Nadja Y. West, M.D.

Joaquin Duato

Joaquin Duato is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Johnson & Johnson. Under his leadership, J&J is now exclusively focused on tackling the toughest health challenges by developing innovative medicines and medtech solutions.

Mary C. Beckerle, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor of Biology and Oncological Sciences, University of Utah

Dr. Beckerle, age 71, served as Chief Executive Officer of the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah from 2006 to 2025. She is the Associate Vice President for Cancer Affairs and a Distinguished Professor of Biology and Oncological Sciences at the University of Utah. Dr. Beckerle joined the faculty of the University of Utah in 1986 and currently holds the Jon M. Huntsman Presidential Endowed Chair. Dr. Beckerle has served on the National Institute of Health (NIH) Advisory Committee to the Director, on the Board of Directors of the American Association for Cancer Research, on the Board of Scientific Advisors for the National Cancer Institute, as President of the American Society for Cell Biology and as the Chair of the American Cancer Society Council for Extramural Grants. She currently serves on a number of scientific advisory boards, including the Medical Advisory Board of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and external advisory boards for comprehensive cancer centers at Duke and University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Beckerle is also an elected Member of the National Academy of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society.

Jennifer A. Doudna, Ph.D.

Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology; Principal Investigator, Doudna Lab; Li Ka Shing Chancellor’s Chair in Biomedical and Health, University of California, Berkeley

Dr. Doudna, age 62, joined the faculty at University of California, Berkeley, as a Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology in 2002. She directs the Innovative Genomics Institute, a joint UC Berkeley-UC San Francisco center, is the Li Ka Shing Chancellor’s Chair in Biomedical and Health, and is the Chair of the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Biology at UC Berkeley. Dr. Doudna is Principal Investigator at the Doudna Lab at UC Berkeley. She has co-founded and serves as a scientific advisor to a number of life sciences companies pursuing CRISPR genome engineering. She has been an Investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute since 1997 and the Gladstone Institute since 2018. Dr. Doudna is the recipient of numerous scientific awards in biochemistry and genetics, including the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020.

Marillyn A. Hewson

Former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Lockheed Martin Corporation

Ms. Hewson, age 72, served as the Executive Chairman of Lockheed Martin Corporation (aerospace) from June 2020 until March 2021, as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer from January 2014 to June 2020 and held the positions of Chief Executive Officer and President from January to December 2013. Ms. Hewson served as a Director of Lockheed Martin Corporation from 2012 through March 2021. Ms. Hewson is a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Trilateral Commission, Council on Foreign Relations, Council of Chief Executives, and the University of Alabama President’s Cabinet and Culverhouse College of Business board of visitors. Ms. Hewson was also elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineers. She currently serves on the Advisory Boards of Air & Space Forces Association / StellarXplorers and Catalyst, Inc.

Paula A. Johnson, M.D.

President, Wellesley College

Dr. Johnson, age 66, has served as the President of Wellesley College since 2016. She is a physician-researcher specializing in cardiology who founded and served as the inaugural Executive Director of the Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital from July 2002 to June 2016. Dr. Johnson served as the Chief of the Division of Women’s Health at Brigham and Women’s Hospital from July 2002 to June 2016. She was also a Professor of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School and Professor of Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. She is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She has been recognized with several honorary doctorates and other prestigious awards. She has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Rockefeller University since November 2021, a Director of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum since 2015 and a member of the Board of Directors of the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp since 2024.

Hubert Joly

Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Best Buy Co., Inc.

Mr. Joly, age 66, served as the Executive Chairman of Best Buy Co., Inc. (consumer electronics) from June 2019 to June 2020, having joined the company in 2012 as President and Chief Executive Officer and becoming Chairman, President, and Chief Executive in 2015. From 2004 to 2008, he was Global President and Chief Executive Officer, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, and then served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Carlson Companies from 2008 to 2012. In 1999, he joined Vivendi as Global Chief Executive Officer, Vivendi Universal Games, and was later appointed Executive Vice President of U.S. Assets and Deputy Chief Financial Officer of Vivendi Universal. Prior roles included, from 1996 to 1999, Vice President, Europe and President of Electronic Data Systems France and, from 1983 to 1996, McKinsey & Company, eventually serving as Partner. Mr. Joly is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and serves on the Board of Directors of Sciences Po Foundation, the Board of Trustees of the New York Public Library and the International Advisory Board of his alma mater, HEC Paris. Mr. Joly also serves as an occasional advisor to other Fortune 500 companies.

Mark B. McClellan, M.D., Ph.D.

