Jo Ann Campbell’86
Major: Economics
Home: Rochester, New York
Profession: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Kodak Health Imaging

Crossing borders has been business as usual for Jo Ann Campbell since the day she came from her native Prescott, Ontario, to enroll at St. Lawrence. She studied in Vienna, an experience that, she says, “opened her eyes to the possibility of global citizenship.” She was recruited by General Electric for its prestigious executive financial management program, and spent the next two decades after her 1986 graduation crossing borders—state and international—to lead financial operations for the multinational corporation.

“I moved 14 times in 20 years, living everywhere from the Midwest to Canada, India, Brazil and Belgium, and I loved every minute of experiencing various cultures,” she says.

But the chance to return to the state where it all began, to work in a leadership role for an industry undergoing a digital transformation, brought Campbell back to Rochester, N.Y. Her work in a field that directly supports health care gives her the chance “to make a difference in people’s lives” globally.

“The creed by which I live is ‘take full advantage of every opportunity you have,’ and I think I’ve done that,” she says. The vice chair of St. Lawrence’s Board of Trustees, Campbell has been named to the 2005 Council of Independent Colleges and Universities’ Alumni Hall of Distinction.