Faculty
Janet Porter, MHA, MBA, PhD
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Adjunct Associate Professor
Health Policy and Administration
Gillings School of Global Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Janet Porter is currently the executive vice president and chief operating officer at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Along with Jim Johnson, she served as the co-project director for the Management Academy
Prior to coming to UNC, Janet was a hospital executive for twenty years. Most recently, she was the CEO of a women’s and children’s hospital in Texas. From 1998-1999, Janet served as the Interim President and CEO of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA).
Janet has an MHA from Ohio State University, and a MBA and PhD from the University of Minnesota.


