About
Tristan Mace is the Co-Founder & CEO of Transplants.org, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit using technology to improve access and outcomes for organ and stem cell transplant patients.
He founded the nonprofit after surviving fulminant quadruple organ failure in 2021, which led to an emergency heart transplant just 48 hours later. When he awoke from a coma, he learned of the life-saving transplant and that his lung failure caused two strokes and five years of permanent memory loss.
Tristan’s story of resilience and commitment to the transplant community was profiled by The Wall Street Journal in the article, “He Got a New Heart. Now This 34-Year-Old Is Fighting to Fix the Transplant System,” as well as by Fortune, Bloomberg, CNN, and other national media outlets.
Under his leadership, Transplants.org’s team has grown to include the former President of the U.S. organ transplant system, former senior executives from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, former Members of Congress, and transplant directors from Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Vanderbilt, UCLA, and others.
Prior to founding Transplants.org, Tristan built his career as a tech entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He also serves as Managing Partner of Fund of Funds at Flyover Capital. Previously, he served as a Special Government Employee in the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government and as a Venture Partner at Warburg Serres, where he led global blockchain and AI investment strategy for Merck and AXA.
Tristan has served on the Council of Experts for the U.S. State Department at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit hosted by President Obama, the Council of Judges for National Geographic’s World Legacy Awards, and several Host Committees at United Nations’ Summits. He has also lectured at The University of Texas at Austin, Princeton University, New York University, and other universities.
He received his degree in absentia from The University of Texas with a B.S. from Moody College’s School of Advertising & PR and a BFP from the McCombs School of Business.