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Cleveland Barbershops Turned Health Hubs

Cleveland Barbershops Turned Health Hubs: Transforming Community Wellness with Blood Pressure Monitoring

In a groundbreaking initiative, ten Cleveland barbershops have become community health hubs, featuring self-service blood pressure monitors. Supported by the American Heart Association, this program brings essential health services directly to the community, promoting proactive cardiovascular health.

Mobile Hands-Only CPR Training Kiosk will Train Thousands

Mobile Hands-Only CPR Training Kiosk will Train Thousands

A new Mobile Hands-Only CPR Kiosk was launched in Dayton, Ohio, and was sponsored by Dayton Freight Lines Inc. This Mobile Hands-Only CPR Kiosk will train thousands of Dayton Fright employees throughout the Midwest.

Franklin County Hypertension Network

Franklin County

The Central Ohio American Heart Association, in collaboration with Franklin County Public Health, launched the Franklin County Hypertension Network in 2018. Since then, this collective group of over 30 community-based and health care organizations have worked together to address high blood pressure by providing resources and funding in support of evidence-based strategies to improve blood pressure control across the community.

Help Save Lives from the “Silent Killer”

High blood pressure is a leading cause of heart disease. Nearly half of Americans have it and too many don’t even know! With your help, we can change this.

Your gift today will be 2X MATCHED to help fund the most promising new medical research, improve care and outcomes for heart and stroke patients in hospitals across the country, and more.

Events in Your Area

Heart of Toledo Heart Ball

Location: Toledo Zoo's Malawi Center

Date: Friday, November 8, 2024 - 06:00 PM

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In Your Community

The American Heart Association is committed to driving equitable health impact in Ohio through five key priority areas: women, readiness, 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 Ohio citizens while saving and improving countless lives.

Throughout the state of Ohio, we’ve seen our community impact work grow, including efforts around creating avenues for greater access to care, expanding healthy food access and education, building a network of first responders through CPR kits in schools, supporting blood pressure screenings and education, and educating on the dangers of tobacco and vaping.

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

Community

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

Our efforts in Ohio and its communities are focused on the following policy areas: Tobacco and Vaping, Access to Care, Medicaid Expansion, and Hypertension Prevention and Control.

Advocacy

Board Chair
Mark Carter
Cintas

Board President
Deborah Hayes
The Christ Hospital Health Network

Leadership Development Chair
Tim Steigerwald
Messer Construction

Past Board Chair
Kevin Jones
Community Volunteer

Past Board President
Evie Alessandrini, MD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Members

Steve Berke
Community Volunteer

Jennifer Cloyd Caldwell
AtriCure

Mark Carter
Cintas Corporation

Kristin Coppage, M.D.
TriHealth

Stacie Demel. D.O.
UC | UC Health

Sue Erhart
Great American Insurance Group

Terri Hanlon-Bremer
TriHealth

Beverly A Grant
Community Volunteer

Deborah Hayes
The Christ Hospital Health Network

Michelle Hudgens
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Ken James
Mercy Health

Nadine Kasparian, PhD
Cincinnati Childrens Hospital medical Center 

Colleen Lindholz
Kroger Health

JoAnne Noyes
Noyes Knee Institute

Kelly Soller
5/3 Bank

Winton Stellner
UC Health

Creighton Wright, MD
Community Volunteer

Mike Uhl
Deloitte

Midwest Board Members

Delores Hargrove-Young
d.e. Foxx & Associates

John Mongelluzzo
Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP


Board Chair
Rob Durham
HKM Direct Marketing Communications

Board President
Janine Arruda, MD, FAAP, FACC
University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital

Board President Elect
Leadership Development Co-Chair
Giving Societies Ambassador

Thomas Hablitzel
The Sherwin-Williams Company

Board President Elect
Meera Kondapaneni, MD, FACC, FSCAI
The MetroHealth System

Vice Chair
Ohio Advocacy Coordinating Committee
Honorary Lifetime Member

Fred DeGrandis, JD
NorthCoast Healthcare LLC

Leadership Development Co-Chair
Lee Ann Howard
Howard & O'Brien Associates

Young Professionals Board Chair
Matt Scovell
Parker Hannifin
Parker Aerospace Braking Systems Division

Midwest Region Board Liaison
Bradley Marino, MD, MPP, MSCE, MBA
Cleveland Clinic Children's

Anti-Tobacco Physician Champion
Health Equity Subcommittee Chair
Charles Modlin, MD, MBA
The MetroHealth System

National Marketing Communications Committee
Sam Prewitt
Radio One 

Members

Catherine K. Allan, MD
Cleveland Clinic

Lorraine Dodero
The Sam J. Frankino Foundation &
The Corinne L. Dodero Foundation for Arts & Sciences

Lindsay Domingo
Swagelok

Jim Farley
The J.P. Farley Corporation

Thomas Ferkovic, RPM, MS
Medic Management Group 

Jeremy Halford
GrafTech International

Domonic Hopson, MPH, FACHE
Neighborhood Family Practice

Alberta Lee, SPHR
Cleveland Cavaliers &
Rock Entertainment Group

Frances Mills, ABD, MA
Cleveland Department of Public Health

WiIliam M. Peacock III
Cleveland Clinic

Boyd Pethel
First National Bank

Dawn Phillipson
Arhaus

Theresa Polachek, APR
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Monique Robinson, MD, PHD, FACC, FHFSA
University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute

Mouris Saghir, PhD
Quest Diagnostics

Beth Sak
The Sherwin-Williams Company

Niki Schaefer
ReliabilityFirst

Rob Schimmelpfennig
HAVE, Inc.

