Leslie D. Mancuso, PhD, RN, FAAN
President and Chief Executive Officer
Jhpiego, Baltimore, Maryland
(also
Adjunct Faculty, School of Nursing, The Johns Hopkins University)
As President and Chief Executive Officer of Jhpiego, Dr. Leslie Mancuso leads a
global organization with a budget of $40 million, a staff of more than 270 professionals and
programs in more than 50 countries. Jhpiego is a 33-year-old international health organization
affiliated with The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Jhpiego builds global and
local partnerships to enhance the quality of health care services for women and families through
training and support of health care providers in limited-resource settings throughout Africa,
Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Earlier in her career, Dr. Mancuso spent 13 years at Project HOPE, a $110
million operation, serving as Acting Chief Executive, Chief Operating Officer and Executive
Vice President for International Operations. Among her responsibilities there, she managed
relationships with boards in the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, Hong Kong, Germany
and Switzerland and led the establishment of the first children’s hospital in China
to meet international standards. Dr. Mancuso joined Jhpiego in 2002.
In 2005, Dr. Mancuso received the prestigious Archon Award from the Honor
Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau, and was honored as a Fellow in the American Academy of
Nursing in 2004. In 2003, she received the Lillian Sholtis Brunner Award for Innovative
Practice in Nursing from the University of Pennsylvania and an Honorary Doctorate of Science
from Shenandoah University, Winchester, Virginia. Dr. Mancuso was recognized with the 2002
Maryland International Business Leadership Award from the World Trade Center Institute,
Baltimore, for her pioneering work in maternal and newborn health care. She also received
the 2001 Pediatric Humanitarian Award from Janetti Publications in the journal Pediatric
Nursing. Dr. Mancuso serves on the Board of Directors of the American Society of Association
Executives, U.S.-ASEAN Business Council, Inc., World Trade Center Institute, Goodwill
Industries International, Inc., Healthcare Business Women’s Association and The
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. Dr. Mancuso also serves as the Chairman of the U.S.-ASEAN
Business Council, Inc. Health and Life Sciences Committee and on the Baltimore City
Mayor's Advisory Council on International Affairs.
Dr. Mancuso received her undergraduate degree in nursing from Southern
Connecticut University, a master’s degree in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania
School of Nursing and a doctoral degree in organizational leadership from the University of
Pennsylvania. She completed the Executive Leadership Program at the John F. Kennedy School
of Government at Harvard University.
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