丽莎·拉维佐-穆里辞去罗伯特·伍德·约翰逊基金会总裁兼首席执行官一职
Under her leadership, RWJF has worked to advance the vision of building a Culture of Health, one that will enable everyone in America to live longer, healthier lives.
The vision emphasizes that health is an essential building block for personal fulfillment, thriving communities, equity, and a strong competitive nation.
Chairman of the RWJF Board of Trustees Roger Fine said, “Risa’s commitment to improving the health of this nation during her tenure as CEO is simply unparalleled, and she has led this Foundation with an extraordinary sense of purpose and passion. It is difficult to see her leave but we are fortunate that she will remain at the helm until a successor is in place,” he added. Korn Ferry will be assisting the Foundation in the search for its CEO.
A globally recognized leader, Lavizzo-Mourey has been named eight times to the Forbes list of most powerful women in the world. She also has been selected nine times by Modern Healthcare as one of the 100 most influential people in health care.
During her tenure, Lavizzo-Mourey spearheaded what some consider one of the Foundation’s boldest health initiatives—reversing the nation’s childhood obesity epidemic. In 2007, RWJF announced an historic commitment of $500 million to this priority, launching a national movement to raise awareness of the issue and to find solutions through funded research, communications campaigns, and changes to public policy. In 2015, encouraged but not satisfied by the nation’s progress, RWJF committed another $500 million to sustain the movement for another decade.
The Foundation’s childhood obesity initiative has attracted many high-profile allies, including First Lady Michelle Obama, who adopted the cause through her Let’s Move! campaign. The Foundation continues to actively work alongside different sectors to address the issue, including schools, industry, cities and local communities, policymakers, and organizations seeking to ensure all children have access to healthy food and opportunities to be active.
In the nine years since RWJF launched the childhood obesity initiative, positive strides have been made:
- The obesity rate among all children ages 2 to 19 has stopped rising and has held steady at 17 percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Among the nation’s youngest children, ages 2 to 5, the obesity rate has decreased from 13.9 percent in 2003-2004 to 8.9 percent in 2011-2014.
Lavizzo-Mourey also built upon RWJF’s decades-long support for programs aimed at helping individuals obtain health care coverage, providing relevant research, consumer outreach, and technical assistance to states implementing the Affordable Care Act.
The Foundation also helped develop strategies to simplify enrollment in the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), engaging community leaders, schools, businesses, churches, and civic groups across the nation in the initiative.
Lavizzo-Mourey has upheld the Foundation’s longstanding legacy of leadership training, continuing its commitment to elevating the role of nurses as well as developing new generations of health leaders. She redesigned many of the Foundation’s signature leadership, fellowship, and scholarship programs, making them more interdisciplinary to meet the complex health needs of the 21st century.
In 2008, RWJF created the Commission to Build a Healthier America, a national independent, non-partisan body of leaders who examined what factors outside of the medical care arena influence health. After collecting data and holding listening sessions across the nation, the Commission issued a landmark report in 2009 titled “Beyond Health Care.” The report underscored findings that good health depends more on where people live, learn, work, and play rather than medical care alone, and issued a list of national recommendations to improve health at the local, state, and federal levels.
The Commission’s findings informed Lavizzo-Mourey’s decision, with the full support of the Board, to move the Foundation toward its current vision of building a Culture of Health in America—emphasizing that well-being is the sum of many parts including making health a shared value within every sector of society; creating healthier, more equitable communities; strengthening the integration of health systems and services; and ensuring every child in the United States has the opportunity to grow up as healthy as possible.
“It has been a true pleasure and honor to work alongside a visionary like Risa,” said James Marks, MD, MPH, executive vice president of RWJF. “She will be greatly missed, but will leave us a tremendous legacy. Building a Culture of Health is a vision that will energize our work for years to come.”
