Longtime chief operating officer named as successor to M. Cass Wheeler, the retiring head of the $667 million, Dallas-based national organization. (Updated) The American Heart Association selected Chief Operating Officer Nancy A. Brown, to succeed M. Cass Wheeler, who is retiring as chief executive officer after 11 years. The group’s national board of directors selected Brown at a meeting Oct. 29 at AHA’s Dallas National Center. She is the first female to lead the organization, founded in 1924. Brown will formally take office Jan. 1 and is working now on the changeover with Wheeler, who is capping 35 years with the association and its affiliates. Brown said she is… Read More