Lauren Marks

Biography

Lauren Marks
Global Head: Partnerships and External Affairs
Johnson & Johnson Global Health Equity

Lauren leads partnerships and external affairs for Johnson & Johnson Global Health Equity, where she is responsible for developing partnership strategies, and executing insight-driven programs which achieve greater social impact in health equity. Previously, she managed the HIV/AIDS portfolio for Johnson & Johnson’s Corporate Contributions group.

Prior to joining J&J, Lauren spent most of her career in government, at the Department of State and USAID. She was the Director of Private Sector Engagement in the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy, which leads implementation of the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). In this role, she built several multi stakeholder partnerships and spearheaded large-scale innovation competitions to source new ideas to solve public health problems.

She also served as the Health Program/Public-Private P