Top 25 Women in Healthcare - 2013

Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey has held many professional roles—as a physician, administrator, professor, author and healthcare policy leader. Since 2003, Lavizzo-Mourey, 58, has served as the first female and first African-American president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, one of the nation’s leading philanthropic organizations focused on health and healthcare. The foundation distributes nearly $400 million in grants and contracts annually to address healthcare challenges.