American Heart Association Announces Twin Cities Heart Walk Leadership.MINNEAPOLIS -- The American Heart Association American Heart Association (AHA), n.pr a national voluntary health agency that has the goal of increasing public and medical awareness of cardiovascular diseases and stroke, and thereby reducing the number of associated deaths and disabilities. announced that Dick Pettingill, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Allina Hospitals & Clinics is chairing the 2006 Twin Cities Heart Walk, which will take place on February 25th at the Mall of America Mall of America (also MOA, MoA, or the Megamall) is a shopping mall located in the Twin Cities suburb of Bloomington, Minnesota. It is just southeast of the junction of Interstate 494 and Minnesota State Highway 77, and is across the interstate from the . As chair, Pettingill will lead Twin Cities companies toward raising $1.6 million for local cardiovascular research and educational programs. "Cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular disease Disease that affects the heart and blood vessels. Mentioned in: Lipoproteins Test cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in Minnesota," said Pettingill. "As the largest health care organization in our state, Allina is committed to improving the health of our community and I'm honored to join thousands of Minnesotans at the Heart Walk and to help raise awareness of this critical cause." In addition to chairing the Twin Cities effort, Pettingill will lead the Allina team, which hopes to become the number one Heart Walk team in the nation this year. "We're delighted to have Pettingill's leadership to make this the most successful Heart Walk ever in the Twin Cities," said Peter Ries, vice president, Twin Cities Metro Area This article is about the music production team. For the article about population centers, see metropolitan area. Metro Area are a Brooklyn-based dance music production team composed of Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani. , for the American Heart Association. Since 1924 the American Heart Association has helped protect people of all ages and ethnicities from the ravages rav·age v. rav·aged, rav·ag·ing, rav·ages v.tr. 1. To bring heavy destruction on; devastate: A tornado ravaged the town. 2. of heart disease and stroke. These diseases, the nation's No. 1 and No. 3 killers, claim more than 930,000 American lives a year. The association invested more than $407 million in fiscal year 2002-03 for research, professional and public education, advocacy and community service programs so people across America can live stronger, longer lives. |
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