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2025 Richmond Heart Ball raises $1.3 million

2025 Richmond Heart Ball raises $1.3 million to create a world of longer, healthier lives

On April 12, the 2025 Richmond Heart Ball brought together community leaders, volunteers and survivors working to change that statistic. The gala event showcased how research discovery, advocacy, equity and the knowledge to make an impact can change health outcomes in Central Virginia. The $1.3 million raised will help support the lifesaving work of the American Heart Association, which has been advancing health and hope for everyone, everywhere for more than 100 years.

Virginia changemakers win impact competition

Jordan Noble, Children’s Hospital of Richmond and Zoe Raeder, Henrico County student

A local pediatric cardiology fellow is the American Heart Association’s® Go Red for Women® Central Virginia 2025 Woman of Impact™ Winner alongside a local Henrico County high school junior as the Association’s Central Virginia 2025 Teen of Impact™ Winner. The high-impact fundraising efforts and work to improve health outcomes in the Central Virginia community earned Jordan Noble, Children’s Hospital of Richmond and Zoe Raeder, Henrico County student, their respective titles.

Virginia Schools Now Required to Implement CERPs

Virginia Schools Now Required to Implement Cardiac Emergency Response Plans

On March 24, 2025, Virginia Governor Glen Youngkin signed SB817 and HB1695 into law. This new legislation requires schools to develop and implement cardiac emergency response plans (CERPs).

Double Your Lifesaving Gift in Honor of the Moms You Love

When you protect a mother's heart, you help a whole family live longer and healthier. That's why we're launching the Million Dollar Match in Honor of Moms now. Give today and it will be DOUBLED, up to $1,000,000, to help provide research, support and care for moms and families who need it most.
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Events in Your Area

Richmond CycleNation

Location: REV360

Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 - 04:30 PM

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Central Virginia Heart Walk

Location: Innsbrook North Shore Commons Lawn

Date: Saturday, October 11, 2025 - 08:00 AM

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In Your Community

The American Heart Association is committed to driving equitable health impact in Virginia through five key priority areas: women, COVID-19, 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 Virginia residents while saving and improving countless lives.

Throughout Virginia, we’ve seen our community impact work grow, including efforts around creating avenues for greater access to care, healthy food access and education, sharing Hands-Only CPR kits with clinicians to improve awareness for families, blood pressure screenings and education, and tobacco and e-cigarette education and prevention.

People are counting on us as never before. The American Heart Association, along with our supporters, will drive change, and will be relentless. Thank you for your continued support.

Community

Advocacy has had a mission-critical role in the Association's work for more than 40 years. 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 American Heart Association and American Stroke Association to affect necessary and sustainable policy, system and environmental changes that help Americans build healthier lives free of cardiovascular disease and stroke.

Our efforts in Virginia and its communities are focused on five major policy areas. These are: Tobacco Free, Quality Systems of Care, Healthy Eating, Active Living, and Access to Care.

Advocacy

Chair:
Chandra Hurst

Vice President, Senior Business Consultant
Chase Business Banking

President:
Dr. Chris Snyder

Chief of Pediatric Cardiology
Children's Hospital of Richmond

Leadership Development Chair:
Gary Wallace

Managing Partner
Keiter

Jim Bailey
Partner
Williams Mullen

Sweeny Bansal
Vice President/General Manager
LabCorp

Dr. Amy Cashwell
Superintendent
Henrico County Public Schools

Dr. Phillip Duncan
Cardiologist
VCU Health

Xiomara Encarnacion
Regional Manager, Outreach & Compliance
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Dr. Anika Hines
Assistant Professor of Health Behavior and Policy
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

Linda Hines
VA Medicaid Regional President
Humana

Dr. Jennifer Jordan
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering & Pauley Heart Center
VCU Health System

Bryan Lee
President
Bon Secours

Sherri Newman
Associate Vice President of Transplant Services and Mechanical Circulatory Support
VCU Health

Rich Reinecke
Co-Founder
Fahrenheit Advisors

Dr. Emily Robbins
Medical Director
Encompass Health

Dr. Ashish Sethi
Chief Medical Officer, Johnston-Willis Hospital
HCA Virginia

Brooks Smith
Managing Partner, Richmond Office
Troutman Pepper

Zack Smith
Chief Executive Officer
Partner MD

Vivian White
CEO
Encompass Health


Chair:
Dr. Ethlyn McQueen-Gibson
Adjunct Associate Nursing Faculty
Norfolk State University

President:
Dr. Dena Krishnan

Director
Cardiac Rehab and Cardio-Oncology
Bon Secours

Leadership Development Chair:
Nick Thomas
Corporate Vice President Business Operations
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

Chair-Elect:
Ashford Denman
Vice President of Cardiovascular Services
Sentara Health

Dr. Anca Dobrian
Vice-Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development
Eastern Virginia Medical School

Dr. Kia Dunbar-Harris
Vice President, Clinical Care Services
Sentara Health

Reese Jackson
President
CEO
Chesapeake Regional Healthcare

Frankye Myers, MSN, RN, NE-BC
Senior Vice President
Chief Nursing Officer
Riverside Health System
Circle of Red Member

Dr. Olivia Newby
Owner
Executive Director
The Healthy Living Center

Aaron Thompson
Executive Director
CEO
Olde Towne Medical & Dental Center


Contact Us

American Heart Association

By Appointment Only
4217 Park Place Ct.
Glen Allen, VA 23060

Phone: (804) 965-6500

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