San Diego Division Contacts
We are the San Diego division of the American Heart Association and we can't wait to work with your! If you need more information on local events, volunteer opportunities, sponsorships and more please reach out to us.
San Diego Main Office: 858-410-3850
Leadership Team
Stacy Weaver- Executive Director, Stacy.Weaver@heart.rog
Teresa Contreras - Vice President, Development, Teresa.Contreras@heart.org
Eric Thompson - Senior Director, Communications and Marketing, Eric.thompson@heart.org
Chelsea Walczak Vircks, MPH - Senior Director, Community Impact, Chelsea.Walczak.Vircks@heart.org
Event Directors
Chelsy Clark - Business Development Director, Go Red for Women, Chelsy.clark@heart.org
San Diego Division 2019-2020 Board of Directors
Chair : Dan Torpey
VP, Global Real Estate & Facilities
Qualcomm Incorporated
President: Thomas Hemmen, MD, PhD
Director
UCSD Stroke Center
Chair Elect: Yameeka J. Williams, FACHE
CEO
Select Specialty Hospital- San Diego
Cardiologist
Palomar
Members at Large
Rodger Dougherty, MBA, APR
Senior Director, Public Affairs & Brand Communications
Kaiser Permanente
Ramón Hernandez, DrPH, MPH
Associate Director – Center for Community Health
UC San Diego
Diane Hansen
President & CEO
Palomar Health
Christopher J. Larson, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Susan Mahler
Retired Principal
Chula Vista Elementary School District
Lisa Murphy, MBA
Chief Administrative Officer – Cardiovascular Institute
UC San Diego Health
Linda Naviaux Niggli
Retired Senior Executive
Luxury Fashion Industry
Brad Schwartz, MD
Medical Director
American Medical Response
Ernesto Villanueva
Executive Director of Technology & Instruction
Chula Vista Elementary School District
Ethel Weekly-Avant, RN
Immediate Past President
San Diego Black Nurses Association
Matthew Zubiller
Chief Growth Officer
Smile Brands
David Zumaya, MS
Founder
My San Diego