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AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION ANNUAL REPORT ANNUAL REPORT • 2012-13 “We are truly blessed by the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association. Being a dual survivor of a stroke and a congenital heart defect, my life as I now know it is a result of their efforts. To a healthier tomorrow!” Kirk Disrude, a PE teacher and coach in Park Ridge, Ill., who was the picture of good health when he had a stroke at 38, and while his wife Beth was 20-weeks pregnant with their first child. The stroke turned out to be caused by a hole in his heart he’d been born with, requiring surgery to close. Less than a year later, they ran the Chicago Marathon – Kirk’s first, Beth’s second. Throughout their training, they pushed newborn son Logan in a stroller. “As a young stroke survivor, I want to change the way we view stroke in America to better enable successful reintegration into our communities. The American Heart Association provides a platform to voice my concerns among decision-makers at the local, state and national levels.” Amy Edmunds, stroke survivor since 2002, spoke on behalf of the American Stroke Association during the Rally for Medical Research in Washington, D.C., to urge restored funding for the National Institutes of Health. During Lobby Day activities in April 2013, she also was featured in full-page advertisements in Politico and Roll Call. 2012-2013 Annual Report from the chairman of the board and president Improving the cardiovascular health of all Americans in knowing that millions of teenagers will be trained and reducing cardiovascular and stroke deaths are the to become lifesavers through new laws making CPR driving motivation for the American Heart Association. training a requirement for high school graduation. Our Over the past year, our organization continued toward advocacy efforts also led to more states requiring those goals while also laying a foundation of improved that newborns get screened for heart defects with a health for current and future generations. simple, non-invasive pulse-oximetry device. Our forward focus was perhaps best emphasized by Of course, our primary focus remains a 20 percent a revamping of our research portfolio and the creation improvement in cardiovascular health and a 20 of a CEO Roundtable. In both cases, we tapped percent reduction in cardiovascular and stroke deaths into our strengths to build something even stronger. by the year 2020. The latest metrics on our 2020 Research is the backbone of our organization, and Impact Goal show that we are on pace to reach the Ron W. Haddock a yearlong evaluation of our award portfolio led to mortality goal. We are seeing health improvements in Chairman of the Board the creation of four new categories. Through the smoking and in cholesterol, but there’s still work to be CEO Roundtable, we are bringing together leaders done elsewhere. Our new campaign, Together to End from 24 of the nation’s largest and most influential Stroke, can help by increasing awareness that stroke corporations to ask and answer questions that can is largely preventable, treatable and beatable. improve the health of workplaces and communities. Challenges remain, and we continue to embrace Preparing for the future also means investing in our them. We take pride in the progress made during our youth. That’s why we are so pleased to have two tenure, and we are excited about the future under the new programs aimed at stamping out childhood new volunteer leaders. obesity. And we have two great partners in these programs, with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation collaborating with us on “Voices for Healthy Kids” and the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund collaborating Ron W. Haddock Donna K. Arnett Donna K. Arnett on “Healthy Way to Grow.” We also are comforted Chairman of the Board President President from the chief executive officer With volunteers like 15-year-old Tommy Watson Without our volunteers and supporters, we wouldn’t of Vermont, the American Heart Association has have been able to launch the unprecedented ample reason for optimism about the future. Tommy F.A.S.T. campaign, which has already helped received our 2013 Youth Advocate of the Year millions of people learn how to spot signs of a Award this spring for his efforts to advance CPR stroke and call for help. Our 2014-17 Strategic in Schools legislation. Just a few weeks later, he Vision for Research was developed by science reached a personal milestone when he trained his volunteers who contributed their knowledge and 1,000th person in Hands-Only CPR. expertise to keep our research program at the vanguard of medical discovery. In communities As family and friends congratulated him on these across the country, volunteers organized events in achievements, Tommy was already setting his their homes and workplaces to celebrate the 10th sights on his next goal: Training 2,000 people in year of Go Red For Women. Nancy A. Brown Hands-Only CPR. We can point to these – and