NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Jessica Thompson Somol, executive director of Containers2clinics, has more than 12 years experience in strategic planning, marketing and sales roles. Formerly director of new product marketing, oncology, for Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Jessica created product development and commercialization strategies for pipeline products. She has managed strategic partnerships with large pharmaceutical companies and worked with physicians in cardiology and oncology. She is especiallly interested in providing access to quality care and education for woman and children in developing countries, and during the past 20 years has led several fundraising efforts for two South African NGOs. Jessica majored in medical anthropology at Harvard University, where she received an A.B. cum laude in 1993. She received her MBA from The Wharton School in 1999. She joined C2C in February 2011.