EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Chair
Terri Ruff
Chief Operating Officer
Franciscan Health Indianapolis

President
Larry Markham, MD
Chief, Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health

Society Ambassador
Elizabeth Cooke
Community Leader

Leadership Development Chair
Nick Schellinger
Director of Business Development
Garmong Construction

MEMBERS

Amna Ahmed, MD
Cardiologist
Indiana University Health

Joel Benson
Associate
Barnes & Thornburg

Rachel Bragg
Associate Director of Communications, Immunology
Eli Lilly & Company

Carl Dennin
Indianapolis Region Operations Vice President
and Health Care Segment Leader
Messer Construction

Rachel Doba
President
DB Engineering

Sandeep Dube, MD
Cardiologist
Community Health Network

Saura Fortin-Erazo, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer
Eskenazi Health Center

Marc Gerdisch, MD, FACS, FACC, FHRS

Stacy Walton Long
Partner
Krieg DeVault

Fred Pervine
Fire Chief
Indianapolis Airport Authority 

Kevin Speer
Senior Vice President
Ascension Indiana
Chief Executive Officer
Ascension St.Vincent Indiana

Justin Toussing
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department

Erica Woebse
Associate Director
Valinhos Foundation

2026 Heart & Stroke Ball Chair
Marc Gerdisch, MD, FACS, FACC, FHRS

2026 Heart Walk Chair
Dawn Griffin
TRIMEDX

2026 Hard Hats with Heart Chair
Dave Mood
Harrell-Fish, Inc.

2027 Go Red for Women Chair
Cameual Wright, MD, MBA
CareSource

2027 Heart & Stroke Ball Chair
Nick Schellinger
Garmong Construction

2027 Heart Walk Co-Chairs
Mike Dunlap
Merchants Bank

Julie Dunlap
Eli Lilly and Company

2028 Go Red for Women Chair
Deana Haworth, APR
Hirons

Past Event Leadership

Go Red For Women
Heather Harris
Barnes & Thornburg
2026 Chair

Aly Bove
QuidelOrtho
2025 Co-Chair

Chrissy Ryan
Ryan Fireprotection, Inc.
2025 Co-Chair

Elizabeth Cooke
2024 Co-Chair

Katie Lucas
Lucas Oil Producents
2024 Co-Chair

Kim Speer
2023 Chair

Jessica Nickloy
The Etica Group
2022 Chair

Sunny Lu Williams
TechServ
2021 Chair

Shelley Meador
Allegion
2020 Chair

Jennifer Zinn
2019 Chair

Nancy Martin
2018 Chair

Cindy Adams
Allison Barber
2017 Co-Chairs

Dr. Virginia Caine
Marion County Public Health Dept.
2016 Chair

Heart & Stroke Ball
Jeffrey Harrison
Citizens Energy Group
2025 Chair

Bill Browne
RATIO Architects
2024 Co-Chair

Tiffany Benedict Browne
Historic Indianapolis
2024 Co-Chair

Jim Mladucky
Indiana University Health
2023 Chair

Phil Kenney
F.A. Wilhelm Construction
2022 Chair

Doug Bowen
Bowen Engineering
2021 Chair

Mark C. Jacob
Citizens Energy Group
2020 Chair

Ersal Ozdemir
Indy Eleven | Keystone Group
2019 Chair

Al Gatmaitan
2018 Chair

Heart Walk
Juan Guzman
IU Health West Hospital
2025 Chair

Parveen Chand, MHA, FACHE 
Ascension St. Vincent
2024 Chair

Atul R. Chugh, MD, FACC, RPVI
Franciscan Physician Network
2023 Chair

Jim Wright
Byrider
2022 Chair

Mark Isenberg
Zotec Partners
2020 Chair

Parveen Chand
Indiana University Health
2019 Chair

Ram Yeleti
Community Health Network
2018 Chair

Carl Ellison
Indiana Minority Health Coalition
2017 Chair

Mark Owens
Barnes & Thornburg
2016 Chair

Hard Hats with Heart
Sean Manning
Fluor Corporation
2025 Chair

Kelly Abel
Weddle Bros. Construction
2024 Co-Chair

Rod Foley
North Mechanical Contracting & Service
2024 Co-Chair

Carl Dennin
Messer Construction
2023 Co-Chair

Kyle Hardie
Indiana University Health
2023 Co-Chair

Mark Bowell
Tesco
2022 Co-Chair

Rachel Doba
DB Engineering
2022 Co-Chair

Kurt Stahl
Wurster Construction
2021 Chair

Steve Bestard
Messer Construction
2019-20 Co-Chair

Greg Gossett
ERMCO, Inc.
2019-20 Co-Chair

Julia Saltsgaver
Quality Connection of Central Indiana
2018 Chair

Dan Peddicord
Pepper Construction
2017 Chair

TJ Morgan
HIS Constructors
2016 Chair

Board President
Dr. Mihas Kodenchery
Heart Center of Lake County

Board Chair
Dr. Marsha King

Leadership Development Chair
John Mengel

Members

Dr. Peggy Buffington
School City of Hobart

Marv Crook
Beacon Hills Partners, LLC

Matt Doyle
Methodist Hospitals - North Lake

Janice Ryba
Community Healthcare System

Chief Roy Schoon
Town of Griffith

David Wilkinson
Indiana Grocery Group

Board President
Leah Eggers
On Plane Consulting

Board Chair
Dr. Swannie Jett
Park DuValle Community Health Center Inc.

Leadership Development Chair
Rob Jay
Scion Health

Members

Richie Gimmel
Atlas Machine & Supply

Josh Heird
University of Louisville

Krista Hensel
UnitedHealth Group

Anne Marie Holas-Dryps
Norton Heart and Vascular Institute

John Huang
Fifth Third Bank

Carrie King
Homepage Realty

Mary Littrell
Mary Central Bank & Trust Co.

Ebbonny Page
Ebbonny Louisville Urban League

Dr. Chirag Patel
WellCare, Centene of Kentucky

Jonathan Velez
Baptist Health

John Walsh
UofL Health - Jewish Hospital

Dr. Derek Weyhrauch
Cincinnati Children’s Heart Institute – Kentucky

Dr. Leah Whitener
Bayer Pharmaceuticals

Chris Woosley
FORVIS