Jennifer Bae is a global health and health care executive with over 20 years of combined experience. She has stood up health programs both domestically and internationally, and led both strategy and operations. Jennifer has also advised the U.S. government and multilaterals on global health policy and programs. Jennifer’s career began with consulting within the U.S. health system, on policy and health system business and strategy.
Jennifer’s global experience includes over fifteen years in global health and pandemic preparedness and health system strengthening. She has experience working for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in China, leading their office operations. While at the Department of State, she led Biosecurity Engagement Programs across Asia, and served as the Deputy Chief of Bioengagement globally. She has represented the U.S. Government in a Delegation to the United Nations and worked with the interagency to craft policies for pandemic preparedness. She currently leads global programs for the American College of Cardiology (ACC) focused on health system strengthening via clinician education, quality programs and research, and leveraging technology to expand access to care. She engages in global health policy at the World Health Assembly and UN General Assembly through relationships with the NCD Alliance, World Heart Federation, and is a member of the World Economic Forum’s AI Strategic Advisory Group under its Digital Health Transformation Initiative.
Her current role also includes responsibility for the ACC’s Innovation Program and strategy, where she manages the organization’s small venture fund and tracks health innovation trends world-wide. She is a member of the Board for Carta Healthcare, serves as a member of the American Telemedicine Association’s Health Equity Counsel, and advises venture colleagues. Her work at the Advisory Board Company involved leading best practice research programs to solve strategic and operational problems faced by U.S. health care executives. She also has policy experience through consulting on Medicaid program expansion.
Jennifer is passionate about building resilient health systems focusing on workforce development, advocacy, development, and deployment of purpose-built technology. Her professional experience is driven by a desire for impact and an ability to bring sustainable health-oriented programs into being.
Jennifer holds a Master of Health Services Administration with a Minor in Public Health Genetics from the University of Michigan School of Public Health. She speaks Mandarin Chinese, Bahasa (Indonesian) and Spanish.