Top 25 Minority Executives in Healthcare - 2016

Lavizzo-Mourey, 61, has taken up healthcare challenges such as tobacco use and end-of-life care in her 13-year tenure as CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a large healthcare philanthropic organization that focuses on public health issues such as child and family health, workforce issues and health system improvement. Lavizzo-Mourey is the first female and first African-American to hold the post at the organization. A geriatrics internist, Lavizzo-Mourey joined the foundation from the University of Pennsylvania, where she was a professor of medicine and healthcare systems. She has also served on federal committees, including the Task Force on Aging Research and the National Committee for Vital and Health Statistics. This is her second time on the list of the Top 25 Minority Executives in Healthcare.