Director, Duke-Robert J. Margolis, MD, Center for Health Policy; Margolis Professor of Business, Medicine and Policy, Duke University

Dr. McClellan, age 62, became the inaugural Director of the Duke-Robert J. Margolis, MD, Center for Health Policy and the Margolis Professor of Business, Medicine and Policy at Duke University in January 2016. He was also a faculty member at Dell Medical School at The University of Texas in Austin from 2016 to 2024. He served from 2007 to 2015 as a Senior Fellow in Economic Studies and as Director of the Initiatives on Value and Innovation in Health Care at the Brookings Institution. Dr. McClellan served as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from 2004 to 2006 and as Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from 2002 to 2004. He served as a Member of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers and as Senior Director for Healthcare Policy at the White House from 2001 to 2002 and, during the Clinton administration, held the position of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy for the Department of the Treasury. Dr. McClellan previously served as an Associate Professor of Economics and Medicine with tenure at Stanford University, where he also directed the Program on Health Outcomes Research. Dr. McClellan was the founding Chair and Senior Advisor to the Board of the Reagan-Udall Foundation, is Chairman of the National Academy of Medicine and the Academy’s Leadership Consortium for a Value and Science-Driven Health System, and Co-Chairs the Guiding Committee of the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network. He sits on the Boards of Directors for non-profit organizations Center for National Health Insurance, ResearchAmerica!, National Alliance for Hispanic Health, PrognomIQ, Inc. and United States of Care. He also serves as an occasional advisor to life sciences related companies.

John G. Morikis

Former Executive Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Sherwin-Williams Company

John Morikis, age 62, served as the Executive Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Sherwin-Williams Company from 2016 to 2024. He joined Sherwin-Williams in 1984 as a management trainee in the Paint Stores Group. Over the next four decades, he advanced through key leadership roles, including Division President and Group President. From 2006 to 2016, Mr. Morikis served as President and Chief Operating Officer.

Daniel E. Pinto

Former President and Chief Operating Officer, JPMorganChase

Daniel E. Pinto, age 63, served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of JPMorganChase, a leading global financial services firm, from January 2018 to June 2025. Prior to that, he led the bank’s Corporate & Investment Bank since 2012.

Mark A. Weinberger

Former Global Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, EY (Ernst & Young)

Mr. Weinberger, age 64, served as the Global Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EY (Ernst & Young) (professional services) from 2013 to June 2019, having served as Global Chairman and CEO-elect in the prior year. He was Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury in the George W. Bush Administration and was appointed by President Bill Clinton to serve on the U.S. Social Security Administration Advisory Board. Mr. Weinberger serves as an advisor to A Finn Management, Stone Canyon Industries Holdings Inc., Tanium Inc. and Teneo. He is an Executive Advisor to G100 and World 50. Mr. Weinberger also serves as a Strategic Advisor to the Board of FCLT Global, which focuses on long-term investing and corporate governance. Mr. Weinberger is on the Board of Directors of non-profit organizations Global AI, JUST Capital, and the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). He is a member of the Boards of Trustees for Emory University, Case Western Reserve University, The Concord Coalition and The Greater Washington Partnership.

Nadja Y. West, M.D.

Retired United States Army Lieutenant General and Former United States Army Surgeon General

Dr. Nadja West, age 65, retired from the U.S. Army with the rank of Lieutenant General in October 2019. She served as the 44th Army Surgeon General, and the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Medical Command from 2015 to 2019, overseeing the highest medical readiness and battlefield wound survival rates in history. As the Joint Staff Surgeon from 2013 to 2015, Dr. West was the principal medical advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon, where she coordinated all related health services issues, including operational medicine, force health protection and readiness within the military. Her prior roles include Deputy Chief of Staff for Support, U.S. Army Medical Command from 2012 to 2013, ensuring proper resources and support for smooth operation of the entire command. From 2010 to 2012, Dr. West served as Commanding General of the Europe Regional Medical Command. She is the recipient of numerous U.S. military awards, including the Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal and the Legion of Merit with three Oak Leaf Clusters. Dr. West currently serves on the Boards of Trustees of the Mount St. Mary’s University, National Recreation Foundation, Center for Naval Analysis and The Olmsted Foundation, the Board of Governors of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and an advisor for non-profit organizations The Bob Woodruff Foundation and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Eugene A. Woods

Chief Executive Officer of Advocate Health

Eugene A. Woods, MBA, MHA, FACHE, age 61, is Chief Executive Officer, Advocate Health, one of the largest non-profit health systems in the country created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. The organization has nearly 155,000 teammates, serving over six million patients in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Wisconsin and Illinois. Advocate Health also offers among the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs, with over 2,000 residents and fellows.

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Paula A. Johnson, M.D.

Hubert Joly

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