Chicago Hard Hats with Heart Leadership

Building on a century of lifesaving progress in cardiovascular disease and stroke, the American Heart Association has centered a new vision for its next 100 years: Advancing health and hope for everyone, everywhere.

To achieve this vision by 2028, the American Heart Association will drive breakthroughs and implement proven solutions in science, policy and care for healthier people and communities. The greatest discoveries in health must reach people where they are.

Every person means working with every community and that is why our Executive Leadership is so important. The Chicago Hard Hats with Heart Campaign is a catalyst for this work.

2026 Chicago Hard Hats with Heart Co-Chairs

Executive Leadership Team

Rocco Bartucci
Contech

Ken Bauwens
Jamerson & Bauwens

Larry Blouin
Northwestern University

Marco Capicchioni
UChicago Medicine

Charlie Cloutier
Northwestern Medicine

Kevin Connelly
Connelly Electric

Tim Cooper
Gilbane Building Company

Jennifer Riddle Curley
Perkins&Will

Ekua Davis
Automated Logic Controls

Herb Dawson
W.E. O’Neil

Angela Drexel
LiveWire

Jeff Emerson
Schneider Electric

Jada Escarpita
Escarpita Construction

Steve Eskildsen
Mortenson Construction

Zachary Gaines
Gilbane Building Company

Shawn Gleason
Deep Health

Jim Hill, III
The Hill Group

Brian Karlow
Gurtz Electric

Rick Kerman
Steiner Electric Company

Matt Kiefer
International Decorators, Inc.

Jim Kokaska
Advocate Health Care

Karrie Kratz
Gilbane Building Company

John Kurtz
Anning-Johnson

Loranne May
Connelly Electric

Benjamin Mikulcik
RM Chin & Associates, Inc

Tom Nelson
Turner Construction Company

John O’Connell
CIBC Bank USA

Chris Redpath
Clune Construction

Lee Serritella
General Building Supply

Gary Shamasko
Jamerson & Bauwens

Matt Stone
Graybar

Christine Strom
Northwestern Memorial Healthcare

Chris TenEyck
Connelly Electric

KC Wigle
W.E. O’Neil

Jean Gallo Win
Fox Swibel Levin & Carroll LLP