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Help us set a world record!

Help us set a world record!

Join us as we train 35,000+ people in hands-only CPR on Wednesday, October 16. There is no cost to participate, but you will need some training and tools. Click below to register and receive more information.

AHA Safety Tips for Extreme Heat

Extreme Heat

With temperatures soaring in Texas, it’s important to stay cool and hydrated. Watch this video to learn how to keep cool and heart-healthy when temperatures rise!

Community Impact in North Texas

Community Impact in North Texas

Individual organizations across North Texas have received funding from the American Heart Association to continue to impact the health of community members. Learn more about how donor dollars are used by watching these stories.

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 Collin County Heart Fest

Location: Omni PGA Frisco Resort

Date: Saturday, November 16, 2024 - 06:00 PM

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Tarrant County Hats for Heart

Location: The Bowden

Date: Thursday, December 5, 2024 - 10:30 AM

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2025 Heart of Houston Gala

Location: Hilton Americas- Houston

Date: Saturday, February 15, 2025 - 06:00 PM

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Brazos County Heart Ball

Location: Miramont Country Club

Date: Friday, February 21, 2025 - 06:00 PM

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2025 Corpus Christi Heart Ball

Location: American Bank Center

Date: Saturday, February 22, 2025 - 06:00 PM

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Montgomery & North Harris County Heart Ball

Location: The Woodlands Waterway Marriott

Date: Saturday, February 22, 2025 - 06:00 PM

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2025 San Angelo Go Red for Women

Location: McNease Convention Center

Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2025 - 06:00 PM

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2025 Dallas CycleNation

Location: Location: TBD

Date: Thursday, May 15, 2025 - 01:39 PM

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In Your Community

The American Heart Association hosted the inaugural SouthWest Region Rural Health Summit in Dallas, Texas. The summit brought together nearly 200 attendees from Texas, Arkansas, Wyoming, Colorado, Oklahoma, and New Mexico to discuss the health disparities that exist in rural communities.

Keynote speaker Jackie Stiles, a renowned women's basketball player who grew up in rural Kansas, shared how the lessons she learned growing up in a rural community helped her to succeed. A "Voices from the SouthWest" panel discussion gave insight from those working with and supporting rural communities, providing invaluable firsthand insight on the challenges they are addressing and the unique initiatives that are changing lives.

During breakout sessions, participants heard from experts on various topics relevant to emergency response, prevention, and healthcare quality improvement while discussing barriers to care. Attendees also had the opportunity to get involved with a Grassroots team and learn about AED delivery via drones.

Southwest Region Rural Health Summit
Young Professionals

YOUNG AT HEART (YAH)

A social network of young professionals who support the American Heart Association’s Dallas HEART CHALLENGE through fun events and volunteer opportunities. Young at Heart members are able to serve the mission of the American Heart Association while building professional and personal relationships through social networking events year-round. 

Mission of the AHA

The mission of the American Heart Association is “To be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives.”

Mission of YAH

Young at Heart (YAH) is a relentless group of young professionals that support the mission of the American Heart Association through healthy lifestyle initiatives, community awareness, and both social and professional development to improve the wellbeing of any personal or business relationship.

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Benefits of Young at Heart

Executive Membership: $500 fundraising minimum to any Heart Challenge event (Heart Walk, Cycle Nation, Field Day)

  • Network of emerging leaders in the Dallas Region
  • Year-round Volunteer Opportunities
  • Invitation to the VIP Breakfast for The Dallas Heart Walk
  • Networking events with Dallas leaders

Ask your employer for a sponsorship!

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Chloe Burke

Advocate Spotlight: Chloe Burke

Chloe Burke was born with a rare congenital heart defect called a myocardial bridge. She was a D1 collegiate athlete and cheer captain at the University of Houston, but she experienced a cardiac event on the field of a University of Houston football game. After over a year of trying to find a proper diagnosis, she was eventually diagnosed with her heart defect. Doctors told her that if she did not get open-heart surgery, she would most likely not live to see age 25. After her surgery, Burke began working with the American Heart Association as a way to use her experience and her story to help others. She has been a featured speaker at the American Heart Association's lobby day and speaks to K-12 schools across the state of Texas about how to realistically achieve lifelong preventative heart health. Her story as a survivor and former elementary school teacher has been shared with the Texas Senate Finance Committee and the House of Appropriations to encourage annual funding for all public school students to receive hands-on CPR training before graduation.

