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Published on: 4/5/2007
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Joe Marx
Joe is a Senior Communications Officer with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, providing national leadership and action to help all Americans lead healthier lives and get the care they need, especially the most vulnerable.
As a member of the Foundation's Health Group, Joe oversees communications strategies and activities for the Foundation's targeted work to reduce tobacco use and exposure and to strengthen the nation's public health system, so it can respond to any health emergency.He manages an extensive, integrated portfolio of programs and communications projects that support and enhance those objectives-including media advocacy, market research, public opinion polling, media relations and marketing and advertising.Joe also manages the Foundation's Broadcast Health Series, a bimonthly news series focusing on pressing health and health care issues facing America and highlighting research developments and innovative solutions aimed at improving health.The Series is distributed to television and radio stations throughout the country.
Since joining RWJF, Joe helped establish the Foundation's Connect project to build relationships between Foundation grantees and policymakers.He also developed the Sports Philanthropy Project (SPP) and now serves as a member of its Board of Directors.SPP harnesses the power of professional sports to improve health and promote positive social change.Joe also serves on the Board of Directors for Friends Health Connection, a New Jersey based non-profit organization that provides health support services, including wellness programs for hospitals and a personalized connection for people with similar health problems.
Prior to joining the Foundation, Joe was Manager of Public Policy Communications for the American Heart Association where he developed national communications strategies for the AHA's public policy goals that helped achieve the smoking ban on domestic airline flights, food labeling reform, and increased federal funding for heart and stroke research at the National Institutes of Health.
Joe has produced documentary films on Black history and jazz in Washington, D.C., including the 1987 Emmy award-winning documentary "7th & T," which aired on PBS.He also worked as a reporter for the Washington City Paper.His stories and articles have appeared in national publications such as The Washington Post and The Christian Science Monitor.Joe received his B.A. degree from Boston College.
Joe has served as a mentor with the Big Brother Association for the past 30 years.He is actively involved in coaching competitive youth baseball and enjoys playing drums loudly.He and his wife Eileen, a high school journalism and religion teacher, live in Lawrenceville, NJ with their two children, Bobby and Teresa and their dog Lacy.