{"id":237872,"date":"2026-04-06T23:31:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T23:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/237872\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T23:31:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T23:31:14","slug":"american-heart-association-announces-2-greater-houston-area-leadership-appointments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/237872\/","title":{"rendered":"American Heart Association announces 2 Greater Houston area leadership appointments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heart.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">American Heart Association<\/a>, a nonprofit organization dedicated to heart and brain health, in March announced two leadership appointments for the Greater Houston and Gulf Coast markets.<\/p>\n<p>Key players<\/p>\n<p>Kellie Armstrong was named senior executive director for the Greater Houston market, and Lisa Fenley was appointed executive director for the Gulf Coast, according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p>According to the release, Armstrong and Fenley have been acting in the roles for 18 months, working to heighten mission delivery and momentum in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Their work includes strengthening partnerships with health systems, hospitals, clinics, schools and community leaders, according to the release. Leadership efforts include supporting efforts to advance evidence-based strategies around:<\/p>\n<p>HypertensionWomen\u2019s healthNutrition securityCommunity readiness (including CPR)More details<\/p>\n<p>With more than 20 years of nonprofit leadership experience, Fenley will oversee initiatives to expand heart health education, CPR awareness, women\u2019s health programming and community partnerships focused on improving cardiovascular outcomes, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLisa is an exceptional leader who\u2019s steady, mission-driven approach has strengthened our regional impact and elevated our work across the Gulf Coast,\u201d Armstrong said. \u201cShe has earned the trust of volunteers, partners and community leaders, and her strong ties to Montgomery County uniquely position her to lead the Gulf Coast into its next chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What they&#8217;re saying<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am honored to serve the Gulf Coast in this new capacity,\u201d Fenley said. \u201cThis community is home for my family, and I\u2019m grateful for the opportunity to continue building on our work to increase awareness of heart disease and stroke, the No. 1 and No. 4 leading causes of death in our community. Together with our volunteers, partners and supporters, we will move our mission forward in meaningful ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are entering a new chapter of strength and opportunity for both Greater Houston and the Gulf Coast,\u201d Armstrong said. \u201cOur momentum is strong; our vision is clear and our commitment to the communities we serve has never been greater.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The American Heart Association, a nonprofit organization dedicated to heart and brain health, in March announced two leadership&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237873,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[13644,5443,56,58,57,12042],"class_list":{"0":"post-237872","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-american-heart-association","9":"tag-greater-houston","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-houston-headlines","12":"tag-houston-news","13":"tag-the-woodlands"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}