Emilio M. Williams

Managing Director
Johns Hopkins Medicine International

In the last 10 years, Williams has led several high-profile, innovative projects within Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore. Williams currently serves as Managing Director for Johns Hopkins Medicine International (JHI). In this capacity, he lectures and offers consulting services to healthcare organizations around the globe in the areas of strategic marketing, customer loyalty, and cultural competence.

 As a Director at JHI,  Williams was in charge of using traditional and new ways of communication to expand around the globe the mission of Hopkins in patient care, biomedical research and education. (www.jhintl.net) As part of a comprehensive marketing strategy, Williams conceived and launched the first formal Customer Relationship Management (CRM) initiative within Johns Hopkins Medicine, a program aimed at securing the loyalty of Hopkins' customer base. Additionally, he supervised the communications and marketing efforts of affiliated Hopkins entities around the globe.

 Before joining Hopkins in July of 2001, Williams had accumulated extensive experience as an entrepreneur and journalist in the global communications arena. In September of 2000, Williams co-founded GD Solutions, a multimedia communications company dedicated to develop culturally sensitive health information for the Spanish and Portuguese speaking communities. During his tenure as CEO of GD Solutions he was a consultant with the private and public sectors on how to develop meaningful health messages for a new millennium. Clients included NIH, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Dupont Pharmaceuticals, Glaxo Welcome, among others.

 Williams has also held several important positions inside Cable News Network (CNN). In Washington he produced international talk shows and political breaking news. In CNN's headquarters in Atlanta, Williams served as assignment editor, managing the daily coverage of bureaus and reporters around the world. He also acted as news reporter for CNN en Español, CNN Radio Noticias, and several media outlets, property of the Tribune Co., including ¡Exito! And the groundbreaking Internet project Metromix. 

 Williams holds degrees in journalism from CEU San Pablo, Madrid, and in film and video from Georgia State University. As a healthcare executive, he has visited and collaborated with projects in Argentina, Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Panama, Peru, the Philippines, the United Arab Emirates, the United States of America, Venezuela and Vietnam.