Patrick Scott
Parker Hannifin Corporation

Mehdi Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD
University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute

Anthony Siracusa
STERIS

George Sullivan
Equity Trust Company

Greg Teed
Vitamix

Sally Turner
Sotera Health

Midwest Board Members

Bradley Marino, MD, MPP, MSCE, MBA
Cleveland Clinic Children's

National Investment Committee
Cathy O’Malley Kearney, JD
KeyBank


Board Chair
Devray Kirkland
Cardinal Health

Board President
Laura Gravelin, MD, FHRS
Mount Carmel Heart & Vascular Specialists

President-Elect
Joshua J. Joseph, MD, MPH, FAHA, ASCI
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Leadership Development Chair
Angelo Mazzocco
Avaap

Members

Jenny Barnes
Quantum Health

Donald Beckman
Fifth Third Commercial Bank

Chris Boynton
Battelle

Rob Cercek
OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital

Lamont Clay, MD
OhioHealth Pickerington Methodist Hospital

Mark Conselyea
The Ohio State University

Ursula Cottone
Huntington Bank

Vidu Garg, MD
Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Peter George, MD, MBA
OhioHealth

Catherine Krawczeski, MD
Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Linda Lynch
Greif Inc.

Joe Mazzola
Franklin County Public Health

Nahush Mokadam, MD
The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center

Michael J Moran
Mount Carmel Health System

Tim Schiffer
Grange Insurance

Frank Willson
AEP

Midwest Board President
William (B.J.) Hicks II, MD
OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital


Board Chair
Matthew Wendel
Shook Construction

Board President
Derek Mayberry
Premier Health

Members

Carrie Baker
DO LLC

Kim Freeman, MPH, MCHES
Public Health – Dayton & Montgomery County

Bryan Greene
Champlin Architecture

Maleka James
Dayton Children's Hospital

Katy Jacomet
USI

Jessica Jones
Universal One Credit Union

Alina Joseph
Kettering Health

Capt. Sarah Marshall
City of Dayton Fire Department 

Kimberly Rex, MHA
Wright State Physicians

John Theobald
Day-Air Credit Union

Trustees

Dr. Harvey Hahn
Kettering Health

Michelle Lovely
The Dayton Foundation

Lawrence Prochaska, PhD
Wright State University (retired)

Dr. Vijai Tivakaran
Kettering Health


Board Chair
Jim LaRocca
Westfield Bank

Board President
Brian Adams
UH Portage Medical Center

Chair-Elect
Zach Goodson
Dominion Energy

President-Elect
Grace Ayafor, MD
Summa Health

Members

Andre Campbell
United Way Summit County

Dr. Christina Dacsenzo, PharmD, RPh
Family Drug & Village Pharmacies

Michael Davidson
Buehler’s Fresh Foods

Gregory Ensley
Farmers Bank

Jim Hewitt
GPD Group

Jolene Lane, Ed.D.
Equity Lane, LLC, DEI Strategy

Maria D. Kowal, MD, MBA
ONE Health Ohio

Jennifer Oberg-Dostal
Huntington National Bank

Cyril Ofori, MD
Wooster Community Hospital

Mihail T. Paxos, MD
Aultman Hospital

Dr. Nicolette Powe
Youngstown State University

Jessica Roberts MSN, APRN-CNP
Summa Health

Lorrie Shaffer
Huntington Bank

Emeritus Members

Cynthia Annen
Aultman

Rachel Barber
VEC

David Blasko
HBK

Dr. Justin Dunn
Summa Health

Barb Frustaci
Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital

Amador Gonzalez
Hasenstab Architects

Dr. Jeff Hallam
Kent State University

Dr. Nancy Landgraff
Youngstown State University

Buffy Phillips
Community Volunteer

Carol Risaliti
Beacon Pharmacy

Joseph Salman
First National Bank

Jody Wolf
Community Volunteer


Board Chair
Emma Helvey
Mosser Group

Board President
Shawnterra Glasgow, DHSc, MPH, M. Ed.
Health Partners of Western Ohio

Past Board Chair
Vincent DiPofi
SSOE Group

Members

Gregory Braylock
ProMedica 

Shawnterra Glasglow
Health Partners of Western Ohio

Stu Goldberg
Eastman & Smith

Emma Helvey
Mosser Construction

Dr. Elysia James
UTP Neurosciences

Shannon Jones
Lucas County Health Dept

Peggy Lucio
Encompass Health

Nick Malone
Owens Corning

David Manley
Toledo Public Schools

Scott Osborn

Dr. Mohamed Osman MD,MBA,DABS,RPVI,FACS,FSVS
ProMedica Vascular Institute

Juli Seiwert
William Vaughan Company

Jennifer Weddington
Sigma Technologies

Rhonda Young
First Solar


Contact Us

Cincinnati, Ohio

By Appointment Only:
9820 Kenwood Rd, Ste. 104
Blue Ash, OH 45242

Phone: (513) 699-4220

Cleveland, Ohio

By Appointment Only:
1375 E. 9th Street, Suite 600
Cleveland, OH 44114

Phone: (216) 791-7500

Columbus, Ohio

By Appointment Only:
1650 Lake Shore Dr, Suite 350
Columbus, OH 43204

Phone: (614) 848-6676

Dayton, Ohio

By Appointment Only:
1313 W. Dorothy Lane
Kettering, OH 45409

Phone: (937) 401-4860

Northeast Ohio

By Appointment Only:
1575 Corporate Woods Parkway, Suite 150
Uniontown, OH 44685

Phone: (330) 396-5800

Toledo, Ohio

Mail Only:
1650 Lake Shore Dr, Suite 350
Columbus, OH 43204

(419) 740-6015

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