Michelle Santoro, MBA
Joined the Board: 2021
Connection to Mission: Michelle brings a deep and longstanding commitment to advancing behavioral and mental health awareness, informed by personal experience supporting a close family member. She has spent more than twenty years at Johnson & Johnson, where she has led cross-functional, collaborative initiatives focused on educating patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers at both the local and national levels. Her work has included engaging population health decision-makers to address and reduce barriers to accessing critical medical therapies.
Michelle seeks to serve on the board to help reduce the stigma associated with mental illness, increase awareness within the community and beyond, and support NAMI Mercer in securing the resources necessary to strengthen and expand its mission
Professional Experience: Product Director, CAR-T Market Access Marketing at Janssen Oncology; Product Manager, Patient Experience at Janssen Oncology; Product Manager, Payer & Market Access at Janssen, Neuroscience; Account/Sales Representative at OrthoMcNeil, Inc., Johnson & Johnson
Education: MBA, Saint Joseph's University; BS, Marketing from Pennsylvania State University
Affiliations: Member: Pennsylvania State Alumni Association; Board Member: NAMI Mercer Board Member, NOWN CoChair, June 2016 – Dec. 2017, 2021-2023; Member: Penn State Smeal College of Business-Philadelphia Chapter; Member: Pennsylvania State Marketing Association-Executive Vice President, 2002-2003
Favorite Quote: "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched---they must be felt with the heart." ~ Helen Keller