The Commonwealth Fund in New York City has announced that David Blumenthal will step down as president of the organization at the end of 2022, after 10 years leading the 104-year-old healthcare policy foundation.

Before joining the fund in 2013, Blumenthal served as the Samuel O. Thier Professor of Medicine and Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. Under his leadership, the Commonwealth Fund has introduced numerous initiatives, including a major effort to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare practice, policy, and outcomes and an expansion of work in healthcare coverage and access and international health policy and practice innovations. 

“I have always believed that for an organization to remain vigorous and innovative, there must be periodic change in leadership,” said Blumenthal. “I am proud of the diverse and brilliant team we have assembled over the past 10 years and will miss the unique opportunity to make a difference that comes with being part of the Commonwealth Fund—the opportunity to help craft a more equitable healthcare system that better serves all Americans, especially the most vulnerable among us.”

(Photo Credit: Commonwealth Fund/Donnelly Marks)