🎉We are so excited to announce the addition of Mark Martucci to our team!
Mark will be another Director of Support Services, moderating a virtual support group that starts tonight at 10pm EST (7pm PST).
Mark is a survivor and has a wonderful, empathetic and funny personality. We look forward to having him lead another vital support group♥️
" Although I still consider myself a “Jersey guy” (yes I am a huge Springsteen fan and have seen him over 40 times….most recently 4/4/2024 in Los Angeles), I have lived in So California most of my adult life. I have always been very health conscious and active. I am an avid snow skier and sailor.
I was in Kauai in July 2018 for a vacation with my wife, son and daughter. After several days of hiking, snorkeling and enjoying some great meals I was in the gym working out with my daughter. It was Sunday July 22, 2018. I was doing an exercise with light weights that I had done hundreds of times when I felt a tightness in my chest and my back locked up. My son (in med school at the time) got back from a run and took one look at me and said we are going to the ER…..it was a Sunday in Kauai and I was taken to the community hospital. The ER Dr. tested me for a stroke (negative) and proceeded to do a CT (confirmed a Type A AD). Within an hour my wife and I were airlifted to Honolulu where Dr. Carlos Moreno and his team were waiting for me. To this day I cannot imagine what my wife and children were going through that day and night. After the 8 hour surgery, followed by 7 days in the hospital I was released and came back to L.A.
My journey was like many others and I am soooo grateful for my family, the team that “saved my life” and all I have today.
Since I retired from a career at Kraft Heinz, I have wanted to give back to the community.
I continue to exercise daily, love boating, play golf and volunteering whenever and where ever I can."
Please welcome Mark😊
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