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.

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