Speeches & Commentary

Aug 30, 2007

Healthy Schools Expansion
RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., joined President Clinton in Little Rock, Ark., to announce the $20-million expansion of the Healthy Schools Program. In addition to announcing the expansion grant from RWJF, 26 schools from around the nation were honored for meeting benchmarks established by the Healthy Schools Program.

Aug 7, 2007

Strengthening the Leadership of Local Public Health
RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey delivered closing remarks at the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) Annual Conference.

Aug 6, 2007

Quality Counts
In the summer issue of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey discusses insurance coverage in America, and comments on Jonathan Cohn's book, Sick: The Untold Story of America's Health Care Crisis.

Jul 12, 2007

The Tao of Leadership and the Arc of History
RWJF Senior Vice President and Director of the Health Group James Marks, M.D., M.P.H., provides the Jonathan Mann Memorial Lecture at the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Annual Conference.

Jun 27, 2007

Connecting the Dots: Emergency Preparedness, Older Adults and Health Disparities
RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey presented as part of the Visiting Scholar Series at the University of Pennsylvania's Institute on Aging.

May 24, 2007

Re-Imagining Public Health: The Role of Philanthropy
RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey presented at the 2007 Council on Foundations Annual Conference.

May 22, 2007

Aligning the Forces of Health Care for Quality and Fairness for All
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, RWJF president and CEO, delivered the Mabel A. Purdy Lecture in May 2007 at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.