American Heart Association Michigan
Help Your Students Become Heart Heroes
Tom is alive today because 9-year-old Logan learned Hands-Only CPR just a day earlier through the American Heart Association’s Kids Heart Challenge. Logan acted quickly and helped save a life. Watch Logan story and help your students become heart heroes. Register your school today!
Cardiac Emergency Response Plans in MI Schools
The American Heart Association, along with the Smart Heart Sports Coalition, celebrated as Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed into law House Bills 5527 and 5528, which require comprehensive cardiac emergency response plans in schools, at school athletic facilities and at school events, while also adding a training requirement for school athletic coaches.
Washtenaw County Physical Health Initiative
Thanks to the incredible generosity of Steve Sarn and the work of the American Heart Association, patients at Packard Health now have the opportunity to enhance their physical well-being with a no-cost membership to the Ann Arbor Y! This donation is making a real difference in the community and the lives of Packard patients by providing access to fitness resources that promote a healthy lifestyle.
Slow Cooker Vegetable Turkey Soup
Garden vegetables and beans add color and flavor to this hearty comfort food. Prepare the ingredients in the morning or the night before, let them slow cook all day, and at dinnertime all that's left to do is ladle the soup into bowls.
Kalamazoo man’s wife saves her husband using hands-only CPR
He Felt Fine. His Artery Said Otherwise.
In Your Community
For more than 40 years, Advocacy has had a mission-critical role in the American Heart Association's work. Our legislative and regulatory priorities help to mitigate risk factors and protect survivors in communities across the country. We support the enactment of evidence-based public policies that lead to longer, healthier lives.
Public policy advocacy is an essential strategy used by the Association to affect necessary and sustainable policy, system and environmental changes that help Michigan citizens build healthier lives free of cardiovascular disease and stroke.
Our efforts in Michigan and its communities are focused on the following policy areas: Tobacco and Vaping, Access to Care, Healthy Eating, and Hypertension Prevention and Control.
The American Heart Association is committed to driving equitable health impact in Michigan through five key priority areas: women, readiness, tobacco and vaping, patients, and healthy living. Equity is always at the center of our work, and it will continue to guide all that we do.
Through our focus on these key impact areas, and with collaboration among local organizations, sponsors, businesses, and others that serve the community, we are working to improve the health and well-being of Michigan citizens while saving and improving countless lives.
Throughout the state of Michigan, we’ve seen our community impact work grow, including efforts around creating avenues for greater access to care, expanding healthy food access and education, building a network of first responders through CPR kits in schools, supporting blood pressure screenings and education, and educating on the dangers of tobacco and vaping.
People are counting on us as never before. We at the American Heart Association, along with our supporters, will drive change, and we will be relentless. Thank you for your continued support.
The American Heart Association - Michigan is looking to form a strong group of event volunteers in the Detroit, Ann Arbor, Kalamazoo, and Grand Rapids areas. If you have a passion for our life saving mission and are looking to get involved, please fill out the form to tell us more about yourself. We’d love to have you on our volunteer team!
Board Chair
Sharon Gipson, CPA
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Board President
Brian J. O’Neil, MD, FACEP, FAHA
Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center
Members
Amy Acs
Adient
Deborah Greenman
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
Dr. Phillip Levy, MD, MPH, FAHA
Wayne State University
Dr. Pamela Marcovitz, MD
William Beaumont Hospital Health System
Stefanie Roberts Newman
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital
Kristy Sidlar
The Mom Project
Paula Silver
DTE Energy
Andrew Wasiniak
Buildings Group-Detroit
Board Chair
Carlos Cubia
Corewell Health
Board President
Kate Veenstra, DNP, MSN, RN, CNL, CMSRN, NEA-BC
UofM Health-West
Leadership Development Chair
India Manns
Community Leader
Giving Society Chair
Paul Jaeckle
Meijer
MEMBERS
Matthew Bates
Parker Hannifin
Tasha Blackmon
Cherry Health
Tyler Crawford
Frey Foundation
Katie Golomb
Mercantile Bank of MI
Michael Hebreard
Black Diamond Group Inc.
Karen Kennedy, MD
Optum Health
Maureen Kirkwood
Health Net of West Michigan
Melissa Meitz
Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital
Laura Moody
Community Leader
Juan Olivarez
JRO Consulting, LLC
Chuck Osterink
MVP Sports Clubs
Michelle Peña, MSN, RN, NEA-BC
Trinity Health
Amy Stahley, PhD, MSN-Ed, RN
Davenport College
Kirstyn Wade
Grand Rapids Public Schools
Tom Welch
Fifth Third Bank
Krischa Winright
Medicare Advantage / BCBSM
President
Mary Boylan, MD
President
Retired: St. Luke's Regional Heart & Vascular Center
Kim Bors
Business Owner/Leader
Dover Corporation
Members
Heather Baker, EdD
Director of Teaching and Learning
Rockton School District #140
Tasha Blackmon
President & CEO
Cherry Health
Mercedes Carnethon, PhD, FAHA
Chair and Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Marc Gerdish, MD
Professor of Clinical Surgery, School of Medicine
Indiana University
Joseph Haas
Immediate Past Chair
SVP of Private Wealth
Associated Bank
Kelly Hancock, DNP, RN, NE-BC, FAAN
EVP, Chief Caregiver Officer & Chief Administrative Officer
Cleveland Clinic
Karen Harbin
President & CEO
Commonwealth Credit Union
Delores Hargrove-Young
Vice Chairwoman
d.e. Foxx & Associates, Inc.
William (B.J.) Hicks II, MD
Ex Officio
Vice President, Neuroscience Service Line, OhioHealth
Vascular Neurologist
OhioHealth Neurological Physicians
Linda Imonti
Director, Strategic Advisor and Retired Managing
KMPG LLP
Joshua J. Joseph, MD
President Elect
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Devray Kirkland
Vice President
Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer
Cardinal Health
Brett Kissela, MD, MS
Executive Vice-Dean
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Research
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Chief of Research Services
UC Health
Sharon Langshur
Research Project Coordinator
Northwestern Medicine
Chief Medical Officer,
ACCESS Community Health Network
Keith Miller, MD, PhD, FACC
Cardiologist
Bryan Health
John Mongelluzzo, J.D.
Managing Partner
Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
Howard O’Brien
Associate
Howard & O’Brien Executive Search
Karen Rieck
Vice President, Human Resources
Farm Bureau Financial Services
Lee Shapiro, JD
Ex Officio
Managing Partner
7wire Ventures
John Walsh, DSc, MBA, FACHE
Louisville, Kentucky
Heath Wilt, D.O., FACC
Cardiologist
North Kansas City Health
Contact Us
Southeast Michigan
By Appointment Only:
26555 Evergreen Road, Ste 570
Southfield, MI 48076
Phone: (248) 936-5800
Grand Rapids, Michigan
By Appointment Only:
3940 Peninsular Dr., S.E., Ste 180
Grand Rapids, MI 49546
Phone: (616) 482-1503
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Phone: (616) 482-1500
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