Our Team

As the Program Evaluation Lead for the AHA’s Social Impact Funds, 克莱尔·乌戈-艾克(Claire Ugo-Ike)指导对以社区为基础的解决方案和举措的评估，这些解决方案和举措旨在解决健康的社会决定因素，以减少美国不同社区之间的健康差距.S.

克莱尔在社区主导的项目中拥有超过14年的科学背景和国际专业知识，其中包括关注健康的社会决定因素. Her work in West Africa, during a time of resource-related conflict, involved peace-building programs, study design, and qualitative and quantitative evaluation of community-led programs. Before joining the AHA, Claire led impact evaluations for different community-based, 政府资助的项目，包括协调美国国际开发署资助的艾滋病预防的实施和评估, conflict resolution and peace-building programs across different West African communities.

Claire holds a bachelor’s in microbiology and a Master’s in pharmaceutical microbiology.

Haroon Khan is the Senior Program Coordinator for the American Heart Association’s Social Impact Funds, including the Bernard J. Tyson Impact Fund. In this role, Haroon is responsible for supporting the Social Impact Funds Team, managing grants, communicating with investees, and sourcing.

He started with the AHA as an intern then Project Coordinator for the Office of Health Equity. Haroon has helped coordinate internal projects, manage diversity and inclusion initiatives and help plan education initiatives centered around DEI. He was also an intern for the EmPOWERED to Serve team, 与西班牙裔服务学院奖学金基金广泛合作，帮助在2021年试点该项目.

Haroon holds a bachelor’s degree in public health from Baylor University.

Jennifer “Jen” Herbert (she/her) is a member of the Navajo Nation from Flagstaff, Arizona. Jen支持美国心脏协会为历史上的黑人学院和大学(HBCU)和西班牙裔服务机构(HSI)学者计划和协会的社会影响基金制定和实施项目评估活动. This includes producing and implementing data collection tools, performing qualitative and quantitative data analyses and developing and contributing to final reports.

Jen拥有7年的联合医疗临床经验和知识，以及6年的公共卫生经验. Prior to joining the AHA, Jen worked as an evaluator at a tribal epidemiology center, where she evaluated public health programs for Urban Indian organizations. 她向主要调查人员和部落社区提供基于土著原则和价值观的研究和评价服务.

Jen has a BA in molecular, cellular, 以及科罗拉多大学博尔德分校的发育生物学和亚利桑那大学的健康促进硕士学位.

Lisa Suennen has spent more than 35 years in healthcare and technology as an entrepreneur, operating executive, venture capitalist and strategy consultant. She has worked broadly across healthcare including digital health, medical devices, health services and especially at the convergence between these sectors. Lisa is Managing Partner and the Head of American Heart Association Ventures, 监督协会的所有投资活动，包括协会和影响投资集团的社会影响基金.

Prior to joining the Association, Lisa has long led Venture Valkyrie Consulting, advising large and emerging companies and venture funds across the healthcare spectrum. Previously she held executive-level operating roles at Canary Medical, Merit Behavioral Care and Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. She has also held General Partner roles at several venture funds, including Manatt Ventures, Psilos Group and GE Ventures, where she led the healthcare venture fund and sat on the overall Investment Committee. Lisa was co-founder and CEO of CSweetener, a company focused on matching mentors with rising healthcare leaders (sold to HLTH Foundation), 担任美国宇航局资助的空间卫生转化研究所和澳大利亚国际投资委员会的科学咨询委员会主席 & Victorian government-funded ANDHealth Digital Health Fund, 她是阿斯彭研究所健康创新者奖学金的成员，也是加州大学伯克利分校哈斯商学院的教员，在那里她教授医疗创新和投资的年度课程. Lisa writes the Venture Valkyrie blog and is an internationally recognized author and speaker.

Mark McCoy is responsible for sourcing, conducting due diligence, and negotiating terms for new investments for the AHA’s Social Impact Funds, including the Bernard J. Tyson Impact Fund.

马克拥有超过15年的多元化资本市场经验，其中包括10多年的影响力投资专业经验. He has designed, launched, and managed small business development programs, impact assessments, 以及为包括世界银行/国际金融公司在内的众多公共和私营机构定制的投资产品, CDC Group, Norfund, Deutsche Bank, SIDA and others.

Mark在Archer Daniels Midland开始他的职业生涯，在芝加哥期货交易所交易商品期权合约，后来在内罗毕居住期间创立了一家酒店行业的社会企业, Kenya. Upon moving back to the U.S., 马克曾在私人家族办公室担任各种投资组合管理和直接投资职位，包括食品安全, health equity, poverty reduction, peace and security, and access to capital markets.

马克拥有丹佛大学国际MBA学位和北公园大学金融与经济学学士学位.

Max Gritzuk is a Senior Portfolio Manager for the American Heart Association’s Social Impact Funds, including the Bernard J. Tyson Impact Fund. In this role, Max is responsible for sourcing, conducting due diligence and negotiating terms for new investments. He also actively manages investee relationships to ensure compliance, monitor financial performance and drive social impact.

他拥有近10年的多元化投资经验，其中包括5年多的影响力投资经验. Max曾担任Opportunity Finance Network的金融服务副总裁，负责承销和组织社区发展金融机构(CDFIs)的投资。, 他管理着三只使命基金的投资组合，并处理了逾5亿美元的美国国债影响力债券申请. 马克斯还在纽约担任高收益信贷分析师，评估消费品领域的机会, healthcare and REIT sectors.

Max holds a bachelor’s in finance from Northeastern University.

Sarah Young is an Associate Portfolio Manager for the American Heart Association’s Social Impact Funds, including the Bernard J. Tyson Impact Fund. In this role, Sarah is responsible for sourcing, conducting due diligence and negotiating terms for new investments. She is also helping to evolve the technical assistance offerings from the Funds.

在加入AHA之前，Sarah拥有7年在风投支持的科技初创公司工作的经验，在那里她建立了财务职能部门并扩大了运营团队. As a graduate student, 莎拉领导纽约大学社会影响基金的食品和农业交易团队，并在美国国际发展金融公司的食品安全部门做了一个夏天的助理. She began her career as an AmeriCorps member working with Habitat for Humanity in Monroe County, Indiana and Orange County, California.

Sarah拥有纽约大学社会影响投资硕士学位和印第安纳大学布卢明顿分校修辞和公共倡导学士学位.

As a Senior Portfolio Manager for the AHA’s Social Impact Funds, including the Bernard J. Tyson Impact Fund, Valerie Dao发现新的投资机会，以缩小卫生公平方面的差距，并为西部和中西部市场组合提供战略支持.

她是通过斯坦福大学慈善与公民社会中心加入美国心脏协会的，在那里她管理了一项研究，探索非营利组织在全球七个地区的社区中的作用. Valerie has 10 years of experience in the social sector, 她之前的职位包括在一家风险慈善基金和一家咨询公司工作，在那里她专门从事项目监控和评估, organizational assessment and strategic planning.

瓦莱丽是富布赖特学者，拥有加州大学政治学学士学位, Irvine, and an MPP from the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago.