2019-2020 Board of Directors
Officers
Kimberly F. Stitzel, MS, RD
Title Chair
Positions held- National Forum for Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention
Warren A. Jones, MD, FAAFP
Title Vice-Chair
Positions held- Chair Emeritus of Family Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Laura Gordon
Title Immediate Past-Chair
Positions held- Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Advanced Clinical Trials for Children
Marcus Plescia, MD, MPH
Title Secretary-Treasurer
Positions held- Chief Medical Officer, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
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
Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, RN, ARPN-CNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN
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, The Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-based Practice
Rosemary McGillan
Positions held- Executive Vice President and Partner, Global Purpose Practice Lead, Porter Novelli Public Services
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
Chief Scientific Officer
Stephen Sidney, MD, MPH
Positions held- Director of Research Clinics, Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research