Many states are working to improve cardiovascular health outcomes leveraging learning collaboratives to help build trust, develop shared goals, and cultivate partnerships needed for organizations to work together more effectively. In the newest episode of The Heart of the Matter, Ashley Arezou Minaei shares Alaska's lessons learned implementing a learning collaborative with their partners. Minaei is an NACDD Board of Directors At-Large-Director and the Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program Manager at the Alaska Department of Health.