Beginning July 1, the Pulmonary Hypertension Affiliation (PHA) welcomes two new members to the Board of Trustees: Mike Naple and Mike Lentz.
A number of the board’s officers will change, too. Colleen Connor, a member at giant, will grow to be secretary. Present secretary Nicole Creech will grow to be treasurer, and present treasurer Matt Wall will step all the way down to function a member at giant.
Get to know the brand new board members and officers:
Mike Naple lives in Washington, D.C., and has been concerned with advocacy for greater than a decade. He began specializing in well being care advocacy, particularly PH advocacy, after he was identified with Group 3 PH in 2016. Mike skilled an unsure, rocky prognosis journey that just about took his life. Seven years later, Mike now advocates for the PH group to make sure reasonably priced and attainable entry to well being care for everybody. Learn extra about Mike Naple.
Mike Lentz, who lives in Ponte Vedra Seashore, Florida, grew to become concerned in PHA after his spouse Maureen died of PH 5 years in the past. Mike participates in assist teams, raises cash for PHA efforts and serves on the PHA Finance and Growth Committee. His aim is to assist others battle PH, make strides towards discovering a remedy and prolong lives. Learn extra about Mike Lentz.
Colleen Connor lives in West Chester, Pennsylvania, together with her husband Shawn and youngsters Ryan and Kiera. In 2005, Colleen began experiencing PH signs however didn’t obtain her prognosis till two years later. Colleen has co-led the College of Penn assist group for seven years. She has raised over $600,000 for PHA programming analysis. Learn extra about Colleen.
Nicole Creech was identified with PH associated to sickle cell anemia in 2008 when she was 36. In 2016, Nicole grew to become a member of PHA to be empowered by hope and share that hope with others. Nicole now leads a assist group in Lexington, Kentucky, and is a affected person advocate. Learn extra about Nicole.
Matt Wall is a industrial development supervisor and lives in Burlington together with his spouse Jayna and sons, Jackson and Jayden. Jackson was identified with PH at 14-months-old and has been on substantial remedy since he was 19-months-old. Matt and Jayna are longtime fundraisers for PH and have raised over $235,000 for pediatric pulmonary hypertension analysis. Learn extra about Matt.