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        <ExplanationTxt>THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGIONAL BLOOD CENTER (MVRBC) IS THE PRIMARY PROVIDER OF BLOOD PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TO 86 HOSPITALS IN ILLINOIS, IOWA, MISSOURI AND WISCONSIN. THE BLOOD CENTER WORKS TOGETHER WITH GENEROUS BLOOD DONORS THROUGHOUT THE MVRBC SERVICE REGION TO FULFILL ITS MISSION OF PROVIDING WORLD CLASS BLOOD PRODUCTS TO PATIENTS IN NEED. MVRBC'S HEADQUARTERS IS IN DAVENPORT, IOWA, WHERE ITS TESTING, PROCESSING AND PRIMARY DISTRIBUTION CENTER HANDLES MORE THAN 250,000 BLOOD COMPONENTS EACH YEAR. SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1974, MVRBC HAS COLLECTED MORE THAN 4.2 MILLION UNITS OF BLOOD FROM VOLUNTEER DONORS AND HAS SERVED MILLIONS OF PATIENTS THROUGHOUT OUR REGION AND THROUGH NATIONAL RESOURCE SHARING PROGRAMS. IN 2017, VOLUNTEER BLOOD DONORS PROVIDED MORE THAN 180,000 DONATIONS TO MVRBC. THESE DONATIONS WERE COLLECTED AT THE BLOOD CENTER'S 18 FIXED SITE DONOR CENTERS AND AT MORE THAN 3,500 MOBILE BLOOD DRIVES HELD THROUGH THE SERVICE REGION. MVRBC HAS PROVIDED LIFE-SAVING BLOOD PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TO HOSPITALS IN THE QUAD CITIES AND SURROUNDING REGION FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS. IN 2017, THE MVRBC SERVICE REGION INCLUDED HOSPITALS IN SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN; WESTERN, CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS; EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN IOWA AND IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. MVRBC'S DONOR RESOURCE CONSULTANTS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS STAFF ROUTINELY LEAD TOURS OF THE BLOOD CENTER AND PROVIDE INFORMAL PROGRAMS ON BLOOD AND BLOOD DONATION THROUGHOUT MVRBC'S SERVICE REGION.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SERVES AS THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN DETERMINING THE COMPENSATION OF THE CEO. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IS PROVIDED THE ABC NATIONAL SURVEY OF CEO, MEDICAL DIRECTOR, AND COO EACH YEAR TO REVIEW FOR SETTING COMPENSATION. THE SURVEY INCLUDES MOST INDEPENDENT BLOOD CENTERS IN THE UNITED STATES. IN 2016, THE BOARD ALSO COMMISSIONED AN OUTSIDE COMPENSATION CONSULTANT WHO CONDUCTED EXTENSIVE SURVEYS OF SIMILAR OPERATIONS FOR ALL JOB CATEGORIES WITHIN MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BLOOD CENTER, INCLUDING THE CEO POSITION. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRESENTS THE RECOMMENDATION FOR COMPENSATION TO THE FULL BOARD IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE FULL BOARD VOTES ON THE CEO'S COMPENSATION EACH YEAR. THE COMPENSATION AS REPORTED WAS DETERMINED IN FEBRUARY 2017.</ExplanationTxt>
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