Janet Porter

Janet Porter has more than 40 years of experience as a hospital administrator, teacher, association executive, consultant, and public health leader. She joined Stroudwater in 2012 and serves as a strategy and operational consultant to academic medical centers, specialty hospitals, physician practices, pharmaceutical companies, and national associations.

Prior to joining Stroudwater, Janet served as the COO of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; the associate dean of executive education at University of North Carolina’s School of Public Health; the interim CEO of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration; and the vice president, and then COO, of Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Janet has served on the faculties of Harvard University, University of Minnesota, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Colorado, and Ohio State University. She has authored over fifty articles and book chapters, and recently co-authored the book Managing the Public Health Enterprise.

Janet received her BS and MHA from Ohio State University and her MBA and PhD in healthcare strategy from the University of Minnesota. She serves on the board of The Ohio State University.

Contact Janet at 617-909-8109

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