Mellanie True Hills

Following a brush with death in emergency heart surgery as well as a near-stroke from a frightening irregular heartbeat in the same year, Mellanie True Hills pledged to use her second chance to help others avoid the #1 and #3 killers, heart disease and stroke. As an expert on women's health and the CEO of the American Foundation for Women's Health, she raises awareness of heart disease and stroke with her inspirational and motivational keynotes for American Heart Association Go Red for Women events, hospital women's health events, and corporate and association events. She creates real change, coaching individuals in creating healthy lifestyles and organizations in creating healthy, productive workplaces. Executives say, "Mellanie delivers real business results. Audiences say "She saved my life." After being cured of her life-threatening irregular heartbeat, atrial fibrillation, she launched www.StopAfib.org, a non-profit web site "for patients, by patients", which provides information and resources to those suffering with atrial fibrillation. Always an agent of innovation, transformation and change, Mellanie previously led one of the first corporate web sites, JCPenney.com, and one of the first corporate intranets.