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
John Wilkins, MD
Northwestern Medicine
Board Chair
Kathryn Bors
SC Johnson
Board Members
Sarah Alexander, MDCommunity 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
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
Young Professional Board of Chicago
Co-Chair
Katy Heneghan
American Medical Association
Co-Chair
Rees Mason
Merrill Lynch
Nirag Amin
Raise Marketplace
Megan Anderson
KMPG
Molly Barber
Jones Lang LaSalle
Abby Bochenek
The Bellows Law Group P.C.
Kathryn Bors
Loma Systems, an ITW company
Elizabeth Buckton
BMO Wealth Management
Amy Doig
Cozen O'Connor
Joe D'Onofrio
Spencer Stuart
Peter Duveneck
Discover Financial Services
Nicole Farley
Insureon
Katie Fegan
The Plexus Groupe LLC
Scott Frankel
Allstate
Taylor Freking
SMS Assist
Alex Garstecki
Avant Credit
Mark Gill
Michael Grieco
Romanucci & Blandin Law Office
Eric Gronroos
Baker Tilly Virchow Krause
Ashley Harvey
B Swift
Katy Heneghan
Health Care Service Corporation
Rachel Jarnagin
Abbott
Megan Johnson
Mercer
Sharon Karina
Midwestern University
Megan Manock
CDW
Rees Mason
Merrill Lynch
Pieter Norden
Northwestern University
Paula Patel
Disque Foundation
Payal Parikh
Accenture
Blair Parker
CorVita Science Foundation
Jaclyn Reider
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Arielle Schwartz
Morgan Stanley
Kendall Valenstein
FCB Chicago
Nadia Winston
University of Illinois Hospital and Health Science System
Tim Wombacher
Cardiac Surgery Associates
Sarah Zielinski
McGuire Woods LLP