Community AmbassadorsLearn about the community ambassadors who help empower adults to live their healthiest lives.

Meet Our Ambassadors

Hundreds of ambassadors across the country have raised their hands to help their communities Live to the Beat. They are educating people about small steps to prevent heart attack and stroke as part of their day-to-day work.

• Crystal Warren
  CA, The Well Ministries International, Inc.
• Crissy Stewart
  NC
• Landria Miales Landria Miales
  Ahoskie, NC
• Alison Austin
  Albany, GA, PruittHealth-Palmyra
• Cassandra Nelson
  Albany, GA, I$A Divyne Purpose
• Odaysia Odaysia Burton-Garland
  Albany, NY, Pulse Career Solutions
• Crystal Hoepner
  Alexandria, MN, Horizon Public Health
• Haneda L. Garner
  Alexandria, VA, HG Travels
• Michelle Bush
  Americus, GA, West Central health District/Public Health
• Demaris Watson
  Anderson, IN, Sari-Heart Foundation Inc
• Vermelle Walls
  Anderson, SC, Passion Fitness
• Tycoma Miller
  Anniston, AL, TNM Social Services Consulting, LLC
• Debra Franklin
  Apex, NC, Bicycle Oven Company
• Jamilah Burnly
  Atlanta GA, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority
• Sharon Wilson
  Atlanta GA, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority
• Ada Dieke
  Atlanta, GA
• Adam Petty
  Atlanta, GA, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity (AAC)
• Asia Rivers
  Atlanta, GA, Morehouse School of Medicine
• Cheryl Smith
  Atlanta, GA
• Cicily Newby
  Atlanta, GA, The Faith Center (Tucker)
• Dana Austin
  Atlanta, GA, Center for Global Health Innovation
• Darlene Sterling
  Atlanta, GA, The Faith and F.A.M.I.L.Y Project, LLC.
• Delphine Lake-Williams
  Atlanta, GA, The Family Health Centers of Georgia
• Denzel Veale
  Atlanta, GA, Village Medical
• Felicia Drummond
  Atlanta, GA, Ditch, Inc.
• Ja’Len Husband, MPH, CPH, CAPM
  Atlanta, GA, The Fulton-Dekalb Hospital Authority
• Jimmie Simmons
  Atlanta, GA, Grady Behavioral Health
• Keila Brown
  Atlanta, GA, The Family Health Centers of Georgia
• LaQuinta “Lala” Quinn
  Atlanta, GA, CHRIS 180
• Lila Gilliam
  Atlanta, GA, Sigma Gamma Rho (Spelman College)
• Precious K. Williams
  Atlanta, GA, Simply Passionate Life
• Rachel Ezzo
  Atlanta, GA, Whitefoord, Inc.
• Tina Ann Cecelia Kerr Thompson
  Atlanta, GA
• Toi Irvin
  Atlanta, GA
• Toi Irvin
  Atlanta, GA
• LaShawna Stowe
  Bakersfield, CA, African American Network of Kern County
• James Edward Long
  Baltimore, MD, Gospel Aerobics
• Pamela Xenakis
  Baltimore, MD, Ascension St. Agnes
• Sal Shah
  Baltimore, MD, Leadership Health
• Vivian Richburg
  Baltimore, MD, Macedonia Baptist Church of Baltimore City
• Julianne M. Haydel
  Baton Rouge, LA, Haydel Consulting Services, LLC.
• Pat Greene Pinckney
  Beaufort, SC, Healthy Churches Consortium
• Sarah Lane
  Bellingham, WA, Health Ministries Network
• Dianne Toney
  Birmingham, AL, First Baptist Church of Zion City
• Raksha Ramdas
  Birmingham, AL, UAB Heersink School of Medicine
• Yolanda Jefferson Banks
  Birmingham, AL
• Tantania Grier
  Blakely, GA, Primary Care of Southwest Georgia
• Kathy Dennis
  Bloomfield, CT
• Tiffany Christian
  Boone, NC
• Kitty Mahoney
  Boston, MA, Massachusetts Association of Public Health Nurses
• Maiya Coilton
  Boston, MA, The Black Brain Health Collective
• Mamadou Soumahoro
  Bronx, NY, NYCDOHMH Adolescent Health Unit
• Faye Howard
  Cairo, IL, Shawnee Community College, Student in HCCTP
• Kalin Lowe
  Cairo, IL, Shawnee Community College, Student in HCCTP
• Marlin Brown
  Cairo, IL, Shawnee Community College, Student in HCCTP
• Qwayvantae Booth
  Cairo, IL, Shawnee Community College, Student in HCCTP
• Richard Miles
  Cairo, IL, Shawnee Community College
• Rochelle Morgan
  Cairo, IL, Community Health and Emergency Services, Inc.
