Ramblings Alumni Spotlight

Jennifer L. Litchman-Green '07
2024 Distinguished Alumni Award Honoree

Jennifer Litchman-Green holds a B.A. in English and a minor in journalism. During her time at West Chester University, she played singles and doubles for the women’s tennis team and was co-captain in her senior year. After graduation, she coached tennis at the Merion Cricket Club in Haverford, PA, and served as assistant coach for the Haverford College women’s tennis team. In 2011, she played a leadership role in launching a nonprofit focused on bringing tennis to children living in disadvantaged communities across our region.

In 2013, she joined the American Heart Association (AHA) as an administrative professional. In January 2023, she became senior executive director for the greater Philadelphia region, overseeing a multi-million-dollar fundraising campaign and the organization’s mission impact work across the region, including removing barriers to CPR and AED education, improving blood pressure control rates, and increasing nutrition security with a focus on communities most adversely impacted by heart disease and stroke.

Litchman-Green’s proudest achievements with the AHA are fueled by outstanding volunteers, corporate and community leaders, physicians, individual donors, and colleagues whom she has inspired and empowered to advance the mission. These include legislation in Pennsylvania requiring all high school students to be trained in hands-only CPR prior to graduation; the sweetened beverage tax in Philadelphia aimed at reducing sugary drinks consumption and funding critical community programs; and the placement of four CPR training kiosks in Philadelphia, training more than 25,000 people in hands-only CPR to date.

Litchman-Green dedicates her free time to family: husband Frank and two children, Zoey and Miles. She will be forever grateful to the University for the role it played as a bridge from her high school years to adulthood and the lifelong friendships and lessons learned along that journey.

Pictured: Jennifer L. Litchman-Green '07 with Lisa Wright Bryant '87, Past President of the WCU Alumni Association.