Metropolitan Chicago Board of Directors
We gratefully acknowledge these dedicated volunteers who serve on the Metropolitan Chicago American Heart Association Board of Directors.These dedicated volunteers are healthcare professionals and business and community leaders who guide our many activities throughout the Greater Chicago area.
The Metropolitan Chicago Board of Directors of the American Heart Association was recognized by the American Heart Association National Board for being one of the top local boards in the country with the prestigious AHA Gold designation for excellence.
Board Leadership
Board President
Andy Rauh, MD
Cardiologist
DuPage Medical Group
Board Chairman
Opella F. Ernest, MD
Senior Vice President & Chief Clinical Officer
Health Care Service Corporation
Board Membership
Kimberly Bors
Mercedes Carnethon
Mary Harris Thompson Professor and Vice Chair,
Department of Preventative Medicine,
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Gyasi C. Chisley
President & CEO; Hospitals & Clinics
Brown Legacy Group
Cancer Treatment Centers of America
Virginia Friesen
Vice President, Heart Institute
Advocate Aurora Health Care
Wayne H. Giles, MD, MS
Dean and Professor, School of Public Health
University of Illinois at Chicago
Linda Imonti
Office Managing Principal
KPMG LLP
Jason Keeler
Executive Vice President and COO
University of Chicago Medical Center
Ranndy Kellogg
Chief Executive Officer
Omron
Cathy Kenworthy
Founder/CEO
Health Hippo
Sharon Langshur
Operating Partner
Abundant Venture Partners
Robert Litt
Partner
KPMG LLP
Bradley S. Marino, MD, MPP, MSCE
Division of Cardiology & Critical Care Medicine
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Jairo Mejia, MD
Chief Medical Officer
ACCESS Community Health Network
Angela Odoms-Young
Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology & Nutrition,
College of Applied Health Sciences
Director of Research & Education
University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences
Tochukwu M. Okwuosa, DO
Associate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine, Rush Medical College
Director, Cardio-Oncology Services
Jeff Raider
Managing Director
President, National Middle Market Banking
CIBC Bank USA
Michael Rakotz, MD, FAHA, FAAFP
Vice President, Health Outcomes
American Medical Association
Chet Robson, DO, MHCDS, FAAFP
Chief Medical Officer
Walgreens
Joan Rubschlager
Former Owner, Rubschlager Bakery
Bryan Smith, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Medical Center
Dan Smith, MD
Executive Medical Director
Emergency Physician
Huron Consulting Group
Active Leadership Development Committee
Gail D. Hasbrouck, ESQ.
Former SVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Advocate Health Care
Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD ScM
Chairman, Department of Preventive Medicine;
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Jeff Malehorn
Former President & CEO
World Business Chicago
Annabelle Volgman, MD
Medical Director, Rush Heart Center for Women
Professor of Medicine
Rush University Medical Center
Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, MACC, FAHA, MACP, FHFSA
Chief, Division of Cardiology
Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation
Associate Board of Chicago
Board President
John Wilkins, MD
Northwestern Medicine
Board Chair
Kathryn Bors
SC Johnson
Sarah Alexander, MD
Community Care Network
Dezimon Alicea
Sayles Creative Studios
Kristin Barrie
Walgreens
Elizabeth Buckton
BMO Wealth Management
Cassandra Christian
Tempus
Darcelle Dieudonne
Ashfield Healthcare Communications
Peter Duveneck
Avant
Mike Edeke
CVS Health
Taylor Freking
SMS Assist
Mark Gill
West Monroe Partners
Eric Gronroos
Baker Tilly Virchow Krause
Ashley Harvey
B Swift
Ciera Hester-Smith
Midwest Orthopedics at Rush
Josef Hobdy
AMITA Health
Megan Johnson
Mercer
Katie Kruse
Digitas
Gabriel Martin
PNC Bank
Tiara Muse
Furst Group
Heather Niziolek
American Association of Endodontists
Pieter Norden, PhD
Northwestern University
Amy Norden
TEKsystems
Marcus Paschall
University of Chicago Medicine
Jaclyn Reider, APRN-NP
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Samuel Rene
Air National Guard-Active Guard
Szymon Ryzner
PhysiQ
Arielle Schwartz
DiMeo Schneider & Associates
Logan Timmons
BMO Harris Bank
Kendall Valenstein
FCB Chicago
Tim Wombacher
Cardiac Surgery Associates
Sarah Zielinski
McGuire Woods LLP