Arkansas Heart Hospital is proud to announce two new members to its Board of Directors; Kim Leverett and Chris Dent of Little Rock.

Leverett is a pharmacist and is a Healthcare Provider for the American Heart Association as well as a licensed member of the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy. She holds certificates from the National Exercise Trainer’s Association (NETA), National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM). She also owns a personal training studio, A Kick Above. She is a five-year breast cancer survivor and is actively involved with Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, St. Mark Baptist Church and Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. She and her husband Mark have three teenage children. Dent is a health care executive with over 40 years of administrative and management experience in hospital settings. She currently maintains her Arkansas Registered Nurse licensure and CPR/ACLS certification.

Dent served on the Arkansas Breast Cancer Advisory Board and the Practice Committee of the Arkansas State Board of Nursing over 12 years. She’s previously worked as VP of Clinical Services at Arkansas Heart, CLD Consulting, Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Conway Regional Medical Center and DeWitt City Hospital. Dent is retired and a Master Gardener for Pulaski County.

“We are delighted to have both intelligent, innovative, and accomplish women as members of our board,” said Dr. Bruce Murphy “They will help steer Arkansas Heart into the future of medicine.”