
Keri Sprung is the Vice President for Communication and Education, and the Program Manager of the Women’s Center at the Texas Heart Institute. She provides strategic direction to the physician and scientist members leading innovative research, education, and clinical programs at the Institute in partnership with regional, national, and international collaborators. Show full bio
As a liaison within and outside of THI, Sprung brings more than 25 years of experience to her roles. Specifically, she offers guidance as it relates to strategic partnerships and also coordinates and implements internal and external communications, strategic marketing, and brand strategies. Sprung cultivates resources that advance the priorities of the Institute and its many partners across the globe. She additionally administers strategic direction to Texas Heart Institute’s operations teams that bolster infrastructure and augments digital platform integration initiatives.
After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin’s College of Natural Sciences, Sprung spent years working for Pfizer across several different Texas Medical Center healthcare entities. She subsequently served as Vice President of Marketing for an Austin-based biotech firm and later co-founded two medical device companies that provide surgical services to hospital systems across the southwest region. Following these endeavors, Sprung acted as a strategic advisor to the Genetics Policy Institute, and as Vice-Chair of Texans for Stem Cell Research (now Texans for Cures).
Since joining the Texas Heart Institute in 2011, Sprung has developed community and industry relationships as well as new partnerships and programs, including collaborations with UT Health Science Center, Baylor College of Medicine, WomenHeart National Hospital Alliance, Alliance for Regenerative Medicine, ExxonMobil, American Heart Association, Rice University Baker Institute, Alpha Phi Foundation, Center for Houston’s Future, Elnita McClain Women’s Center, LHI Houston, BakerRipley, Breakthrough Houston, Girl Scouts, Emerge Scholars and Houston ISD. Currently, she is pursuing her Masters in Business Administration at Rice University’s Jones School of Business and is proudly serving the Rice Business school as a Board Fellow for Children At Risk, a non-profit that serves as a catalyst for change to improve the quality of life for children through strategic research, public policy analysis, education, collaboration and advocacy.
Texas Heart Institute Positions
- Vice President for Communication & Education, Administration
- Program Manager, Center for Women's Heart & Vascular Health
Current Projects
- Women's Research & Training Program
- Houston HeartReach Registry
- TexasHeart.org Global Outreach
- Innovative Technologies & Techniques Series
- Texas Heart Institute App
- National Heart Month
- Planning Committee, Annual Women's Heart & Vascular Symposium
- Speaker Bureau & Ambassador Programs
- Annual Women's Heart & Vascular Symposium: A New Era in Prevention, Diagnosis & Treatment
- Project Heart Merit Badge Program
- Tea Cart with Heart
- Unproven Stem Cell–Based Interventions: Advancing Policy through Stakeholder Collaboration
- TEXAS H.B. 810: INCREASED ACCESS TO STEM CELL INTERVENTIONS OR AN INCREASE IN UNPROVEN TREATMENTS?
Education
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Undergraduate:
The University of Texas at Austin
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Graduate:
Executive MBA, Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business (Class of 2022)
Certifications
- Rice University, Center for Philanthropy & Nonprofit Leadership, Nonprofit Finance Certificate
Honors, Awards and Memberships
- M.A. Mike Wright Award, Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business
- Co-Chair, Jones Student Association for Executives (JSAE)
- Rice Business Board Fellow
- Rice Board Fellow
- TMC Communication and External Affairs Council
- Impact100 Houston
- Advisory Board, Texans for Cures
- Member, International Society of Endovascular Specialists
- World Stem Cell Summit Planning Committee, 2014
- Vice Chair, Texans for Stem Cell Research (2010-2011)
- Preceptor of the Year Award Recipient, Texas Southern University Health Administration Practice Experience (2017-2018)
- Mentor, Breakthrough Houston
Publications
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