• Ivory Murphy
  Cape Girardeau, MO, Shawnee Community College, Student in HCCTP
• Keri Williams
  Cape Girardeau, MO, Community Health and Emergency Services, Inc.
• Terrell Adams
  Cape Girardeau, MO, Shawnee Community College, Student in HCCTP
• Becky Robinson
  Carbondale, IL, Community Health and Emergency Services, Inc.
• Kaylie Adams
  Carbondale, IL, Girl Scouts and 4H Member
• Alexis Mitchell
  Charlotte, NC
• Ashley Carmenia
  Charlotte, NC, Carmenia Consulting, LLC.
• Shanelle Brown
  Charlotte, NC, Greater Mt. Moriah Primitive Baptist Church
• Sherree Bradley
  Charlotte, NC, Cityblock Health
• Tamyca Danielle Brown
  Charlottesville, VA
• Latisa Dewitt
  Chicago, IL, Lily of Valley Foundation
• Necole Muhammad
  Chicago, IL
• Nykesha Jones
  Chicago, IL, Rush University Medical Center
• Katrina Watson
  Christiansburg, VA
• Stacy Wright Barleston
  Cincinnati, OH, Sister of the Heart Network
• Tiffani Hurt
  Clairton, PA, Transforming Bodies Fitness, LLC.
• Faith Richard
  Cleveland, OH, Healthcare Access Worldwide Inc.
• Patrice Sirmons
  Cleveland, OH, PSD Consulting Group
• Jeannie Gerlach
  Cobden IL, CHESI / Girl Scouts and 4H Leader
• Kim Adams
  Cobden, IL, Girl Scouts and 4H Member
• Tangela Mosby
  Colbert, GA, MedLink Georgia
• Emily Sims
  Columbia, SC, Partners for Change of the Carolinas - Project Wellness
• Rachael Habash
  Columbus, GA, Walk with a Doc
• Abby Oberla Abby Oberla
  Columbus, OH, Total Health and Wellness
• Brooke Sims
  Columbus, OH, Ohio Association of Community Health Centers
• Carrie Farquhar Carrie Farquhar
  Columbus, OH, Ohio Association of Community Health Centers
• Chanya Jackson
  Columbus, OH, Ohio Association of Community Health Centers
• Dana Vallangeon, MD
  Columbus, OH, Ohio Association of Community Health Centers
• Jessica Ball
  Columbus, OH, OACHC HCCN
• Julie DiRossi-King
  Columbus, OH, OACHC
• Madeline Boone
  Columbus, OH, OACHC
• Nicole Murphy Nicole Murphy
  Columbus, OH, Ohio Association of Community Health Centers
• Sarah Kincaid Sarah Kincaid
  Columbus, OH, OSU Total Health and Wellness
• Teresa Rios-Bishop
  Columbus, OH, Ohio Association of Community Health Centers
• Relencia Jefferson
  Conyers, GA
• Theresa Jacobs
  Conyers, GA, Georgia Primary Care Association
• Essence J. Thomas
  Dallas, TX, New Comforter Family Church Health Ministry
• Juan C. Escandón
  Davenport, FL, IMA
• Tiffany White
  Dayton, OH, OACHC
• Dorothy Solomon
  Decatur, GA, Health Ministers
• Aleina Phillips
  Denver, Colorado, Church and Community Organization
• Ravenn Worthen
  Deridder, LA
• Chris Espersen
  Des Moines, IA, NACHC
• Zakiya Jenkins
  Des Moines, IA, Grace Fitness
• Carmen B.
  Detroit, MI
• Felicia Cash
  Detroit, MI, Detroit Parent Network
• George Days
  Detroit, MI
• Jametta Lilly
  Detroit, MI, Detroit Parent Network
• LaToyia Shannon
  Detroit, MI, JNS Health Solutions
• Laura Dewberry
  Detroit, MI, Michigan Public Health Association
• Patricia Williams
  Detroit, MI
• Cheyene Bracken
  Dongola, FL, Girl Scouts
• Natalie Andrews
  Dover, DE, Diabetes and Heart Disease Prevention and Control Program
• Marshauna Sagesse
  Duluth, GA, MGS Wellness, LLC.