so many other Chief Executive Officer Tommy’s making an extraordinary impact on our significant steps forward – because our volunteers nation’s health. His forward-thinking outlook is key and supporters never stop setting new goals and to his success, and that same outlook is reflected dreaming new dreams. Here’s to the future! in every one of our more than 22 million volunteers and supporters. Their actions, day after day, speak to the urgency they feel for our mission. As much as we accomplish, there is always more to do in the fight against heart disease and stroke. Nancy A. Brown Chief Executive Officer 2 OFFICERS Ron W. Haddock Chairman of the Board Dallas, Texas Donna K. Arnett, Ph.D., M.S.P.H., B.S.N. President Birmingham, Ala. DIRECTORS Bernard P. Dennis Elliott Antman, M.D., FAHA Chairman-elect Boston, Mass. Sudbury, Mass. Joyce Beatty, M.S. ASSOCIATION Mariell Jessup, M.D., Blacklick, Ohio LEADERSHIP FAHA President-elect David A. Bush Nancy A. Brown Philadelphia, Pa. Hattiesburg, Miss. Chief Executive Officer William H. Roach Jr., Esq. Robert M. Carey, M.D., Meighan Girgus, MBA Immediate Past Chairman FAHA Chief Mission Officer Chicago, Ill. Charlottesville, Va. Sunder D. Joshi, FCA Gordon F. Tomaselli, M.D., Mark A. Creager, M.D., Chief Administrative Officer & Chief Financial Officer FAHA FAHA National Center Immediate Past President Boston, Mass. Rose Marie Robertson, Leadership Baltimore, Md. M.D., FAHA Shawn A. Dennis Chief Science Officer Matthew Bannister Alvin L. Royse Middleton, Wis. Communications Secretary-Treasurer Suzie Upton Hillsborough, Calif. Donna K. Arnett Johnny Lee, M.D. Chief Development Officer Lynne Darrouzet, Esq. Corporate Secretary & President New York, N.Y. General Counsel John J. Mullenholz Falls Church, Va. Tanya Edwards Affiliate Leadership Field Campaigns James J. Postl Jeremy Beauchamp John M. Hayes Houston, Texas Mid-Atlantic Affiliate Charitable Estate Planning Bertram L. Scott Roman J. Bowser Lyn Hughes Charlotte, N.C. Western States Affiliate Corporate Relations David A. Spina Midge LaPorte Epstein, Gerald Johnson II Wayland, Mass. M. Ed. Diversity, Stroke and SouthWest Affiliate Multicultural Bernard J. Tyson Kevin Harker Oakland, Calif. Paul Kalil Midwest Affiliate Individual Giving Raymond P. Vara, Jr. David Markiewicz Honolulu, Hawaii Robyn Lee Landry Greater Southeast Affiliate Volunteerism Henry “Hank” J. Wasiak, Nicole Aiello Sapio, Ed.D., John Meiners MBA MBA New York, N.Y. Emergency Cardiovascular Great Rivers Affiliate Care Programs Michael Weamer Kathy Rogers Founders Affiliate Consumer Health Mark A. Schoeberl, MPA Advocacy and Health Quality Gayle R. Whitman, Ph.D, FAHA Science Operations Roger Santone Business Technology 3 about the american heart association Who We Are: The American Heart understand the importance of healthy Americans. Many suffer terribly from Association is the nation’s oldest and lifestyle choices. We provide science- disabilities caused by these diseases. largest voluntary health organization based treatment guidelines to healthcare The American Heart Association wants dedicated to fighting heart disease professionals to help ensure the best everyone to understand the threat – and and stroke. treatment for every patient, every time. to know that cardiovascular diseases We educate lawmakers, policymakers Founded by six cardiologists in 1924, and stroke are largely preventable. Risks and the public as we advocate for our organization now includes more than can be lowered by adhering to what we changes to protect and improve the 22 million volunteers and supporters. call Life’s Simple 7: not smoking, being health of our communities. We fund innovative research, advocate physically active, maintaining a healthy for stronger public health policies and Our volunteer experts select scientific body weight, eating a healthy diet, provide critical tools and information to research most worthy of funding – with controlling blood pressure, controlling save and improve lives. great results. We have invested more cholesterol and controlling blood sugar. than $3.5 billion in research, more than Our nationwide organization includes 154 Our 2020 Goal: We are working toward any organization outside the federal local offices and nearly 2,800 employees. improving the cardiovascular health of government. We have funded 13 Nobel We moved our national headquarters all Americans by 20 percent, and Prize winners and many lifesaving from New York to Dallas in 1975 to be reducing deaths from cardiovascular research advancements such as the first more centrally located. The American diseases and stroke by 20 percent, all artificial heart valve, cholesterol-inhibiting Stroke Association was created as a by the year 2020. drugs, heart transplantation, and CPR division in 1997 to bring together the techniques and guidelines. Our programs, educational resources organization’s stroke-related activities. and advocacy initiatives are all targeted Why We’re Needed: Heart disease is the Our Mission: Building healthier lives, at helping people identify and adopt No.