Event Chair
Doug Lawson
Douglas (Doug) Lawson, Ph.D., serves as Chief Executive Officer of St. Luke’s Health and as Senior Vice President of Operations, Texas Division, at CommonSpirit Health (St. Luke’s Health’s parent ministry). Doug leads a team of 11,000 employees and caregivers, and more than 5,000 physicians, in an integrated health network of 16 acute care hospitals and more than 270 access points serving Greater Houston, East Texas, and the Brazos Valley.
Doug returned to Texas in 2007 to become President of Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Grapevine, where within four years he and his team elevated the hospital to a top performer in the region. In 2012, he took on the Chief Operating Officer role at Baylor University Medical Center and in 2015 was named President of the center and of the North Texas Central Region. He has been in his current role with St. Luke’s Health System and CommonSpirit Health since 2018.
A fifth-generation Texan, Doug attended Texas A&M University, where he played football while earning a B.S. in political science. He went on to earn a Master of Science degree in healthcare administration from Trinity University, and a Ph.D. in Leadership from Dallas Baptist University.
Leadership Team
- KMARC BRYANT TYSON, BRYANT FAMILY REPRESENTATIVE
- KZACH DAILEY, MARATHON OIL CORPORATION
- KCARLA DAWSON, GOW MEDIA
- KSTEVE ESTES, KPMG, LLP
- KSCOTT EVANS HOAR CONSTRUCTION
- KMELVYN HARRINGTON, BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
- KMONIKA HARRIS, ACCENTURE
- KMARC HELM, HELM FAMILY FOUNDATION
- KEDUARDO HERNANDEZ, TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE
- KVICKI HOLLUB, OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM
- KSHAWN LAFFERTY, KPMG
- KDR. GAYLON MCCOLLOUGH, MCCOLLOUGH INSTITUTE
- KKEVIN MCDONALD, NEXTIER
- KDAVID MILICH, UNITEDHEALTHCARE
- KANNE NEESON, MEMORIAL HERMANN HEALTH SYSTEM
- KEMERSON PERIN, TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE
- KRODNEY REED, NOV
- KSONDRA RUHMAN, ACCENTURE
- KJOSH SHERMAN, OPPORTUNE
- KCINDY TAYLOR, OIL STATES INTERNATIONAL
- KNEIL H. TOFSKY, SENTERRA REAL ESTATE
- KWILLIE WOOD, PILLSBURY LAW
American Heart Association Staff Members
Dan D’armond
Vice President, Development
Dan.darmond@heart.org
PAUL SMITH
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
paul.smith@heart.org
Alexxa Newman
Development Manager
Alexxa.newman@heart.org