Johns Hopkins University CEO and leadership

Dean of medical faculty and vice president for medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, and CEO, Johns Hopkins Medicine. Our director since Sept. 1, 2015.

Dean Zarriello is an Interim Vice Provost, Information Technology & Chief Information Officer at JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY.

Helene Grady became chief financial officer in August 2020, managing the university’s financial functions and overseeing the management of the investment program for JHU’s endowment and other assets. She previously served for nearly eight years as vice president for planning and budget, charged with leading the university’s Budget Office, with financial planning, and with performing the analysis needed for decisions on allocation of capital and operating funds. She reports to the senior vice president for finance and administration.

Grady joined Johns Hopkins in March 2010, serving first as associate dean for finance and administration in the School of Nursing. Her role at the school included managing the school’s operating and capital budgets and five-year financial plan, and overseeing the student billing, payroll, human resources, facility management and research administration functions.

Among her previous positions, Grady served as deputy director of finance for the City of Baltimore for nearly five years and as Philadelphia’s assistant and then deputy budget director for almost four years.

She has been a commissioner of the Maryland Health Care Commission and a board member of the College Savings Plans of Maryland. She graduated maxima cum laude from La Salle University in 1993 and earned a Master in Public Policy degree in 1996 from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Kerry (Rutemiller) Ates are a Vice President and Chief of Staff at JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY and are based in Baltimore, Maryland. They have worked as Chief of Staff at United States Senate, General Counsel at United States Senate, and Campaign Director at Friends of Jay Rockefeller. Kerry studied at UCLA School of Law between 1990 and 1993 and University of Maryland between 1986 and 1990.