Officers, Boards & Staff
Board of Directors
*President – Megan Van Pelt
Past President – Leo Cole
*Treasurer – Rex Homme
*Secretary – Chris Griesmeyer
*VP Chapter Development – Todd Ford
*VP Marketing – Mark Goble
VP Legal – Chris Griesmeyer
Founder – Betsy Peterson
Medical Advisory Board Liaison – Dr. Thomas Weigel
*Executive Director – William Foley
Jean Chatzky
Patty Cheshire
Kelly Griffin
Martha Hauber
Janeen Kokodynski
Sandra Morris
Lori Ortbals
Amy Ruchotzke
Jackie Tillman
Tammy Thomas
Brian Velez
*Executive Committee
Staff
William Foley
Executive Director
bfoley@childrensheartfoundation.org
Tina Larson
Development Coordinator
tlarson@childrensheartfoundation.org
William Foley
TEAM CHF
bfoley@childrensheartfoundation.org
Ellen Weiss
Director of Chapter Development
eweiss@childrensheartfoundation.org
Rosemary Wheeler
Administrative Assistant
rwheeler@childrensheartfoundation.org
For general questions and information
info@childrensheartfoundation.org
For information about involvement in Young Professional Board and their activities:
ypboard@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, IL
Dr. Joseph Amato – Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Dr. Emile Bacha – Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York/Columbia, New York, NY
Dr. D. Woodrow Benson – Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Dr. Christopher Caldarone - Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
Dr. Todd Camenisch - Steele Children's Research Center, Tucson, AZ
Dr. Roger Cole – Private Practice, Chicago, IL
Dr. David Cooper – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Dr. John Costello – Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Dr. Susan Crawford - NorthShore Research Institute, Evanston, IL
Dr. Bettina Cuneo – Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital, Oak Lawn, IL
Dr. Gul Dadlani – All Children’s Hospital, Tampa, FL
Dr. Barbara Deal - Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Dr. Nancy Ghanayem – Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Dr. Andrew J. Griffin – Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital, Oak Lawn, IL
Dr. Courtney Hardy - Children's Memorial 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. Jim Jaggers - Denver’s Children’s Hospital, Denver, CO
Dr. Kathy Jenkins - Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA
Dr. John Lamberti – Children’s Hospital and Health Center, San Diego, CA
Dr. Marla Mendelson – Northwestern Adult Congenital Heart Center, 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. Kenneth Schowengerdt – Cardinal Glennon Hospital, St. Louis, MO
Dr. Robert Stewart – UNC Medical Center, Chapel Hill, NC
Dr. Kent Thornburg – Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR
Dr. Martin Tristani-Firouzi – University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Dr. James Tweddell - Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Dr. George Van Hare – Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Dr. Catherine Webb – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Dr. Thomas Weigel – Private Practice, Chicago, IL
Dr. Gil Wernovsky – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Dr. Vincent Zales – Pediatric Cardiology, Brick, NJ
