Volunteer Leadership

In 2024, the American Heart Association will celebrate 100 years as a relentless force for longer, healthier lives. And as we look ahead, we recognize the work of the AHA is more important now than ever before. Our centennial milestone is coupled with our 2024 Impact Goal of ensuring every person has the opportunity for a full, healthy life. Every person means working with every community and that is why our Volunteer Leadership is so important. Go Red for Women is a catalyst for this critical work.

Austin Go Red Campaign Chair

Denise Bradley, Ph.D.
Vice President, Communication & Community Affairs
St. David’s HealthCare and the HCA Healthcare Central/West Texas Division

Denise Bradley is vice president of communication and community affairs for St. David’s HealthCare and the HCA Healthcare Central and West Texas Division. In this role, she is responsible for planning and executing corporate communication and community affairs strategies for the HCA Central and West Texas Division, which encompasses St. David’s HealthCare―an eight-hospital healthcare system in Austin―and Las Palmas Del Sol Healthcare―a two-hospital healthcare system in El Paso.

Denise has held a variety of state and nationally recognized positions, including both Director of Correspondence and Special Projects Manager in The White House Office of the First Lady. Her work experience also includes lecturer at The University of Texas at Austin; research and policy analyst for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Presidential Management Fellow; Deputy Director of the Central Regional Reading First Technical Assistance Center; and Executive Director of the Texas State History Museum Foundation.

Denise has a master’s degree in educational psychology with an emphasis in program evaluation, as well as a doctorate in educational psychology in the areas of human development and education, from The University of Texas at Austin.

Denise is active in numerous organizations. She is a member of the board of directors of 4ATX Foundation, as well as a member of the Austin Area Research Organization (AARO). Denise served for five years on the board of the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, where she served on the executive committee, as chair of the Austin Gives Council and as vice chair of the Chamber’s special events and partnerships committee. She is also a member of the Texas Hospital Association’s Strategic Communications Constituency Council, and she has led the Student-of-the-Year Campaign Task Force for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Denise has also served on the board of Hyde Park Schools, including a one-year appointment as school board president; as a board member of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, as well as chair of their Light-the-Night executive committee; as a member of the executive leadership team for the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women campaign; and, co-chair of the marketing and public relations committee for the American Cancer Society’s Cattle Baron’s Ball.

The Austin Business Journal recognized Denise with the “Profiles in Power: Central Texas Women of Influence” award in 2012, and the Women Communicators of Austin honored her in 2018 with the “Outstanding Austin Communicator” award.

Executive Leadership Team

Go Red for Women National Leadership Council Chair

Angie Meoli
SVP, Network Strategy and Provider Experience
Aetna, a CVS Health Company