The Middle Tennessee American Heart Association recently announced its 2017-2018 Board of Directors. President and COO of LifePoint Health David M. Dill will serve as chairman, and TriStar Health cardiologist Dr. Thomas S. Johnston will serve as president.

2017-2018 Board Members are as follows:

• Greg Allen, president, Cigna Tennessee;
• Walter K. Clair, MD, associate professor, executive medical director, Vanderbilt Heart & Vascular Institute;
• George H. Crossley III, MD, associate professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt Heart & Vascular Institute;
• Bruce C. Doeg, chief strategic Officer, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell and Berkowitz, PC;
• Marilyn A. Dubree, executive chief nursing officer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center;
• John P. Gromos, vice president, general manager, Turner Construction;
• Carl Haley, JR., president and CEO, Grand Avenue;
• Ken Harms, retired business executive;
• Angela Humphreys, chair, Healthcare Practice Group, Bass Berry & Simms PLC;
• Damon T. Hininger, president and CEO, CoreCivic;
• Adrian Jarquin-Valdivia, MD, neurologist, TriStar Health;
• Alfred Lumsdaine, president, Population Health, Sharecare, Inc.;
• Scott McWilliams, executive vice president of Strategic Development, GEODIS;
• Ken Misch, CFO, MEDHOST, Inc.;
• Steve Otto, CEO, TriStar Skyline Medical Center;
• William S. Paul, MD, director, Metro Public Health Department;
• Heather J. Rohan, division president, TriStar Health;
• Frank S. Royal, Jr. MD, executive vice dean for Academic Affiliations, Meharry Medical College;
• Nelson Shields, Nextime, Inc.;
• Brian Waller, chief strategy officer & founding partner, Vaco;
• Brian Wilcox, Jr., MD, chief physician executive, Saint Thomas Heart;
• Herman Williams, MD, chief clinical officer, RCCH HealthCare Partners;
• Amy Wilson, chief nursing officer, Saint Thomas Health; and
• Beth Workman, CFO, United Derm Partners

The Middle Tennessee American Heart Association also extended their appreciation to the following individuals for chairing the organization's 2017-18 annual campaigns:

• 2017 Healthy For Good/Heart Walk Chair: Philip A. Wenk, DDS, president and CEO, Delta Dental
• 2018 Healthy For Good/Heart Walk Chair: Neil de Crescenzo, CEO, Change Healthcare 2018 Heart Gala Co-Chairs: Lisa and Michael Wiechart, EVP and COO, TEAMHealth
• 2018 Go Red For Women Co-Chairs: Saletta Holloway, SVP for Admin., Meharrry Medical College; Tracey Power, chief people officer, Vaco., LLC
• 2018 Red Tie Society Co-Chairs: Don Chomsky, MD, Saint Thomas Heart; Jerry Bostelman, founding partner, Vaco, LLC