" data-isabstract="false" class="cmp-text">新泽西州普林斯顿大学-掌舵近14年后,Risa Lavizzo-Mourey,医学博士,MBA她是罗伯特·伍德·约翰逊基金会(RWJF)的第一位女性和第一位非洲裔美国人,她今天宣布,一旦继任者到位,她将辞职。自2003年1月以来,拉维佐-穆里一直担任这家拥有100亿美元资产的私人基金会的总裁兼首席执行官,该基金会是美国最大的健康慈善机构。
在她的领导下,RWJF努力推进建立健康文化的愿景,使每个美国人都能活得更长、更健康。
这一愿景强调,健康是个人实现、社区繁荣、公平和国家强大竞争力的重要组成部分。
RWJF董事会主席Roger Fine说:“Risa在担任首席执行官期间致力于改善这个国家的健康状况,这是无与伦比的,她以非凡的使命感和激情领导了这个基金会。很难看到她离开,但我们很幸运,她将继续掌舵,直到继任者到位,”他补充道。光辉国际将协助该基金会寻找首席执行官。
作为全球公认的领导者,拉维佐-穆雷曾八次入选福布斯全球最具影响力女性榜单。她还曾九次被《现代医疗》评选为医疗保健领域100位最具影响力的人物之一。
在她的任期内,拉维佐-莫雷领导了一些人认为是基金会最大胆的健康倡议之一——扭转了全国儿童肥胖的流行。2007年,RWJF宣布为这一优先事项提供5亿美元的历史性承诺,并发起了一项全国性运动,以提高对这一问题的认识,并通过资助研究、宣传活动和改变公共政策寻找解决方案。2015年,RWJF受到鼓舞,但对国家的进步并不满意,又承诺投入5亿美元,将这项运动再持续十年。
该基金会的儿童肥胖倡议吸引了许多知名盟友,包括第一夫人米歇尔·奥巴马,她通过“让我们动起来!”运动。基金会继续与不同部门积极合作,解决这一问题,包括学校、工业、城市和地方社区、政策制定者和寻求确保所有儿童都能获得健康食品和有机会参加活动的组织。
自RWJF发起儿童肥胖倡议以来的九年中,取得了积极进展:
- 根据美国疾病控制与预防中心(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)的数据,所有2至19岁儿童的肥胖率已经停止上升,稳定在17%。
- 在全国年龄最小的2至5岁儿童中,肥胖率从2003-2004年的13.9%下降到2011-2014年的8.9%。
拉维佐-莫雷还以RWJF数十年来对旨在帮助个人获得医疗保险的项目的支持为基础,为实施《平价医疗法案》的各州提供相关研究、消费者推广和技术援助。
该基金会还帮助制定了简化儿童健康保险计划(CHIP)注册的战略,让全国各地的社区领袖、学校、企业、教会和民间团体参与该计划。
Lavizzo-Mourey坚持基金会长期以来的领导力培训传统,继续致力于提升护士的作用,并培养新一代的卫生领导者。她重新设计了许多基金会的标志性领导、奖学金和奖学金计划,使它们更加跨学科,以满足21世纪复杂的健康需求。
2008年,RWJF成立了“建立更健康美国委员会”,这是一个由领导人组成的全国性独立、无党派机构,负责研究医疗保健领域以外的因素对健康的影响。在收集数据并在全国范围内举行听证会后,该委员会于2009年发布了一份具有里程碑意义的报告,题为“超越医疗保健”。该报告强调,良好的健康更多地取决于人们生活、学习、工作和娱乐的地方,而不仅仅是医疗保健,并发布了一份国家建议清单,以改善地方、州和联邦各级的健康。
委员会的调查结果使Lavizzo-Mourey在董事会的全力支持下决定推动基金会实现其目前在美国建立健康文化的愿景,强调福祉是许多部分的总和,包括使健康成为社会每个部门的共同价值;创造更健康、更公平的社区;加强卫生系统和服务的一体化;确保美国的每个孩子都有机会尽可能健康地成长。
RWJF执行副总裁、医学博士、公共卫生硕士詹姆斯·马克斯(James Marks)说:“与像Risa这样有远见的人一起工作是一种真正的快乐和荣誉。”“我们将深深怀念她,但她将给我们留下巨大的遗产。建设健康文化这一愿景将激励我们今后几年的工作。”
For more than 40 years the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has worked to improve health and health care. We are working with others to build a national Culture of Health enabling everyone in America to live longer, healthier lives. For more information, visit www.ottomotal.com. Follow the Foundation on Twitter at www.ottomotal.com/twitter or on Facebook at www.ottomotal.com/facebook.
" data-isabstract="false" class="cmp-text">关于罗伯特伍德约翰逊基金会
40多年来,罗伯特·伍德·约翰逊基金会一直致力于改善健康和医疗保健。我们正在与其他国家合作,建立一种全国性的健康文化,使每个美国人都能活得更长、更健康。欲了解更多信息,请访问www.ottomotal.com.在Twitter上关注基金会www.ottomotal.com/twitter或者在Facebook上www.ottomotal.com/facebook.