• Cedra Starks Cisco
  East Orange, NJ, East Orange Department of Health and Human Services
• Imani Cabrera
  East Orange, NJ, East Orange Department of Health & Human Services
• Sade Boss
  East Orange, NJ, East Orange Department of Health & Human Services
• Sydney Jakes
  East Point, GA, The Twenty Pearls Foundation
• Janessa VandenBerge
  Eau Claire, WI, Eau Claire City-County Health Department
• Cori Tallman
  Elkins, WV, Randolph-Elkins Health Department
• Lu Tramill
  Evansville, IN, Agape Healthcare Solutions
• Katherine Johnson
  Fairview Heights, IL, To The Rescue CPR
• Sam Coad
  Fairview Heights, IL, Code Blue CPR
• Stephanie Barboza
  Fall River, MA, C.L.U.B Blessed Services Inc.
• Lavonia Stepherson
  Fayetteville, GA, 360TrueLiving
• Lavonia Stepherson
  Fayetteville, GA, Faith Community Network
• Crystal Edmonds
  Fayetteville, NC
• Jesse Bell
  Fayetteville, NC, Bell of Hearts Foundation
• Olga Alamilla
  Fitzgerald, GA, South Central Primary Care Center
• Olga Alamilla Olga Alamilla
  Fitzgerald, GA, South Central Primary Care Center
• Jamie Moyer
  Fort Collins, CO, Colorado State University Health Network
• LoToya Tatum
  Franklinton, NC, Minorities Against Poverty and Statistics
• Jennifer Cooper
  Frederick, MD, Hood College
• D S Wilson
  Ft. Lauderdale, FL, D Satterwhite Wilson Consulting Group
• Linda Garcia
  Gardena, CA, Providence
• Desiree Williams
  Granite City, IL
• Ada Johnson Ada Johnson
  Hampton, GA, Beats Per Minute Podcast
• Gayle Enos
  Henrico, VA
• Betsy Richter
  High Point, NC, YWCA
• Betsy Richter
  High Point, NC, YWCA High Point
• William Crenshaw
  Houston, TX, Medium Man, LLC.
• Erica Smith
  Indianapolis, IN
• Carol Bailey
  Ironton, OH, Ironton-Lawrence County CAO
• Dr. Bianca Simmons
  Jackson, MS, Infinite Rehab and Wellness
• Mary Williams
  Jackson, MS
• Shekira Thomas
  Jonesboro, GA, Choose Healthy Life
• Dana Williams
  Junction City, KS
• Linda Gibson
  Junction City, KS, The House of Ruth, Inc.
• Tracy Sabo Tracy Sabo
  Junction City, KS, Konza Prairie Community Health Center
• Dr. Juanita Singleton, PhD
  Kansas City, MO, Regal Health and Wellness
• Kimberly Long
  Kansas City, MO
• Shannon DiMaggio
  Kansas City, MO, reStart Inc.
• Susan Grinslade
  Lancaster, NY, University at Buffalo SON, Buffalo Community Health Equity Center
• Kina Lucombe
  Land O Lakes, FL, Hearts of Valor, Inc.
• Skarlet Walls
  Las Vegas, NV, For the People Health Services
• Dr. Obumneke Amadi-Onuoha
  Laurel, MD, Discover Health Global Initiative
• Kimberly Goodloe
  Lawrenceville, GA, American Heart Association Volunteer
• Nona Miles
  Liberty, MO, Health Quality Innovators
• Nona Miles Nona Miles
  Liberty, MO
• Vaughan Sanders
  Lilburn, GA, New Mercies Christian Church
• Michelle Yvonne Willis
  Lithonia, GA
• Karen Boone
  Little Rock, AK, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
• Michael Scott
  Little Rock, AK, ARORA
• Valerie Driskell Brown
  Locust Grove, GA, Ayo Healthcare Services
• Brenda Maull
  Los Angeles, CA
• Renee Poole
  Los Angeles, CA, Association of Black Women Physicians
• Crystal White Crystal White
  Louisville, KY, Family Health Centers, Inc.
