Jeanne Conry, MD, PhD is President of the Environmental Health Leadership Foundation and Executive Board Member for the Forum Institute. She was President of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics from 2021 through 2023. She was the 64th President of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, a membership organization representing over 57,000 OBGYNS in the USA. She chaired the Women’s Preventive Services Initiative, a United States coalition of health professional organizations and advocates with expertise in women’s health. WPSI develops, reviews and updates recommendations for preventive healthcare. While FIGO President she served as vice Chair for the Partnership on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Partner Engagement in Country Committee and a member of its Health Care Professionals Association. She introduced the US National Maternal Health Initiative to reduce maternal mortality and improve health before, during and after pregnancy. Dr. Conry leads national policy on Reproductive Health and the Environment and received the Environmental Protection Agency Health Champion Award.
Dr. Conry served in leadership as an obstetrician gynecologist at Kaiser Permanente, the largest health maintenance organization in the United States. She received the Visionary Leadership Award from the University of California, and The United States House of Representatives honored her for accomplishments in women’s health.
Dr. Conry earned her medical degree and completed residency at the University of California, Davis where she served as an Associate Clinical Professor. She has a PhD in biology from the University of Colorado. Dr. Conry has been awarded Honorary Fellowships in eleven global obstetric and gynecologic societies: The Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada, The Taiwan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, The German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics, The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland- the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, The Indian College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, The Asia and Oceania Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, the French Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society, and The International Academy of Human Reproduction.