Risa Lavizzo-Mourey Quotes


Understand the ways in which your hard work is going to be necessary to achieve the goals that you want.


Citations

Bryant, Adam. "I’ve Been Described as Impatient." The New York Times, 2 June 2012.

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Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
  • Born: September 25, 1954
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Businesswoman, Physician

Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey is an American medical doctor and executive who served as president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation from 2003 to 2017. She was the first woman and the first African-American to head the foundation, which has an endowment of about $8 billion and distributes more than $400 million a year. She has been named one of the 100 Most Powerful Women by Forbes several times, and one of The Grio's History Makers in the Making. She was elected a Member of the American Philosophical Society in 2016.