Allison Worldwide Names Jamie Dowd as Global President, Health + Wellness

Appointment accelerates the growth of Allison's global healthcare offering, designed to help clients navigate this decisive time in health communications

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Allison Worldwide today announced the appointment of Jamie Dowd as Global President, Health + Wellness, effective June 22. Reporting to Global CEO Wendy Lund, Dowd will lead Allison’s global healthcare practice and oversee the New York office, the agency’s largest market.

Over a distinguished 25-year career, Jamie has helped clients introduce pharmaceutical breakthroughs that changed the course of medicine and patients’ lives, including firsts in oncology, cardiovascular, neuroscience, pain, immunology, and multiple rare diseases.

Dowd joins Allison from Weber Shandwick, where she served as President of the Health practice in the Americas and led the New York office, which is the firm’s largest globally. Her expertise spans across healthcare, having launched more than 100 new or supplemental indications. In addition, with this deep bench of experience, she has helped some of the world’s largest life sciences companies enhance their corporate or brand reputations and deepen connections with target audiences.

“As we look toward 2030, healthcare leaders face increasing pressure to communicate with greater frequency and clarity, engage informed and overwhelmed consumers and embrace a rapidly evolving AI-driven communications landscape,” said Wendy Lund, Global CEO of Allison Worldwide. "Jamie has spent her career partnering with her clients as an extension of their teams to navigate complexity, build trust and deliver truly meaningful impact. She brings the experience, leadership and people-first mindset that will strengthen our ability to help clients see around corners and seize emerging opportunities in health. We're thrilled to welcome her to Allison."

Widely recognized as one of the industry's most accomplished healthcare communications leaders, Jamie was honored as the 2024 PRWeek Outstanding Healthcare Agency Professional and a 2025 MM&M Woman of Distinction, as well featured on the PRWeek Health Influencer 30 list for multiple years. She also serves as an advisor to the Georgetown University Global Health Institute and has championed initiatives focused on advancing women's health communications and developing the next generation of industry leaders.

"Healthcare is entering a defining decade," said Dowd. "The pace of scientific innovation is accelerating, AI is rewriting the industry, point of care and purchase has evolved, and patients are technologically empowered consumers with high expectations for care. Allison has the ambition, culture, and investment mindset to build something truly differentiated, and I am excited to partner with Wendy, our leaders and teams across the globe to accelerate growth, expand our healthcare capabilities, and help clients navigate what's next."

About Allison Worldwide
Allison Worldwide is an earned-first, data-led, and future-focused communications agency helping clients see around corners and be ahead of what's next. Not too big and not too small, Allison provides end-to-end global communications, PR, influencer, analytics and marketing support to clients from the Fortune 500 to start-ups. Allison is owned by Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW), one of the fastest growing and most influential marketing and communications networks in the world. Learn more at www.allisonworldwide.com.

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