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2019-2020 Board of Directors
Officers
Warren A. Jones, MD, FAAFP
Title
Chair
Positions held
Captain
, United States Navy Medical Corps (Ret.)
Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine
, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Marcus Plescia, MD, MPH
Title
Vice-Chair
Positions held
Chief Medical Officer
, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, RN, ARPN-CNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN
Title
Secretary/Treasurer
Positions held
Vice President for Health Promotion
,
University Chief Wellness Officer
,
Dean and Professor
,
College of Nursing Professor of Pediatrics & Psychiatry, College of Medicine
, The Ohio State University
Executive Director
, Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-Based Practice
Kimberly F. Stitzel, MS, RD
Title
Immediate Past-Chair
Positions held
National Forum for Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention
Positions held
John M. Clymer
Title
Executive Director (Ex Officio)
Emeritus Founder
Darwin R. Labarthe, MD, MPH, PhD
Positions held
Professor
, Preventive Medicine
Northwestern University
, Feinberg School of Medicine
Directors
Jay Bhatt, DO, MPH, MPA
Positions held
Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
, American Hospital Association
Juliana Crawford
Positions held
Senior Vice President, Portfolio Management
, American Heart Association
Michael W. Cropp, MD, MBA
Positions held
President and Chief Executive Officer
, Independent Health
Rosemary McGillan
Positions held
Executive Vice President and Partner, Global Purpose Practice Lead
, Porter Novelli Public Services
Mark McEwen
Positions held
Journalist, Health Advocate, Stroke Survivor
,
Ileana L. Piña, MD, MPH, FAHA, FACC
Positions held
Professor of Medicine
, Wayne State University
Clinical Professor of Medicine
, Central Michigan University
Marcus Plescia, MD MPH
Positions held
Chief Medical Officer
, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Karol Watson, MD, PhD, FACC
Positions held
Professor of Medicine/Cardiology
, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Co-director
, UCLA Program in Preventive Cardiology
Director
, UCLA Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Health Program
Federal Liaisons
Walter Koroshetz, MD
Positions held
Director
, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke National Institutes of Health
Captain Kimberly Elenberg, DNP
Positions held
U.S. Public Health Service
Director
, Executive Office of Force Resiliency
Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense
David C. Goff, Jr. MD, PhD
Positions held
Director, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences
, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Emmeline Ochiai, MPH
Positions held
Health Advisor
, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Department of Health and Human Services/Office of Public Health and Science
Betsy L. Thompson, MD, MSPH, DrPH
Positions held
Rear Admiral
, U.S. Public Health Service
Director, Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Counsel
David R. Zook
Positions held
Chair
, Faegre Drinker Consulting
Chief Scientific Advisor
Stephen Sidney, MD, MPH
Positions held
Director of Research Clinics
, Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research