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
Brad Marino, MD, MPP, MSCE
Divisions of Cardiology and Critical Care Medicine
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Board Chairman
Opella Ernest, MD
Chief Clinical Officer
Health Care Services Corporation
Board Membership
Jennifer M. Bell
Regional Managing Director
Aon
Kimberly Bors
SVP, Human Resources – CHRO
The Mosaic Company
Mercedes Carnethon, PhD
Mary Harris Thompson Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Preventive Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Michael J. Dandorph
President
Rush University Medical Center
Virginia Friesen
Vice President, Heart Institute
Advocate Aurora Health Care
Jason Keeler
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
University of Chicago Medicine
Ranndy Kellogg
CEO
Omron
Cathy Kenworthy
Chief Operating Officer
Ounce of Prevention Fund
Sharon Langshur
Chief Operating Officer
Abundant Venture Partners
Karen Larimer, PhD, ACNP-BC, FAHA
Director, Clinical Development
PhysIQ
Robert Litt
Partner
KPMG
Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD SCM
Chairman, Department of Preventive Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Fawn Lopez
Publisher
Modern Healthcare/Modern Physician
Angela Odoms-Young, PhD
Associate Director, UIC Chicago Partnership for Health Promotion
Office of Community Engagement and Neighborhood Health Partnerships
University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System
Jeffrey Raider
President, National Middle Market Banking
CIBC
Michael Rakotz, MD, FAHA
Vice President, Chronic Disease Prevention
American Medical Association
Diane Ratekin
General Counsel
Huron Consulting
Dr. Chet Robson, DO, MHCDS, FAAFP
Chief Medical Officer
Walgreens
Joan Rubschlager
Former Owner
Rubschlager Bakery
Kerrin Slattery
Partner
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Sarah Song, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Rush University Medical Center
Active Leadership Development Committee
Gail Hasbrouck, Esq.
Board Member
Audit and Compliance Committee Member
Advocate Aurora Health
Jeff Malehorn
Former President & CEO
World Business Chicago
Andrew Rauh, MD
Cardiologist
DuPage Medical Group
Annabelle Volgman, MD
Medical Director, Rush Heart Center for Women
Professor of Medicine
Rush University Medical Center
Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSC, FACC, FAHA, MACP
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