Outgoing Chairperson
Virginia Visser
Alfred Williams & Company

President
Caitlin Giesler, M.D.
Ascension Seton

Leadership Development Chair
Bobby Jenkins
ABC Home & Commercial

Members

Matt Ashley, M.D., Jd
Centre For Neuro Skills

Tannon Carroll, M.D.
Ascension Seton

Charles Fraser, M.D.
Ut Health Austin

Rich Gergasko
Texas Mutual Insurance

Vivek Goswami, M.D.
Austin Heart Hospital

Mark Hauerland
H-E-B

Matt Hoglund
Dpr Construction

C. David Huffstutler
St. David’s Healthcare

Greg Johnson, M.D.
Dell Children's

Susan Johnson, Ph.D
Community Volunteer

Eric Lassberg
KXAN | KNVA | KBVO

Brian Lehman
Abbott

Heather Mckissick
Community Volunteer

Curtis Page
Higginbotham Insurance

John Recker
KPMG

Erich Sanchack
Salute Mission Critical 

Nina Seely
Seely Real Estate Team | Kw Luxury

Steven Warach, M.D., Ph.D
Dell Medical School

Greg Weaver
Catellus Development


Chair
Michael Klein
Community Volunteer

Chair – Elect
Sam Kang

President
Anita Krueger, MD, FACS
Vice Chief, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Medical Director, ECMO Program
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - All Saints

President – Elect
Tyler Bloomer, MD

Leadership Development Chair
Hatice Dalton
Deloitte

Board Members

Tyler Bloomer, MD
Cardiologist
Texas Health

Marcelo Cavazos, Ph.D
Community Volunteer
Retired – Superintendent of Arlington ISD

Ashley Donahoe
CEO
Encompass Health - MidCities

Michelle Gaulding
Vice President
Medtronic

Sreenivas Gudimetla, MD
Cardiologist
Texas Health

Joe Harrington, Ed.D
Superintendent
H-E-B ISD

Melissa Huffman
Vice President
Omni Group

Sam Kang
President
Schwab Charitable

Monika Mathur, MD
CMO
Texas Health - Alliance Hospital

Tammy Middleton
VP & General Counsel
BNSF

Scott Sandlin
Owner, CEO
Sandlin Homes

Jaimeson Smith
Sr. Director of Customer Experience
Robinhood

Karen Thornton
Community Volunteer

Daniel Vance
Managing Director
KPMG

Matt Zavadksy
Managing Director
KPMG


President
Dr. Sandeep Das
UT Southwestern

Board Chair
Mark Sanders
Retired Executive

Leadership Succession Chair
Doreen Griffith
Grant Thornton

Members

Joe Brayton
Paragon

Jeff Buchanan
Toyota

Dr. Mark Chassay
BCBS of TX

Chris Chastain
Ernst & Young

Chris Clark
BKD

Jenny Cochran
Denbury

Sandeep Das
UT Southwestern

Jennifer Durbin
Commercial Metals

Igal Elbaz
AT&T

Fred
Retired Executive

Dr. Lanny Hall
UT Southwestern

Joe Jouvenal
McCarthy Building

John Levis
Deloitte

Howard Mudrick
Winstead PC

Jim Mutrie
Switchback

Stacy Nahas
KPMG

Sunita Koshy-Nesbitt
Texas Health Resources

Allen Nye
Oncor

Andrew Olowu
Axxess

Dr. Lori Rapp
Lewisville ISD

Donna Robinson
Change Healthcare

Dr. Jeffrey Schussler
Baylor, Scott & White Healthcare

Dr. Bharath Thankavel
Medical City Healthcare

Susan Wetzel
Haynes & Boone

Steve Woodward
Retired Executive


AHA Board President
Dawn Hui, MD
Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery
UT Health San Antonio

AHA Board Chair
J.K. Baxter
Senior Vice President
Machine Sales, HOLT CAT

AHA Leadership Development Committee Chair
Gary Dudley
President & Co-Founder
SWBC

Members

S. Hinan Ahmed, MD
lnterventional Cardiologist
Cardiology Clinic of San Antonio

Allen S. Anderson, MD, FACC, FAHA
Chief, Janey & Dolph Briscoe Division of Cardiology
Director of UT /UHS Heart and Vascular Institute

James Anderson
Chief Executive Officer
Bartlett Cocke General Contractors

John Archer
Director
Rogers-O'Brien Construction

Sasha Begum
Managing Partner
Begum Pelaez-Prada PLLC

Lee Birnbaum, MD
Director of Vascular Neurology
UT Health San Antonio

Gabriela Black
Partner & Tax Manager
Gonzalez & Black, PLLC

Adam R. Blanchette, MD
Neurohospitalist
Methodist Physician Practices

Patricia Burns
President
Christus Hospital-Westover Hills

Sandra Guerra, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Texas Health Action (Kind Clinics)

