Diversity Leadership Committee FY 2022-2023 Roster
| Name | Title, Organization |
| Bertram L. Scott Chairperson |
Communications & Marketing Coordinating Committee Immediate Past Chairman |
| Jorge F. Saucedo, MD, MBA, FAHA Chairperson |
Division Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine Professor of Medicine Medical College of Wisconsin Director of the Heart & Vascular Service Lines Froedtert Health System |
| Gerald Johnson, II Executive Lead |
EVP, Office of Health Equity and Chief Diversity Officer American Heart Association |
| Pamela Garmon-Johnson, MBA Staff Lead |
Natl. VP, Office of Health Equity Impact and Partnerships American Heart Association |
| Eduardo Sanchez, MD Staff Lead |
Chief Medical Officer for Prevention American Heart Association |
| Members | |
| Atif Bostic | Executive Director, Uplift |
| Dr. Katherine Y. Brown, MD | Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine Director, Communities of Practice Director, Dissemination Core National Center for Medical Education Development & Research, Meharry Medical College Founder of Learn CPR America, LLC Founder of Dr. Katherine Y. Brown (KYB) Leadership Academy |
| Edward Chang | Managing Director, TDW+Co |
| Tamara Garlow | Senior Director of Resource Development, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. |
| Mandell Jackson | Vice President/General Manager, Quest for Health Equity |
| Verjeana Jacobs | Chief Equity and Member Services Officer, National Schools Board Association |
| Mohammed Abul Kashem, MBSS, PHD | Research Assistant Professor of Surgery Division of Cardiovascular Surgery Department Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University |
| Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew, MD, Med, MPPM, FACOG | SVP, Enterprise Chief Clinical Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Drexel School of Medicine HR Services, HighMarketHealth |
| Trymaine Lee | MSNBC News Correspondent, Interactive One |
| Marcie Mir, LCSW | Chief Executive Officer, El Centro de Corazón |
| Jayne Morgan, MD | Clinical Director, COVID Taskforce, Div. of Quality and Safety, Piedmont Healthcare, Inc |
| Anekwe Onwuanyi, MD | Professor of Medicine/Chief of Cardiology Advanced Heart Failure Consultant Medical Director, Heart Failure Program, Grady Health System Morehouse School of Medicine |
| Derek J. Robinson, MD, MBA, FACEP, CHCQM | Vice President, Enterprise Quality and Accreditation, Health Care Service Corporation |
| Richard Rugnao | President and Chief Emerge Officer, RAR |
| Andrew K. Sanderson, II, MD, MPH, FASGE | Gastroenterologist, Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, PC, Kaiser Permanente |
| Anjail Z. Sharrief, MD, MPH, FAHA | Associate Professor of Neurology Director, Stroke Transitions Education and Prevention (STEP) Program Director, UT Physicians Neurology Clinic Stroke Outpatient Program Director of Stroke Prevention |
| Liaisons | |
| Tom Anderson | Executive Director, Association of American Indian Physicians |
| Johanna Contreras, MD, MSc, FACC, FAHA, FASE, FHFSA | Director of Ambulatory Heart Failure Network Director of Diversity in Heart Failure The Mount Sinai Health System |
| Gloria E. Barrera | MSN, RN, PEL-CSN National Association of Hispanic Nurses |
| Debra Dixon, MD, MS | Cardiovascular Research Fellow, Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
| Jonathan Holan | Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) National Power to End Stroke Chair PharmD Candidate, Class of 2023 ETSU Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy |
| Kimberly Jeffries Leonard, Ph.D. | President, The Links Incorporated |
| Felicia M. Nurmsen | Managing Director, Employer Services, National Organization on Disability |
