Central Arkansas Woman of Impact 2026: Sam Kamran Leads Local Heart Health Efforts

Sam Kamran has been selected as the 2026 Central Arkansas Woman of Impact through the American Heart Association’s local Go Red for Women–aligned initiative.

The recognition reflects her role in a nine-week campaign that combined fundraising, education and community engagement to raise awareness about heart disease and stroke as leading causes of death among women.

• The Woman of Impact initiative described is a competitive, time-limited public campaign lasting nine weeks.
• It is explicitly aligned with the national Go Red for Women movement and launched locally on National Wear Red Day.
• Nominees mobilize networks to generate measurable support for the American Heart Association via events, education efforts and fundraising.
• Local competitions feed into a national contest, with a top national fundraiser to be named later in the year.

• The account focuses on local changemakers in Central Arkansas; Sam Kamran, a digital marketing consultant for The Marketing Broker, is the named local winner.
• Nominees included community leaders who organized activities intended to reach women and the broader community with prevention and awareness messaging.

Specific examples cited in the source include encouraging individuals to know their blood pressure numbers and to recognize warning signs of heart attack and stroke.

• Nominees hosted events, disseminated educational content, and promoted preventive care behaviors.
• Activities were framed as supporting cardiovascular research, education and community programs through funds raised.

• The source emphasizes cardiovascular disease as the leading cause of death in women.
• The piece states that almost half of adult women are living with some form of cardiovascular disease.
• It reports that the majority of heart events are considered preventable through lifestyle change, early detection and education—quantified in the source as a large proportion of events being preventable.

• The American Heart Association is presented as the sponsoring organization, positioned as an entity focused on health equity, research funding, advocacy and public health education.
• The local executive director is quoted to highlight aims of increasing attention and resources for women’s heart health through community leadership and funding.

• The report does not provide detailed metrics on funds raised, attendance at events, or measurable changes in community knowledge or behaviors resulting from the campaign.
• There is no clinical data, subgroup analyses, or long-term follow-up described to assess impact on health outcomes.
• Specific dates beyond the launch and conclusion of the nine-week campaign are limited to the launch on National Wear Red Day and campaign end; the precise fundraising totals and national winner timing were not reported.

• The source conveys a community-level mobilization model linking fundraising to education and outreach for women’s cardiovascular health.
• It illustrates how a locally organized competition can be used to raise visibility and resources for cardiovascular research and public education within a broader national movement.