Garet Hil

Garet Hil is the Chairman and CEO of ImmunoFree. Mr. Hil became involved in transplant medicine when his daughter was diagnosed with kidney failure at age 10. After he and his wife were both deemed incompatible, a difficult and extensive donor search finally resulted in a successful living donor transplant for their daughter. That challenging process inspired them to create a better way to facilitate transplants for the thousands of people with incompatible donors in desperate need of a kidney transplant.

Mr. Hil donated his own kidney in 2015, facilitating eight transplants and generating a voucher for his daughter should she ever need another transplant.

Mr. Hil has held leadership positions in public and private companies from a variety of industries, including securities processing, technology services, logistics, digital printing, offset printing, fulfillment, steel distribution and textile manufacturing. He has successfully led five startups, three turnarounds, four acquisitions and two divestitures, including the successful $1.1 billion sale of the company he started and led for 14 years.

In 1979, at the age of 17, Mr. Hil enlisted in the Marine Corps and shipped off to Parris Island one month prior to the start of the Iranian hostage crisis. While on active duty with the 2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune, NC, he completed his GED and graduated at the top of his class from Field Radio Operator School. He transferred to a reserve artillery battery, where he utilized his radio operator training to call in firing coordinates for 105 Howitzers. He later achieved the 0321 MOS while serving in a Recon unit and completed Navy Combat Dive School in Panama City, FL, and Army Airborne School in Fort Benning, GA. He was honorably discharged in 1985 at the rank of Sergeant.

Mr. Hil earned his BS cum laude from the University of Montana in three years and his MBA from The Wharton School. He has authored many medical research papers and a book to help patients achieve a successful living donor transplant. Mr. Hil personally organized the largest kidney swap in history, which included 70 participants across 25 hospitals. This swap was certified as a Guinness World Record.

His work in transplantation was featured on the front page of the Sunday New York Times and has been profiled in numerous national television programs including CBS Evening News, ABC World News and Nightline. He is a Donor Games champion and lives with his family in Greenwich, Connecticut.