Officers, Boards & Staff
Board of Directors
President – Megan Van Pelt
Past President – Leo Cole
Treasurer – Martha Hauber
Secretary – Sue Donnellan
VP Chapter Development – Tom McKeough
VP Marketing – Gus Backer
VP Legal – Chris Griesmeyer
Founder – Betsy Peterson
Medical Advisory Board Liaison – Dr. Thomas Weigel
Executive Director – William Foley
Jaymi Griesmeyer
Heather Helmy
Marlee Huggins
Mick Landauer
Janet Niepokoj
Matt Pierce
Sue Rushmore
Meeta Yadava
Staff
William Foley
Executive Director
bfoley@childrensheartfoundation.org
Ellen Weiss
Director of Chapter Development
eweiss@childrensheartfoundation.org
Rosemary Wheeler
Administrative Assistant
rwheeler@childrensheartfoundation.org
Jeanna Claussen
Administrative Assistant
jclaussen@childrensheartfoundation.org
Kasey Morgan
Director of Grants
kmorgan@childrensheartfoundation.org
For general questions and information
info@childrensheartfoundation.org
Medical Advisory Board
The Children’s Heart Foundation is not affiliated with any one medical institution; rather, funds are directed by the Medical Advisory Board to the most promising research anywhere in the world. More than 30 leading international pediatric cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons comprise the CHF Medical Advisory Board, which oversees the research granting process, including:
Dr. Carl Backer, Chairman – Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago
Dr. Joseph Amato – Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Dr. Emile Bacha – Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA
Dr. D. Woodrow Benson – Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Dr. Scott Bradley – Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Dr. Frank Cetta – Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Dr. Roger Cole – Private Practice, Chicago, IL
Dr. David Cooper – All Children’s Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL
Dr. Timothy Cordes – Indiana University Medical Group, Indianapolis, IN
Dr. John Costello – Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA
Dr. Susan Crawford - Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL
Dr. Barbara Deal - Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Dr. Nancy Ghanayem – Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Dr. Andrew J. Griffin – Illinois Masonic Hospital, Chicago, IL
Dr. Richard Hopkins – Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Dr. Jim Huhta – Pediatric Cardiology Associates, Tampa, FL
Dr. Jeffery Jacobs – The Congenital Heart Institute of Florida, St. Petersburg, FL
Dr. John Lamberti – Children’s Hospital and Health Center, San Diego, CA
Dr. Constantine Mavroudis – Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Dr. Marla Mendelson – Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Dr. Jane Wimpfheimer-Newburger – Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Dr. David Overman – The Children’s Heart Clinic, Minneapolis, MN
Dr. David Sahn – Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR
Dr. Alan Saroff – Montclair Cardiology Group, Glen Ridge, NJ
Dr. Robert Stewart – UNC Medical Center, Chapel Hill, NC
Dr. Norman Talner – Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Dr. Kent Thornburg – Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR
Dr. Martin Tristani-Firouzi – University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Dr. Catherine Webb – Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Dr. Thomas Weigel – Private Practice, Chicago, IL
Dr. Gil Wernovsky – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Dr. Vincent Zales – Pediatric Cardiology, Brick, NJ
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