MIT World Speakers

Judy C. Lewent SM '72

Judy Lewent served at Merck until September 2007. She was responsible for worldwide financial, corporate development, and corporate licensing matters, as well as for the Merck human health business in Asia North and Asia South, and for Merck's joint venture relationships with Johnson & Johnson and Aventis.

Lewent is a member of the board of directors of Dell Inc., and Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. She served on Motorola's board of directors from 1995 to 2010. Lewent is also a trustee of the Rockefeller Family Trust; a life member of the MIT Corporation; and a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

Lewent earned a B.S. in Economics from Goucher College in 1970 and an M.S. in Management from MIT Sloan School of Management.