Executive Board
Community Heart Watch’s Executive Board is comprised of individuals from several arenas, including clinical, business, and school district representatives. This group, along with the committee at large, meets regularly and voluntarily to identify opportunities, initiatives and tactics to improve cardiac arrest survival rates.

Teri Watson, PhD, Chair
Community Outreach Coordinator

John Lazarus, MD, PhD, Clinical Chair
Interventional Cardiologist
Fairfield Medical Center

Brad Smith, EMS Chair, Fairfield Co.
Chief
Greenfield Township Fire

Sarah McGraw-Thimmes, RN,
School Chair
District Health Coordinator
Lancaster City Schools
Matt Wideman, Business Chair
Executive Vice President
Fairfield Federal Savings & Loan

Deserae Belcher, RN, Hospital Chair
STEMI (Heart Attack) Coordinator
Fairfield Medical Center
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Jeremy Young, EMS Co-Chair, Hocking Co.
Paramedic
Hocking Co. EMS
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Jim Mickey, EMS Co-Chair, Perry Co.
Captain
Somerset-Reading Township Fire Department