Advisory Leadership Council
The Advisory Leadership Council is an advisory group of nationally-recognized leaders from various sectors appointed by the Board of Directors to provide guidance and assist the Board in shaping and advancing strategies for improving cardiovascular health and health equity.
Roster
Hon. Stephen K. Benjamin
Positions held- Board Chair, First Responder Network Authority
Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASH, FNLA
Positions held- Professor of Clinical Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine
Carolyn L. Koenig, MD
Positions held- Medical Chair of Quality and Care Management, Mercy Clinic East Community
Penny M. Kris-Etherton, PhD, RD, FAHA, FNLA, FASN, CLS
Positions held- Evan Pugh University Professor of Nutritional Sciences,
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, Penn State University
Hon. Jerome M. Adams, MD, MPH
Positions held- 20th Surgeon General of the United States,
- Presidential Fellow, Executive Director of Purdue's Health Equity Initiatives, and Distinguished Professor of Practice,, Purdue University
Ann Marie Navar, MD, PhD, FAHA, FASCP
Positions held- Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), UT Southwestern Medical Center
Stephen Sidney, MD, MPH
Positions held- Director of Research Clinics, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
Kevin B. Sneed, PharmD, FNAP, FNPHA
Positions held- Sr. Associate Vice-President, University of South Florida (USF) Health
- Dean and Professor, USF Health Taneja College of Pharmacy
Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, MACC, FAHA, MACP, FHFSA
Positions held- Vice Dean, Diversity & Inclusion,
- Magerstadt Professor of Medicine,
- Professor of Medical Social Sciences,
- Chief of Cardiology in the Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine
- Associate Director, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute Northwestern Memorial Hospital