

He served as manager for Team Illinois for four Donate Life Transplant Games
JP Marzano and his family have been involved with the transplant community for more than 25 years, and the Donate Life Transplant Games have been a huge part of his life. Diagnosed at age 16 with a degenerative kidney disease called Alport syndrome, JP has been on two “tours of duty” for kidney dialysis and has had three transplants – all from living donors. His father Jim was donor #1; close family friend Nan Vaile #2; and one of his best friends from high school, Ben Kraus,