Executive Management Group

Michelle Hood
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, AHA
President and CEO, Health Forum
Phone: (312) 422-3376
E-mail: mhood@aha.org

Stacey Hughes
Executive Vice President, Government Relations and Public Policy
Phone: (202) 626-2358
E-mail: shughes@aha.org

Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
AHA Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer
AONL Chief Executive Officer
Phone: (312) 422-2824
E-mail: rbegley@aha.org

Susan Gergely, EdD
Senior Vice President, Chief People Officer
Phone: 312-422-2815
E-mail: sgergely@aha.org

Lisa Kidder Hrobsky
Senior Vice President, Federal Relations, Advocacy, and Political Affairs
Phone: (202) 626-2244
Email: lkidder@aha.org

Gloria Kupferman
Chief Data Strategy Officer
Phone: 312-422-3399
E-mail: gkupferman@aha.org

Gail Lovinger Goldblatt
Senior Vice President and Secretary
Phone: (312) 422-2706
E-mail: glovinger@aha.org

Joy Lewis
Senior Vice President, Health Equity Strategies
Executive Director, Institute for Diversity and Health Equity (IFDHE)
Phone: (202) 626-2366
Email: jlewis@aha.org

Alicia Mitchell
Senior Vice President, Communications
Phone: (202) 626-2339
Email: amitchell@aha.org

Jeanette (Jen) Porter, EdD, MBA
Senior Vice President, Field Engagement
Phone: (312) 422-2878
E-mail: jporter@aha.org

Melinda (Mindy) Reid Hatton
General Counsel
Phone: (202) 626-2336
Fax: (202) 626-2555
E-mail: mhatton@aha.org

Rob Sarkis
Vice President of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer
Phone: (312) 422-2226
E-mail: rsarkis@aha.org

Doug Shaw
Senior Vice President, Business Development
Phone: (312) 422-2121
Email: dshaw@aha.org

Ashley Thompson
Senior Vice President, Public Policy Analysis and Development
Phone: (202) 626-2688
E-mail: athompson@aha.org

Darlene Vanderbush
Vice President, Executive Operations
Phone: (202) 626-2361
E-mail: dvanderbush@aha.org