Members
The Justus-Warren Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Task Force is comprised of 27 members. The Governor and the General Assembly, with recommendations from the Speaker of the House of Representatives and President Pro Tempore of the Senate, appoint 24 of the 27 members as outlined in the enabling legislation:
- Six legislators (three each recommended by the Speaker of the House and President Pro Tem of the Senate)
- Health professionals
- Survivors
- Members of volunteer and governmental organizations
- One business leader
- One news director
The remaining three appointees are leaders within the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). These appointees are the designees of the following DHHS entities: Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Division of Aging and Adult Services and NC Medicaid.
Justus-Warren Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Task Force
Chair
Representative Becky Carney, NC House, Mecklenburg County
Senator Jim Burgin, NC Senate, Harnett, Johnson, and Lee Counties
Executive Director
Anna Bess Brown
Members
- Stephanie Dorko Austin, Advocate for Affected Family Member
- Senator Lisa Barnes, NC Senate, Johnston and Nash Counties
- Heather Breedlove, Heart Event Survivor
- Sherry E. Butler, Catawba County Commissioner
- Adrienne Calhoun, NC Association of Area Agencies on Aging
- Beth Daniel, NC Medicaid
- Yolanda Dickerson, Volunteer, American Heart Association
- Rebecca Freeman, DHHS Division of Aging and Adult Services
- Lindsey Haynes-Maslow, Agricultural and Human Sciences, NC State University
- Ashley Honeycutt, Licensed Dietician, UNC Rex
- Nevill Gates, Internist, Greensboro
- David Huang, Director, UNC Comprehensive Stroke Center
- Representative Frank Iler, NC House, Brunswick County
- Senator Steve Jarvis, NC Senate, Davidson and Montgomery Counties
- Leatrice Martin, Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute
- Margaret Murchison, Media News Director
- Ruth Phillips, Director, Community Health Coalition
- Joey Propst, Stroke Survivor
- Douglas Schiller, Medical Director, Cardiac ICU, ECU Vidant Medical Center
- Ryan Swanson, Pharmacist, Blue Cross Blue Shield NC
- Elizabeth Cuervo Tilson, DHHS State Health Director and Chief Medical Officer
- Sherée Vodicka, Licensed Dietician; Eat Smart, Move More NC
- Amanda L. Wilson, Registered Nurse
- Representative Larry Yarborough, NC House, Granville County
