Mariana Fagnilli is a native of Buenos Aires, Argentina and moved to

Mariana Fagnilli, JD, LLM
Diversity Executive
Health Policy, Corporate Affairs
Johnson & Johnson
Mariana Fagnilli is a native of Buenos Aires, Argentina and moved to the United States in
2001. She holds a bachelor and Juris Doctor degrees from Universidad de Buenos Aires,
where she also obtained a specialization in International and Public Law. She also holds a
Master of Laws from The University of Miami.
Mariana acts as a liaison for the Latin America business units in her role as Latin America
Policy Lead in the Global Regulatory Policy and Intelligence department of Janssen
Pharmaceuticals, a Johnson & Johnson company. In this role, Mariana brings her knowledge
and perspective of the region’s rapidly-changing political and business environments to
provide policy and intelligence support regarding the Latin America region.
Mariana has over fifteen years of experience, including six years in the regulated healthcare
industry, during which time she built strategic alliances across the United States and Latin
America to support business, legal and compliance programs. Mariana also worked for
Johnson & Johnson Government Affairs & Policy, providing support to the Latin America
Consumer group. Prior to joining Johnson & Johnson, Mariana served as Associate General
Counsel and International Legal Counsel for Velocitel, Inc. a wireless communications
company headquartered in Irvine, CA.
Since 2007 Mariana has been involved in Johnson & Johnson’s Hispanic Employee
Resource Group (HOLA) where she has served in positions of increasing responsibility,
including founding and chairing the Massachusetts chapter, as well as the Diversity Council
of DePuy-Synthes' franchise. After serving as Chair of HOLA’s Senior Leadership Team
and its Center of Excellence for seven years, Mariana was recently appointed to the HOLA
Board of Directors. In this position, she has the opportunity to oversee HOLA’s global
strategic plans and to provide support in a wide range of areas specifically, as it relates to
Strategic Alliances and Partnership building in support of business impact activities,
leadership growth, and corporate social responsibility and healthcare disparities.
In 2013 Mariana was recognized as one of Fortune 500 Young Hispanic Corporate
Achievers by the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility for her leadership
qualities at Johnson & Johnson and her continued commitment to the Hispanic community.
The same year Mariana was also accorded Honorable Mention in the LATINA Executive of
the Year Program, based on her evident excellence in corporate leadership, mentorship, and
her remarkable dedication to working with the Hispanic communities both nationally and
internationally.