• DeNisha Harbison
  Louisville, KY
• Amy Bornhoft
  Lynchburg, VA, Community Access Network
• Kinzetta Cobb
  Lynchburg, VA, Community Access Network
• Jamia Morrow
  Mableton, GA, Br8k Thru Support Services
• Patricia Diane Galloway
  Macon, GA, Bethel CME Church- Social Concerns Ministry
• Tasha Edwards
  Madison, AL, Hip Healthy Chick
• Angela Rafine
  Malvern, PA
• Sylvia Robinson Sylvia Robinson
  Marietta, GA, Cobb County Sheriffs Office
• Tanisha Hooker
  McDonough, GA
• Almetria Turner
  Memphis, TN, Fit and Finally Free | Roots and River Wellness
• LaTonya Horne Agbagwu
  Meridian, MS, Greater Meridian Health Clinic, Inc.
• Jen Cheek Jen Cheek
  Miami, FL, Urban Health Partnerships
• Pedro Martinez-Clark
  Miami, FL, Amavita Heart and Vascular TM
• Jennifer Armontrout
  Middletown, OH, Centerpoint Health
• Velma Pete
  Missouri City, TX
• Jia Johnson
  Mobile, AL
• Megan Cooperman
  Montgomery County, MD, Montgomery College
• Leshaundria Smith
  Montgomery, AL, Fearless Fitness
• Devin Amerson
  Mounds, IL, SCC HRCTP
• Isiah Jackson
  Mounds, IL, Shawnee Community College, Student in HCCTP
• Dawn Priest
  Mount Vernon, OH, Knox County Community Health Center
• Kiauna Brown
  Murphysboro, IL, Community Health and Emergency Services, Inc.
• Ariel Clark
  Nashville, TN, Tennessee Pharmacists Association
• Edgar Romero
  New Brunswick, NJ, Rutgers Graduate Society of Healthcare Leaders
• Rebecca Thompson
  New Glarus, WI, WI Community Health Empowerment Fund
• Karen Green
  New Haven, CT
• Daphne Ferdinand, PhD, RN
  New Orleans, LA, Healthy Heart Community Prevention Project
• Megan Wadsworth
  New Orleans, LA, LSU School of Public Health
• Nikia White-Spots
  New Orleans, LA, Desired Connections
• Barbara George
  New York, NY, NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island
• L. Nicholas
  New York, NY
• Monica L. Williams
  New York, NY
• Satjit Bhusri, MD
  New York, NY, Upper East Side Cardiology, PLLC.
• Jamelia Lewis-Ridgird
  Newark, NJ, South Ward Promise Neighborhood
• Liza de la Cruz
  Norfolk, VA, Virginia Department of Health
• Geraldine Bell
  Norway, SC, Cedar Grove MBC
• Ruthie Clausell
  Oak Park, MI, HMBC-SEMATAC
• Ashley Lee
  Oakland, CA
• Roseanna McCoy-Futch
  Oakland, CA, Mccoyfutchjourney.com
• Judy Swanson Judy Swanson
  Ocilla, GA, South Central Primary Care Center
• Sara Eve Sarliker
  Olympia, WA, Washington State Department of Health
• Denise N. Youmans
  Orangeburg, SC, Practical Compressions™
• Kimberly Breuer
  Orlando, FL, EliteCare Health Center
• Samantha Cotler
  Orlando, FL, AdventHealth
• Carol Burnside
  Ottumwa, IA, River Hills Community Health Center
• Whitney Frederic
  Philadelphia, PA, It’s Seasoned™
• Thelma Reis
  Phoenix, AZ, Arizona Department of Health Services
• Ursula Fletcher
  Phoenix, AZ, A Spur To Greater Effort
• Taunita Renee Trotter
  Pittsburg, CA
• Denise Sanders-Boutte
  Port Arthur, TX, South East Texas Health Resources
• Deborah Martin
  Portland, OR
• Liliana Will
  Portland, OR, Oregon Health and Science University
• Mikal H. Shabazz
  Portland, OR, Inner City Muslim American Movement and Associates
• Pastor Renee Ward
  Portland, OR, More Than An Overcomer
• Ujuonu Nwizu
  Portland, OR, Oregon Health Equity Alliance
• Lorraine Middleton
  Poughkeepsie, NY, United Way
• Erin O'Brien
  Providence, RI, RI Nurses Institute - Nurses Middle College
• Meg Sherdan
  Providence, RI
• Janyia Williams
  Pulaski, IL, SCC HRCTP
• Q'Vaunda Curry
  Quincy, FL, Vitamin Q Fitness
• Sarah Battle
  Raleigh, NC, Grace AME Zion Church
• William Pertet
  Raleigh, NC, NC DPH
• Nikita Wilburn
  Red Oak, TX, Health Lore Community Outreach
• Jannita Johnson
  Richmond, VA
• Sherry Minson Sherry Minson
  Richmond, VA, Virginia Broadcast Solutions/VA Association of Broadcasters
• Tiffany Copeland
  Richmond, VA, Sports Backers Fitness Warriors
• Gloria Wright
  Richton Park, IL, Visions of Wellness, LLC.
