营销主管转型健康权益冠军获得AHA最高员工荣誉
![Gerald E. 约翰逊二世是美国心脏协会健康公平执行副总裁兼首席多元化官. (American Heart Association)](/-/media/Images/Around-the-AHA/Gerald-Johnson_SC.jpg?sc_lang=en)
杰拉尔德·约翰逊(Gerald Johnson)在纽约皇冠高地(Crown Heights)社区长大,他看到了投资不足的影响. Jobs were scarce, 快餐比新鲜食品更普遍,高质量的医疗保健往往遥不可及.
"We always heard, 'If you get sick, don't go to this hospital [in the neighborhood], go to that one' [across town where the White people live]," he said.
Fast forward to today, and many of those disparities still exist. 这是约翰逊夜不能寐的原因,也是他成为美国心脏协会(American Heart Association)健康公平执行副总裁和首席多元化官的动力. Education, 在欧洲职业篮球巡回赛的一段沙巴足球体育平台和在公司的职业生涯是他过上更好生活的入场券. He has been on a mission to help others ever since.
“我们仍然有邮政编码来决定人们的预期寿命——相隔几英里的社区之间存在10年和20年的差距," he said. "Fresh food, smoke-free air, 遵守美国心脏协会质量指南的医院…每个社区都应该有机会. That's what motivates me."
服务、奉献和关怀是约翰逊的基因,从他的父亲老杰拉尔德那里遗传下来. and his grandmother, Cynthia Johnson, who raised him.
"When you see me, you see them," he said. "They were servant leaders in their own lives. And so, I've always volunteered for organizations including Big Brothers, Big Sisters, Meals on Wheels and others."
Drawn by the AHA's focus on health equity, 近20年前,约翰逊加入了该组织,当时他的营销生涯非常成功,曾为大品牌和财富100强公司推动销售, including Unilever, Nabisco, Cadbury Schweppes, ConAgra Foods and Magic Johnson Enterprises.
He first volunteered for the AHA on the Diversity Leadership Committee, which he later led as chairperson, and he held numerous other national committee positions. 他的巨大影响力激发了美国心脏协会首任首席多元化官的职位邀请.
An extraordinary leader
"Since day one, Gerald与协会的志愿者和管理人员广泛合作,指导健康公平战略, messaging and positioning," said Nancy Brown, CEO of the AHA. “他不知疲倦地工作,以扩大不同员工和志愿者人才的代表性. 他还帮助将我们的卫生公平工作扩展到全球之外."
约翰逊是布朗的副手,也是世界经济论坛全球健康公平网络的联合主席, 如何动员各部门和行业的管理人员解决卫生差距问题.
他推动美国心脏协会在建立一个包容的工作场所方面取得进展,在这个工作场所,所有的声音都受到重视, and all audiences are equitably served by its mission. His leadership helped launch the AHA Office of Health Equity, 美国心脏协会社会影响基金和更多-锐化美国心脏协会的竞争优势, broadening its impact, attracting new business and strengthening national and global alliances. He also powers the AHA's mentoring program, supplier diversity initiatives and cultural learning experiences.
约翰逊领导的一个关键成果是CEO多元化顾问内阁, which exists to advance the AHA's mission across all populations, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, national origin and physical disability.
Under his guidance, 美国心脏协会创建了10个独特的员工资源小组(ERGs),吸引和支持有类似生活经历的员工. Among them are Heart & Soul, which supports Black staff interests; Somos Corazón, created for Hispanic/Latino employees; Hearts with Pride, an LGBTQ+ community; and H3 Club, targeted to Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders and Native Hawaiians. There are also ERGs for employees who are veterans, parents, introverts, emerging professionals and survivors of cardiovascular or brain disease.
Inspiring mission ambassadors
In 2022, Talent Dimensions 和 Global ERG Network为AHA ERG颁发了十大企业ERG奖, which honors excellence in initiatives to champion diversity, equity and inclusion.
To raise collective consciousness, 美国心脏协会健康公平办公室每月举办一次“勇敢的对话”系列活动, which tackles timely topics from racism to ageism and beyond, “创造一个安全的空间来谈论对员工重要的事情,以及与我们的使命相关的事情," Johnson said. 结构性种族主义和健康平等语言指南 帮助员工使用一致和尊重的方言谈论和撰写重要问题.
"I'm proud of these accomplishments, proud of the partnerships that we have and, more importantly, I'm proud of my team," Johnson said. “他们帮助我创建了这个健康公平办公室,并在整个组织中嵌入公平."
Through the lens of equity and inclusion, 约翰逊说,美国心脏协会将实现其促进每个人的健康和希望的愿景, everywhere.
“我希望我有一根魔杖,可以在世界各地挥舞无限的资源,以减轻健康的社会驱动因素," he said. "I want to take the AHA to cities, 我们的使命没有得到充分体现的州和国家,所以所有人都有机会领导更长的沙巴足球体育平台, healthier life."
由于他的成就,约翰逊将获得美国心脏协会的最高员工荣誉——伯爵奖. Beagle员工卓越奖-在线国家志愿者奖期间 ceremony on Thursday, from 6 to 8 p.m. Central.
He says he is honored and humbled to be recognized. And he pays homage to his family, including his grandmother, whom he calls his "everything," his wife, Stephanie, whose love sustains him and his dad, whose words of wisdom still resonate.
"Dad always said, 'Don't take yourself too seriously. Everyone matters.'"
![Driven by a strong commitment to community, Stephanie and Gerald Johnson donate their time, talent and resources to various charities in Atlanta. (Photo courtesy of Gerald Johnson)](/-/media/Images/Around-the-AHA/Gerald-Johnson_wife.jpg?sc_lang=en)