Guest Profile: Mellanie True Hills

URL: http://www.stopafib.org

Having had a brush with death in emergency heart surgery, Mellanie True Hills now uses her second chance to coach individuals in creating healthy lifestyles and organizations in creating healthy, productive workplaces.

As the founder and CEO of the American Foundation for Women’s Health, a non-profit organization dedicated to education and awareness about women’s health issues, Hills’ mission is to spread awareness of heart disease. An expert on women's health, she frequently speaks for corporations, associations and at women's health events, motivating and inspiring people to greater productivity and health. Executives say that she delivers business results. Audiences say “She saved my life.”

Previously, Hills was an Internet pioneer at J.C. Penney Company, Inc., over a decade ago, where she led the creation of one of the early corporate web sites, as well as an intranet and supplier extranet. She was also an executive and Internet strategist at Dell and Cisco Systems.

A renowned Internet visionary, she is the author of two intranet and groupware best-sellers, Intranet Business Strategies and Intranet as Groupware, published by John Wiley & Sons. She wrote for numerous business and technology publications, including a regular syndicated column for the Dallas Business Journal and other city business journals.

In addition to being a wife and mother, Hills is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Heart Association for Williamson County, Texas and handles media appearances on their behalf to raise awareness of heart disease and stroke. She is also treasurer of the board of directors of the Leadership Texas Alumnae Association, a member of Women in Technology International (WITI), the National Speakers Association (NSA), and Mended Hearts.