• Aramis Jones
  Robinsonville, MS, Renew Mobile Health & Wellness
• Alisha M. Hanes
  Rock Island, IL
• Anita J.
  Sacramento, CA
• Mary A. Ponder
  Sacramento, CA, River Oak Center for Children, Inc.
• Shekena Barber
  Salt Lake City, UT, Community Outreach
• Elaine Eng
  San Diego, CA
• Nancy Asare
  San Diego, CA
• KaRyn Holder-Jackson
  San Francisco, CA
• Lisa Word
  San Francisco, CA, Bridgespan
• Pamela M. Cross, MSHS
  San Francisco, CA, The Wellness Ministries, International Inc
• Sauda JoAnne Jackson
  Sanford, FL, The Universal Hug with Sauda
• Brandon Mabey
  Shohola, PA, HOSA
• Natalie Pierson
  Sicklerville, NJ
• Josiah Amos
  Sikeston, MO, Shawnee Community College, Student in HCCTP
• Torrance Gardner
  Sikeston, MO, Shawnee Community College, Student in HCCTP
• Margaret J. Furdge
  Sledge, MS, Mt. Zion Baptist Church
• Jamie Austin
  St. Louis, MO
• Debbie Williams
  Starke, FL, Florida Department of Health
• Francys Johnson
  Statesboro, GA, Magnolia Baptist Church
• LaSara Mitchell
  Statesboro, GA, City of Statesboro Village Builders
• Cynthia Williams
  Stockton, CA, San Joaquin General Hospital
• Tarri Johnson
  Stone Mountain, GA, MedCura Health
• Tarri Johnson
  Stone Mountain, GA, MedCura Health
• Rosemarie Drake
  Stonecrest, GA, Beluah Missionary Baptist
• Donna Calabrese
  Suffield, CT, Total Body Fitness
• Sherika White
  Tallahassee, FL, Love Fit Health & Wellness
• Tendra Washington Tendra Washington
  Texarkana, AR, City of Texarkana Arkansas Park and Recreation
• Ruby Thomas
  Thomasville, GA, HeartCorps/Primary Care of SW Georgia
• Virgil Thomas
  Thomasville, GA, Primary Care SWGA
• Mallory Abbott
  Toledo, OH, Global Heart Hub
• Debra Lee Debra Lee
  Tulare, CA
• Raeshonda Faye Ferrell
  Twinsburg Township, OH, Major Goals And Objectives For Academic Liberty And Success
• Catina Nicole Burrell
  Tyrone, GA
• Malinda W. Knight
  Vidalia, LA, Temple of Deliverance Apostolic Ministries
• Johanna Segovia
  Washington, DC, National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
• Trinna Kirkland
  Washington, DC, NurseFromBirth
• Tammy Williams
  West Chester, PA, Envision2bWell Inc. DBA EnvisionWell
• Lezlie Mestdagh
  West Des Moines, IA, Iowa Heart Foundation
• Kristin Mikulski
  Whitehall, PA, Pet Care by Krissy Judy
• Margo Wagner
  Wichita, KS, Quality Insights and Ascension Via Christi
• Re'Nesha Nunally
  Wilmington, DE, HJMC
• Shana Starks
  Wilmington, Delaware, Sisters Foundation of Delaware
• Melanie Burnett
  Winfield, KS, William Newton Hospital
• Loki Sahafi
  Woodinville, WA
• Jill Wendell
  Youngstown, OH, ONE Health Ohio