Vitalant Unveils New National Office

Vitalant, a national blood services provider and AABB institutional member based in Arizona, celebrated the organization’s 80th anniversary and the ribbon-cutting for its new national office in Scottsdale last Wednesday. About 150 employees will work out of the new site, which replaces Vitalant’s previous Scottsdale location.

This is the second investment Vitalant has made in the area in recent years. In 2020, Vitalant opened a state-of-the-art blood collection and processing facility in Tempe. It also operates an additional blood donation center in Scottsdale and six other donation centers throughout the state. 

Founded in 1943 as the Salt River Valley Blood Bank in Phoenix and later renamed to United Blood Services, Vitalant was among the first blood centers to emerge post-World War. In 2018, 10 blood centers spanning 28 states united and re-branded as Vitalant while calling Scottsdale home for its national office.