee and a Donate Life Ambassador. In 2016, he served as a patient representative at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Division of Intramural Research (DIR) Clinical Trial Design for Diagnostic Genomic Testing in Organ Transplantation: From Bench-to-Bedside; and as a panelist for the FDA-sponsored Public Meeting on Patient-Focused Drug Development for Patients Who Have Received a Transplant.
Jeff was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis and received a double lung transplant at Duke University Medical Center in July 2003. He lives in Miami with his wife, Martha, and enjoys fishing, traveling and his involvement with the foundation.
Jeffrey R. Goldstein