Leadership

John P. Howe, III, M.D., President and CEO of Project HOPE

Before coming to Project HOPE, Dr. Howe was the Distinguished Chair in Health Policy at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and served as the Center’s chief executive for fifteen years. Dr. Howe is board certified in both internal medicine and cardiovascular disease.

Dr. Howe has a bachelor’s degree from Amherst College and earned his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine. He served two years in the Army Medical Corps and later completed the Health Systems Management Program at Harvard Business School.

Board of Directors

Dr. Charles A. Sanders ~ Chairman
Retired Chairman & CEO
GlaxoSmithKline

George B. Abercrombie
President & CEO
Hoffmann-LaRoche

Arno Bohn
Bohn Consult GmbH

William F. Brandt, Jr.
Retired Chairman & CEO
American Woodmark

Nancy T. Chang, Ph.D.
President
Apex Enterprises

R. Kerry Clark
Retired Chairman & CEO
Cardinal Health

Richard T. Clark
Chairman, President & CEO
Merck & Co., Inc.

Mrs. Edward N. Cole
Briar Patch Ranch

John W. Galiardo
Retired Vice Chairman
Becton, Dickinson and Company

Jack M. Gill Ph.D.
President
The Gill Foundation

John P. Howe, III, M.D.
President & CEO
Project HOPE

Robert A. Ingram
Vice Chairman
GlaxoSmithKline

Nancy A. Larson
President
3M Health Information Systems
3M Company

Gerhard N. Mayr
Retired Executive Vice President
Pharmaceutical Operations,
Eli Lilly & Company

J. Michael McQuade, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President
Science & Technology
United Technology Corporation

Viren Mehta, Pharm.D
Mehta Partners LLC

Walter G. Montgomery
Partner & CEO
Robinson Lerer & Montgomery

Phebe Novakovic
Senior Vice President
Planning & Development
General Dynamics

Dayton Ogden
Retired Chairman
SpencerStuart Worldwide

Steven B. Pfeiffer, Esq.
Chair of the Executive Committee
Fulbright & Jaworski LLP

James E. Preston
Retired Chairman & CEO
Avon Products, Inc.

Stephen H. Rusckowski
Chief Executive Officer
Philips Medical Systems

Curt M. Selquist
Retired Company Group Chairman
Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Systems

Louis W. Sullivan, M.D.
President Emeritus
Morehouse School of Medicine

Henri A. Termeer
Chairman, President & CEO
Genzyme Corporation

Karen Welke
Retired Group Vice President
3M Company

Bradley A. J. Wilson
Chief Executive
PharmaKodex Ltd.