Biography

Dr. Lavizzo-Mourey has served as Lead Director of our Board since the Spin-Off. Dr. Lavizzo-Mourey was a professor at the University of Pennsylvania from 1986 until 2003 and served as the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Professor of Health Equity and Health Policy from January 2018 to January 2021. From 2003 to 2017, Dr. Lavizzo-Mourey was the Chief Executive Officer of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, where she spearheaded initiatives to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic, create an affordable and inclusive healthcare system, and address social factors associated with adverse health impacts. She also has extensive government experience in a wide range of roles from 1985 to 1998, including as a Co-Chair of the White House Health Care Reform Task Force and as an Advisory Committee Member on the President’s Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry. Dr. Lavizzo-Mourey serves on the boards of Intel, Merck, and Better Therapeutics and previously served on the boards of Genworth Financial, Beckman Coulter, Hess, and GE. Dr. Lavizzo-Mourey serves as the chair of the Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents, a Governor of TIAA, and a Trustee of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Dr. Lavizzo-Mourey attended the State University of New York, Stony Brook and has an M.D. from Harvard Medical School and an M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.