2020-2021 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- Founder and Principal of JDB Strategies, A health equity and innovation consulting firm
- Medical Contributor, ABC News
- Adjunct Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health
- Former Sr. Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, American Hospital Association
Juliana Crawford
Positions held- Senior Vice President, Portfolio Management, American Heart Association
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
Chief Scientific Advisor
Stephen Sidney, MD, MPH
Positions held- Director of Research Clinics, Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research
National Forum Current and Past Chairs
Warren A. Jones, MD, FAAFP
Title 2020-2021
Positions held- Chair Emeritus of Family Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Kimberly Stitzel, MS, RD
Title 2019-2020
Positions held- American Heart Association
Laura Gordon
Title 2018-2019
Positions held- Institute for Advanced Clinical Trials for Children
Jennifer G. Robinson, MD, MPH
Title 2017-2018
Positions held- University of Iowa
Dave Zook, JD
Title 2016-2017
Positions held- Faegre Baker Daniels Consulting
Sharon Moffatt, RN, BSN, MSN
Title 2014-2016
Positions held- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA
Title 2012-2014
Positions held- Tulane University School of Medicine
Thomas A. Pearson, MD, MPH, PhD
Title 2010-2012
Positions held- University of Rochester Medical Center
Mark Schoeberl, MPA
Title 2008-2010
Positions held- American Heart Association
Darwin R. Labarthe, MD, MPH, PhD
Title 2006-2008
Positions held- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention