Dallas, July 5, 2022-The American Heart Association, the world’s leading non-profit organization focused on heart and brain health for all, announces the leadership of the Volunteer Commission for Fiscal Year 2022-23. did. Raymond P. Vara and Jr. will continue to chair the Board of Directors, and Michelle A. Albert, MD, MPH and FAHA will be Presidents of the organization for the fiscal year beginning July 1.
Vara, the second volunteer chairman of the board for a two-year term, is President and CEO of Hawaii`i Pacific Health in Honolulu, Hawaii. Vara has long served the American Heart Association in the primary leadership role of volunteers. He was the Treasurer of the Association from 2015 to 2019, during which time he was in charge of the Association’s funding and securities. He has been a member of the Association’s Corporate Management Coordination Committee, Business Solutions Oversight Committee, Budget Review Subcommittee, Audit Committee, and Board of Directors since 2012. He is a former Pacific Mountain Affiliate of the Association and served on the Western State Board for five years from 2010 to 2011. Rose was the first person from Hawaii to chair the National Council.
“Creating a healthy community is the foundation of the American Heart Association’s work and is the key to ensuring our mission as a relentless force for a longer and healthier life for all. “Rose said. “I have been building a platform to do just that right here in Hawaii for the last decade. We are an association to act as a model for all people’s access to care and coping with inequality. I am honored and excited to continue to use my expertise to expand this work globally through. “
Albert is 86 of the associationth The first colored and black women to be president and chief volunteer health care officer for the organization. She is a Walter A. Haas-Lucie Stern endowed course in Cardiology, a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and an admissions director at the School of Medicine, UCSF. As director of AdveRsiTy and CardiovascUlaRDiseasE (NURTURE Center) at the University of California, San Francisco, she is a renowned physician, scientist and epidemiologist who studies health inequalities, adversity and cumulative toxic stress with a focus on cardiovascular risk. Specializes in. Between women and diverse races and ethnic groups.
A longtime volunteer of the American Heart Association, Albert has participated in various regional, regional, and national boards, including the president of the association’s San Francisco Bay Area and the Silicon Valley board. She is a recipient of the American Heart Association’s COVID-19 Rapid Track grant and is conducting cutting-edge research into the effects of pandemics on black women. She received the Association’s prestigious 2018 Achievement Award for visionary research and made significant contributions to the advancement of cardiovascular science through an outstanding laboratory focused on demographic research. , Received the prestigious 2020 Population Research Award of the Association. As a generous and very popular mentor, she received the 2016 Women in Cardiology Mentoring Award from the Association.
Albert is a former president of the American Association of Black Cardiologists. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, recently elected to the Federal Advisory Board of the Director of the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and a member of the External Experts Committee of the National Institute of Cardiopulmonary and Blood Research. Blood Research Institute.
“I will work within the American Heart Association through organizational science, policy, clinical and international agendas to address poor health, especially economic adversity as a fundamental factor in cardiovascular health. We are honored and committed to this, “said Albert. “A longtime volunteer and a beneficiary of key scientific grants, I know first-hand that the association is embracing differences and thinking out of the box to develop capacity and make a real impact. The organization appreciates its data-driven approach to supporting all people through deliberate and focused action. “
Lee Shapiro, co-founder and managing partner of Chicago-based investment company 7wire Ventures, has also served as the accountant for the American Heart Association for the second time in a two-year term. In this role, Shapiro is responsible for the association’s funds and securities. Previously, Shapiro chaired the Audit Committee and volunteered on the Board of Directors of the Association, which serves as the Business Steering Committee. He is active in the role of other financial and advisory volunteers at the national and regional levels for the Society and other major nonprofits and academic institutions, including the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, and the Gastrointestinal Research Foundation. I have been engaged.
The association also announced President-elect and President-elect.
Joseph C. Wu, MD, MPH, FAHA is the President-elect of the Association from 2022 to 23. Wu, a board-certified cardiologist and pioneering physician scientist, is the director of the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute and a professor of medicine and radiology at Stanford University School of Medicine. His immense impact includes the support of promising young mid-career and senior researchers and the expansion of international cooperation. In the long history of volunteer services of the American Heart Association, he is the chairman of the Research Committee and the Cardiovascular Basic Science Council, and a member of the National Committee. He also defended funding and community programs in the Bay Area sector.
Masha Jones continues to serve a two-year term as president-elect of the association. She is Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer at PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Jones recently accounted for the association. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the Allegheny Division of the American Heart Association and a member of the National Board of Directors.
“With strong volunteer leadership by Ray Barra, Dr. Michel Albert, and the board as a whole, the American Heart Association is driving breakthroughs in science and technology, changing systems and policies, addressing inequality, and nationwide. Transforming health care and community health, and around the world, “said Nancy Brown, Chief Executive Officer of the American Heart Association. “Their experience, expertise and passion position us as a global leader in overall health and welfare and at this monumental time in the history of the association preparing to commemorate the century of lifesaving. I am confident that it will improve my work. Work. “
The American Heart Association’s fiscal year is from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023.
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