Stroke Advisory Council

The Stroke Advisory Council is comprised of members appointed by the Justus-Warren Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Task Force. The enabling legislation prescribes categories of members to be appointed.

• Chair
  Peg O’Connell, Senior Policy Advisor, Fuquay Solutions; American Heart Association
• Vice Chair
  Charles Tegeler, Chair, Neurology, Wake Forest Baptist Health
• Executive Director, Justus-Warren Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Task Force Anna Bess Brown

Members

• Andrew Asimos, Director, Carolinas Stroke Network, Atrium Health
• Wally Ainsworth, NC Office of Emergency Medical Services
• Cheryl Bushnell, Stroke Division Chief, Neurologist, Wake Forest School of Medicine
• Arnett Coleman, Physician, Old North State Medical Society
• Ronald Cromartie, Consultant, Hospital Certification
• Eric Deshaies, Novant Health, NC Healthcare Association
• Ben Gill, Stroke Survivor
• Carmen Graffagnino, Director, Duke Comprehensive Stroke Center
• Amy Guzik, Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center and Telestroke, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
• David Huang, Director, UNC Comprehensive Stroke Center
• Robin Jones, Hospital Stroke Coordinator, Mission Health
• Edward Jauch, Chief of System Research, Mission Health
• Hervy Kornegay, NC Association of Rescue and Emergency Medical Services
• Wayne Rosamond, Epidemiologist, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
• Erika Yourkiewicz, Post-Acute Stroke Care Coordinator, New Hanover Regional Medical Center
• Meg Zomorodi, NC Area Health Education Centers