American Heart Association

Give Detroit – A Charitable Registry

// MISSION

At the American Heart Association, our mission is to create a world free of heart disease and stroke. Together, we can improve quality of life for all in Southeastern Michigan.

// KEY SERVICES PROVIDED

At the American Heart Association (AHA), our mission is to create a world free of heart disease and stroke — a world where everyone can achieve the best possible health. That’s why we must come together to solve complex issues. Together, we can improve quality of life, ensure healthy environments, strengthen the economy, elevate care and change policy for all in Michigan.

The AHA of Southeastern Michigan is addressing social determinants through funding, public health education, policy change and working directly with health care professionals to provide them with science-based treatment guidelines to help them provide quality care to all patients.

As the nation’s leader in CPR training the AHA helps people understand the importance of this lifesaving skill and AED use. The AHA also educates lawmakers, policymakers and the public to advocate for changes to protect and improve the health of our local communities. The association has funded more than $4.5 billion in heart disease and stroke research so far — more than any organization outside the federal government.

// LEADERSHIP

TOP EXECUTIVES
Kristian Hurley, Metro Executive Director

SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP
Sharon L. Gipson, CPA, Board Chair, Vice President, Enterprise Audit
Phillip Levy, MD, MPH, FAHA, Board President, Professor & Associate Chair for Research Professor of Emergency Medicine Wayne State University
Brian J. O’Neil, MD, FACEP, FAHA, President Elect, Chair of Emergency Medicine, Professor, Specialist-in-Chief Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center

2021-2022 CAMPAIGN LEADERS
Ronia Kruse, Go Red For Women Campaign Chair, President, CEO of OpTech
Jaymi Wilson, STEM Goes Red Chair, Senior Vice President of Strategy, Marketing, & Corporate Communications, Gentherm
Paula Autry, Ann Arbor/Jackson Heart Ball Chair, Senior Vice President and CEO – Central Market, Henry Ford Health System President & CEO, Henry Ford Allegiance Health

// VOLUNTEER AND GIVE:

We’re always looking for volunteers and invested partners to help us fund AHA’s mission, particularly as chairs and executive leaders. For more information, contact Ebony.Bagley@heart.org

// CONTACT INFORMATION

Southeast Michigan American Heart Association
27777 Franklin Rd., Ste. 1150
Southfield, MI 48034
248-497-7991
heart.org/en/affiliates/michigan/detroit