{"id":85991,"date":"2017-10-28T23:29:35","date_gmt":"2017-10-29T03:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=85991"},"modified":"2017-10-27T21:54:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-28T01:54:03","slug":"ahaasa-executive-director-to-step-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=85991","title":{"rendered":"AHA\/ASA executive director to step down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-72621\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/american-heart.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/american-heart.jpg 219w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/american-heart-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/>Balog to pursue career in continuing education<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The American Heart Association\/American Stroke Association will soon have a new executive director in Utica. Current executive director Jennifer Balog announced\u00a0<span data-term=\"goog_1595496409\">Friday<\/span>\u00a0she is stepping down. Balog is leaving the Association to pursue a continuing education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past four years, I have worked with such dedicated volunteers with a true passion for the mission and worked with such a talented staff,\u201d said Balog. \u201cTogether, this community\u2019s efforts have made a tremendous impact on our fight against heart disease and stroke, which I am certain will continue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In her four years with the American Heart Association\/American Stroke Association, Balog has made significant contributions to the advancement of the Association\u2019s mission in the community, including growing the Community Impact Grant program to fund local projects improving the health of the Greater Utica area, an increased focus on lifesaving Hands-Only CPR trainings and revitalizing America\u2019s Greatest Heart Run &amp; Walk Weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJennifer has been an extraordinary leader to our volunteers and our staff,\u201d said Liz Campbell, Senior Vice President, Western Region of the Founders Affiliate. \u201cHers will be very difficult shoes to fill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Balog\u2019s resignation will take effect Nov. 17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Balog to pursue career in continuing education The American Heart Association\/American Stroke Association will soon have a new executive director in Utica. Current executive director Jennifer Balog announced\u00a0Friday\u00a0she is stepping down. Balog is leaving the Association to pursue a continuing education. \u201cOver the past four years, I have worked with such dedicated volunteers with a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23810,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellbeing","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/72621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}