Jerry Hoog
Chairman of the Board
Bartlett Cocke General Contractors

Gary Joeris
Chief Executive Officer
Joeris General Contractors

Vanessa Mayfield,
Senior Vice President
Corporate Banking Frost Bank

Carlos Ochoa, Ill
Division Vice President
Cardiovascular Services
Methodist Healthcare

James Ogletree, MD

Vincent Real
President & Chief Executive Officer
Big State Electric

William B. Reeves, MD
Chairman
Department of Medicine
UT Health San Antonio

Christopher Sandles, MBA, FACHE
President, Hospital Operations
University Health

Brian Woods, Ed.D.
Superintendent
Northside Independent School District


Roderick Larson
Chair of the Board

President and CEO
Oceaneering International, Inc.

Esmaeil Porsa
Board President-Elect

Chief Executive Officer
Harris Health System

T. Douglas Lawson
Board President

Senior Vice President
Divisional Operations and CEO
CHI St. Luke’s Health, CHI

David Callender, MD
CEO
Memorial Hermann Health System

William Clayton
Vice President
Customer Care and Retention
Reliant Energy

Bonnie Houston
Chief Administrative Officer
National Oilwell Varco

John King
Vice Chair – Assurance
EY Americas

Dr. Andrew Moore
Chief Medical Officer for HCA’s Gulf Coast Division
HCA Houston Healthcare

Jack B. Moore
Cameron International (Former CEO)

Sean Muller
Partner-in-Charge
Weaver & Tidwell, LLP

Daniel Penny, MD, PhD, MHA
Professor and Chief of Pediatric Cardiology
Texas Children’s Hospital
Baylor College of Medicine

James J. Postl
Pennzoil/Quaker State
(Former President and CEO)

Luis Silva
Vice President and General Manager – South Texas
AT&T

Kimberly Gee Stith
Vice President and General Counsel
WM

Lee Tillman
President and CEO
Marathon Oil

Jim Trimble
President and CEO
Tanda Resources

Pam Wells, EdD
Executive Director
Wells Education Consulting, LLC

Kelly Youngblood
Executive Vice President and CFO
MRC Global


TJ Tijerina
Chair
President & CEO
First Community Credit Union
Spring

Jim Parisi
President

St. Luke’s Heath
The Woodlands, Lakeside
And Springwoods Village Hospitals
Montgomery County

Ben Bentley
Executive Vice President
Kiewit & TIC
Montgomery County

Stacy Davis
Sr. Executive President
Chief Executive Officer
Stellar Bank
Northwest Harris County

Kerrie S. Guerrero, DNP, MBA, RN, NE-BC
Vice President
Chief Nursing Officer
Houston Methodist
The Woodlands

Misti Jeter
President & CEO
Black Pearl Technology

Casey Rhodes
Responsible Care Director
DOW Chemical Company

Dr. Ketrese White, DNP, MHA, RN, NE-BC
Senior Vice President
Texas Children’s Hospital
The Woodlands

Matt Davis
Chief Executive Officer
HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe
Conroe

Jason Glover
Vice President, Operations
Memorial Hermann
The Woodlands Medical Center
The Woodlands, TX

Dr. Walter Jackson
Superintendent
La Porte Independent School District

Keaton Kainer
Vice President,
Healthcare Commercial Banking
Woodforest National Bank

Lonny Soza
President
The Post Oak Collection

Nicole Robinson Gauthier, CFRE
Executive Director
Lone Star College Foundation


Contact Us

Austin

12345 N. Lamar Blvd Ste 200
Austin, TX 78753

Phone:
(512) 338-2400

Dallas

105 Decker Ct.
Irving, TX 75062

Phone:
(214) 441-4200

Fort Worth

2630 West Freeway, Suite 250
Fort Worth, TX 76102

Phone:
(817) 698-5400

Houston

10060 Buffalo Speedway
Houston, TX 77054

Phone:
(832) 918-4000

San Antonio

8415 Wurzbach Rd.
San Antonio, TX 78229

Phone:
(210) 810-3106

Email:
Nic Garcia

Bryan, College Station, Corpus Christi, Longview, Lubbock, Midland, Odessa, San Angelo, Tyler, and Waco communities

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