Board of Directors
Name: Michael M.E. Johns, M.D.
Title: Chancellor, Emory University
Biography: Dr. Johns was elected to the Board of Directors in 2005 and is a member of the
Compensation & Benefits Committee and the Science & Technology Advisory
Committee. He has served since October 2007 as Chancellor of Emory University.
From 1996 to 2007, Dr. Johns served as Executive Vice President for Health Affairs
and Chief Executive Officer of the Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center of
Emory University. As the Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, he oversaw
Emory University's widespread academic and clinical programs in health sciences
and led strategic planning initiatives for both patient care and research. In addition,
from 1996 to 1997, he served as the Chairman of the Board of Emory Healthcare,
the largest health care system in Georgia. From 1990 to 1996, Dr. Johns served as
Dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Vice President of the Medical
Faculty at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Johns is Past Chair of the Council of
Teaching Hospitals, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science and a member of the Institute of Medicine. He is a member of the editorial
board of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and chairs the
Publication Committee of the journal Academic Medicine. Dr. Johns is a Director of
Genuine Parts Company and AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.
