Jennifer Willcox

Jennifer Willcox, JD, joined Dana-Farber in June of 2022 as SVP, General Counsel and Chief Governance Officer. She joined from Yale New Haven Health (YNHH), where she served as Vice President of Legal Services. At YNHH, Ms. Willcox provided corporate, litigation, clinical risk management, patient care regulatory, employment, and labor advice for the health system that employs more than 25,000 people and includes five hospitals and a medical foundation with 1,000 physicians.

As a leader committed to diversity and health equity, Ms. Willcox helped establish the first "Medical Legal Partnership" at YNHH and led ongoing department initiatives to improving the hiring of diverse attorneys at partner firms. Previously in her career, she was also a partner in the healthcare department of Pullman & Comley, representing hospitals, academic medical centers, and other health care organizations. Ms. Willcox earned a bachelor’s degree from Yale University and a Juris Doctor degree from Northeastern University School of Law.