Heart of Ann Arbor-Jackson Leadership

Building on a century of lifesaving progress in cardiovascular disease and stroke, the American Heart Association has centered a new vision for its next 100 years: Advancing health and hope for everyone, everywhere.

To achieve this vision by 2028, the American Heart Association will drive breakthroughs and implement proven solutions in science, policy and care for healthier people and communities. The greatest discoveries in health must reach people where they are.

Every person means working with every community and that is why our Executive Leadership is so important. The Heart of Ann Arbor-Jackson Campaign is a catalyst for this work.

2026 Heart of Ann Arbor-Jackson Chair

Stefanie Peters, FACHE, MPA, LMSW
Chief Administrative Officer, Frankel Cardiovascular Center
Managing Director, Frankel Cardiovascular Center
Strategic Advisor, Cardiovascular Network of West Michigan
Michigan Medicine

Executive Leadership Team

John Charpie, MD, PhD
Pediatric Cardiologist, Division Director and Amnon Rosenthal Professor of Pediatric Cardiology
Mott Children's Hospital, Michigan Medicine

Tony Denton, JD, MHA
Senior Vice President,
Chief Environmental, Social and Governance Officer, U-M Health
Michigan Medicine

Congresswoman Debbie Dingell
U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives

Kim Eagle, MD
Director, Frankel Cardiovascular Center,
Albion Walter Hewlett Professor of Internal Medicine
Michigan Medicine

Barbara Hamilton, MD, MS
Cheryl Huey, M.D. Early Career Professor of Cardiac Surgery
Frankel Cardiovascular Center
Michigan Medicine

Mohan Kulkarni, MD, FRCSC
Thoracic Surgeon
Henry Ford Health, Jackson

Tabitha Mason
Managing Partner
Zingerman's Cornman Farms

Himanshu Patel, MD
Thoracic Surgeon,
Richard L. Prager, MD Research Professor of Cardiac Surgery,
Head of the Adult Cardiac Surgery
Michigan Medicine

Paul Rinaldi
Vice President, National Accounts
Riboli Wines

Anthony Rosenzweig, MD
Professor of Cardiology,
Director, Frankel Institute for Heart and Brain Health
Michigan Medicine

Chris Sonnenday, MD, MHS
Darrell A. Campbell, Jr, M.D., Collegiate Professor of Transplant Surgery
University of Michigan
Transplant Center Director
University of Michigan Health

Mary Wakefield, LPT, MA
Volunteer and Advocate

Thomas Wakefield, MD
Professor Emeritus of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School
Michigan Medicine