Barbara Furry, RNC, CCRN, MS
Board Member
"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop and look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do." - Eleanor Roosevelt
With twenty years of critical care nursing experience, Barbara Furry shares her passion for education and advances in cardiac care as owner and Director of The Center of Excellence in Education. She currently holds a Masters of Science degree in Health, and provides critical care education with focus to serving rural and suburban healthcare practitioners.
Barbara is American Heart Association immediate Past-Chair, Emergency Cardiovascular Care and Board member with a variety of volunteer AHA leadership roles since 1986. She actively participates in AHA events and as an ACLS, ACLS-EP and PALS Regional Faculty and instructor. She is immediate past-president and Fellow of the American College of Cardiovascular Nurses.
Barbara lives in Chico, CA, where she enjoys antiquing, archeology and animals. She is married with two children and delights in an array of family pets and travels.