Chief Human Resources OfficerGulf Coast Regional Blood Center The CompanyGulf Coast Regional Blood Center is one of the largest community blood centers in the United States, and the only blood provider to Houston and its surrounding communities. Originally founded in 1975 by 100 physicians from the Harris County Medical Society, The Blood Center started with 64 employees and collected 46,602 units for 80 hospitals served within 16 counties. Today, Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center employs approximately 750 staff and provides voluntarily donated blood and blood components to more than 170 hospitals and healthcare institutions in the 26-county Texas Gulf Coast, Brazos Valley, and East Texas regions, including: