Jami Taylor

Jami Taylor is senior director, global public health systems policy and partnerships at Johnson & Johnson. Taylor’s responsibilities include the establishment of novel collaborations with governments, multilaterals, and civil society around shared priorities in global public health.

A recognized expert in innovative financing for global health and development, Taylor secured a signature blended finance collaboration between J&J and Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Development in 2015, which was highlighted at the Global Financing for Development conference in Addis Ababa that year.

In 2016, Taylor co-founded and launched Financing & Innovation in Global Health, a platform connecting hundreds of stakeholders across sectors toward more efficient combinations and deployment of resources in the global health field.

Education

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Courses taken include, among others: Strategic & Managerial Finance, Entrepreneurial Finance, Operations Management, Financial Reporting Systems, Accounting for Management Planning & Control, Economics of Competition, Managerial Economics, Macroeconomics, World Economy, Marketing Strategy, Luxury Brand Management, Strategic Crisis Management, Negotiation Strategies, Statistical Decision Analysis, Fintech Strategy, Leadership & Organizations, Business Ethics, Human & Machine Intelligence, and Investment Banking, Private Equity & Hedge Funds. Elective coursework at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management in Vallendar, Germany.

Harvard University

ALM (Master's Degree) Liberal Arts Interdisciplinary study under world-class experts, including Paul Farmer (Harvard Medical School); Orlando Patterson (Department of Sociology); Asher Orkaby (Department of History); Jeff Frieden (Department of Government); Kevin Madigan (Harvard Divinity School); and Caroline Elkins (Department of History and Harvard Business School).

Thesis Prize nominee: "Corporate Social Performance and the Quarterly Earnings Call: Insights from the Interactions Between Leading Companies and Wall Street Analysts."

Dean’s List Academic Achievement Award. GPA 3.96.

Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management

Certificate in Executive Leadership Coursework in Managing Strategic Change, Engaging & Developing Others, Leading Through Creativity, Tactics & Skills for Negotiating, and Executive Decision Making.

University of Virginia

B.A. with Distinction Government Member, Jefferson Literary & Debating Society. Major GPA 4.0 / Overall GPA 3.92