About Us
The Social Health X Foundation (SHX), based in Chatham, NJ, is a global organization committed to improving health equity. Founded in 2023, SHX drives change through dialogue, leadership, and action to help solve the most important healthcare delivery challenges facing the United States and the world. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, SHX is nonpartisan and does not endorse, support, or oppose political candidates or parties. The views and opinions of our guests and speakers do not necessarily reflect those of the Social Health X Foundation.
Social Health X Foundation Leadership
Joseph Luzi
Trustee
Joe is an accomplished pharmaceutical, technology, and healthcare executive focused on research-based solutions, public and HCP training and education, and health equity initiatives. He founded his latest company, Social Health Research (SHR), on the premise that every American, regardless of age, sex, gender identification, or skin color, deserves an equal chance to be as healthy as possible. Joe's vision for SHR combines community engagement, research, data analysis, technology, and innovation to define barriers to healthcare, identify unmet community needs, and create efficient bespoke solutions.
Joe has founded three other successful pharmaceutical, consulting, and data and technology companies, including Advanced Health Media. He began that grassroots start-up in a spare bedroom of his partner's house and turned it into a $450M enterprise. His ability to craft solutions, motivate teams, and create effective management processes has resulted in successful partnerships with dozens of medical device and bio-pharma companies, including 18 of the top 20 pharmaceutical companies.
Younniaa Williams
Trustee
Younniaa Williams is the co-founder of Pugh & Payne, LLC, a diverse firm of African-American women who invented the glare reduction shield (GRS) for digital thermometers during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. This patented product increases the time saved, critical for communities that are medically underserved.
Pugh & Payne aims to continue this story by bringing a humanizing voice for healthcare into the Black community to raise vaccination rates and create a strong connection between the physician and the Black family. Younniaa has a passion for patient-centric communications and engaging with key stakeholders, including the media, to amplify awareness and understanding in disease areas where there is a significant unmet need while acknowledging and navigating the sensitivities of our complex healthcare system. In previous roles, Younniaa was the Director of Accounts, where she managed both U.S. and Global accounts for Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Janssen, Pfizer, and AstraZeneca.
Katherine Powell
Trustee
Katherine Powell is an experienced leader in the pharmaceutical and bioscience industry with expertise in operations, projects, and account management. She has extensive success in the pharmaceutical speaker bureau management sector, managing and maintaining client relations with large, multinational companies. Clients supported include industry leaders: Merck, Bristol Myers Squibb, GSK, Pfizer, and Gilead Sciences.
Her expertise includes but is not limited to medical education logistical planning, speaker bureau and Key Opinion Leader (including Super Influencer) management, and meeting planning. She provides outstanding customer service to medical professionals for scheduling, travel coordination, logistical support, and contract management; proficiency in the utilization of the speaker bureau system for online event registration, venue selection, event management, mobile apps for events, e-mail marketing, and web surveys.
