Jack Lord

Jonathan “Jack” Lord, M.D., is the president and CEO of Navigenics. Dr. Lord comes to Navigenics from Louisville, Kentucky-based Humana, Inc., where as Chief Innovation Officer he led the development of new products and services to fundamentally transform the healthcare system and support personal health needs. Dr. Lord also led Humana’s international efforts as Chief Executive of Humana Europe. Before Humana, Dr. Lord was president of Health Dialog in Boston, where he helped pioneer e-enabled health care and promoted shared decision making between doctors and patients. He previously served as chief operating officer of the American Hospital Association in Washington, D.C., executive vice president of Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, M.D., and executive vice president of Sun Health in Charlotte, NC. Dr. Lord is a board-certified forensic pathologist with more than three decades of experience in medical practice and leadership. He launched his medical career with the U.S. Navy, where he spent 11 years on active duty and served in leadership positions for the Navy’s Surgeon General and Secretary of the Navy. He currently serves on the Advisory Board to the Director of the CDC, the National Biosurveillance Committee, and the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Chronic Disease and Malnutrition. He is also a director for Stericycle (SRCL) and Dexcom (DXCM). He received his medical degree from the University of Miami in 1978. Dr. Lord has held multiple academic appointments, including Adjunct Professor of Community Medicine at the Dartmouth Medical School.