Maryland
2025 Greater Maryland Heart Walk
More than 5,000 people gathered at the Greater Maryland Heart Walk in Baltimore, raising over $1 million to further the lifesaving mission of the American Heart Association. In addition to raising critical funds, the Heart Walk honored heart disease and stroke survivors, and participants learned Hands-Only CPR to help build a Nation of Lifesavers.
Capacity building for faith-based food pantries
Through our Capacity Building Program, we are working to boost the capacity of faith-based food assistance facilities to store and distribute fresh fruits and vegetables.
Stories of Stronger Hearts
Share your heart and health journey with the American Heart Association’s #StrongerHearts campaign, supported by LifeBridge Health. Whether you are a survivor or have an experience that changed your mindset about healthy living, we would love to hear your story and use it to inspire others!
Survivor Story
Peter Laake, a Maryland lacrosse player, survived an on-field cardiac arrest thanks to quick response. Now, he wants others to become part of the Nation of Lifesavers so they too can save a life.
Nation of Lifesavers
See how the American Heart Association is working with the Baltimore Ravens and other organizations to help build a Nation of Lifesavers in Maryland.
Survivor Story
Like many women, Shari Sudano felt underdiagnosed and unseen -- twice -- when she felt unwell and sought medical attention, even after explaining her family's long history of heart disease. Shari has joined the Go Red for Women movement to encourage women to take control and be their own best advocate for their health.
Know Your Numbers
Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport is the home to the latest #StrongerHearts Smart Health Station in Maryland, supported by LifeBridge Health! Check it out between gates A9-A11 the next time you're traveling out of BWI.
Community Gardens
A revitalized garden at Coppin State University and two new community gardens in Harford County are part of the Heart Association’s Live Fierce. Stand for All. initiative, supported by University of Maryland Medical System.
The initiative aims to address nutrition insecurity by increasing access to healthy foods.
Beef Sliders with Avocado, Roasted Poblano Pepper, and Cotija Cheese
These mini burgers offer a taste of southwestern cuisine.
Holiday Ornament While Supplies Last!
Support healthier hearts and longer lives by making a holiday gift that DOUBLES today.
In Your Community
The American Heart Association is committed to driving equitable health impact in Maryland through key priority areas including: nutrition security, blood pressure, and community readiness. Equitable health is always at the center of our work because we believe that everybody deserves the same opportunity for a long, healthy life.
Through our focus on these key impact areas, along with collaboration from local organizations, sponsors, businesses, and community leaders, we are working to improve the health and well-being of all residents while saving and improving countless lives around the world.
Our impact continues to grow, including efforts to create avenues for greater access to quality care, healthy food access, CPR education, blood pressure management and education, and efforts to stop the use of tobacco.
People are counting on us as never before. The American Heart Association, and our supporters, will continue to be a relentless force to advance health and hope for everyone, everywhere.
We all have the power to make a difference.
By advocating for public policies that build healthier communities, we can all make a difference in people's lives. See how, alongside our volunteers and partners, we've been opening doors to equitable health for more than 40 years.
Our efforts in Maryland emphasize an equity-first, community-based approach to foster heart healthy environments focused on addressing social determinants of health. Examples of our impactful advocacy campaigns include restricting the sale of flavored tobacco products, ensuring T-CPR funding for 911 call takers, making kids’ meals at restaurants healthier, expanding Medicaid post-partum coverage, ensuring water is more accessible in schools, and much more.
Each day, we work together to advocate for heart-healthy and stroke-smart communities through legislative and regulatory policies in our cities, states and across the country, and we hope you’ll join us.
To get involved in our local policy work, email [email protected]
Join the American Heart Association as a volunteer! Our volunteers power our local events, educate our community, raise critical funds that save lives and are our biggest advocates.
Are you looking for ways to engage your employees in compelling and impactful volunteer experiences? Our corporate volunteer activities are designed to drive equitable health impact in our communities and support the mission and priorities of the Association to improve mental well-being, nutrition security, rates of Hands-Only CPR use and blood pressure awareness.
Learn more about local volunteer opportunities by emailing [email protected]
For sponsorship opportunities, email [email protected]
Dr. Thomas Chin
President of the Board
Professor & Chief of Pediatric Cardiology
University of Maryland, School of Medicine
Kurt Small
Chair
President, Medicaid
Elevance Health
George Nemphos
Leadership Development Chair
Managing Member
Nemphos Braue
Chairman, Department of Medicine
MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center Dr. Roger Blumenthal
Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital Christian Carr
Founder / President
Furniture Solutions Group Jocelyn Chisholm Carter
President, MedStar Family Choice
MedStar Health Dr. Yvonne Commodore-Mensah
Professor and Associate Dean for Research
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,
Department of Epidemiology (Joint Appointment)
Esa Davis
Senior Associate Dean Population Health and Community Medicine
University of Maryland, School of Medicine Dr. Stacy Fisher
Associate Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center,
Associate Professor (PAR) of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Medicine Bryan Gately
Executive Director
J.P. Morgan Private Bank
Larry L. Johnson
Immediate Past Chair
Regional Director of Security, National Capital Region
Johns Hopkins Hospital Systems
Senior Vice President, Ticket Sales and Operations
The Baltimore Ravens
Dr. Seth Martin
Immediate Past President
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Director, Cardiology
LifeBridge Health Christopher Ross
Managing Director
Wilmington Trust, an M&T Company Sonia Suber
Vice President of Business Relationship Management
for Information Systems and Technology
Sodexo, Inc.
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