San Diego Division Contacts
We are the San Diego division of the American Heart Association and we can't wait to work with your! If you need more information on local events, volunteer opportunities, sponsorships and more please reach out to us.
San Diego Main Office: 858-410-3850
Leadership Team
Jessica Newmyer - Executive Director, [email protected]
Eric Thompson - Senior Director, Communications and Marketing, [email protected]
Chelsea Walczak Vircks, MPH - Senior Director, Community Impact, [email protected]
Event Directors
Andrew Johnson - Vice President, Development, [email protected]
Shana Contreiras - Business Development Director, [email protected]
Danielle Lane - Business Development Director, [email protected]
San Diego Division 2021-2022 Board of Directors
Chair: Juli Moran Thirtle
Managing Partner
Deloitte
President: Ramón Hernandez, DrPH, MPH
Section Chief, Community Health
UC San Diego, School of Medicine
Leadership Development Chair: Matthew Zubiller
Chief Growth Officer
Smile Brands
Members at Large
Debbie Day, MBA
EVP & GM, APD
Mitchell International
Nancy Greengold, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer
Sharp Grossmont Hospital
Natalie Hawryluk, PhD
Senior Director, Drug Discovery & Early Development
Edgewise Therapeutics
Andrew Ho, MD, FACC
Cardiologist
Temecula Center for Cardiac Care
Steven Hooker, PhD
Dean, College of Health & Human Services
San Diego State University
Tommy Le, MBA, MPH
COO & Interim CEO
Select Specialty Hospitals - San Diego
Joe Lo Duca, MBA, MPH
Vice President, Cardiovascular Service Line
Sharp HealthCare
Gene Ma, MD, FACEP
Chief Medical Officer
Tri-City Medical Center
Linda Naviaux Niggli
Retired Senior Executive
Luxury Fashion Industry
Ajay Srivastava, MD, FACC
Program Director, Scripps Health Heart Failure Program
Scripps Clinic
Ernesto Villanueva, EdD
Senior Executive
Education Sector
David Zumaya, MS
Founder
My San Diego