John Doorley

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About John Doorley

John Doorley has been a pioneer and leader in the field of reputation management for the last three decades, first as a corporate executive in the healthcare industry, and more recently as a consultant and academic thought. John’s corporate career began at Sterling Drug, and continued at Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. where he served as chief speech writer to the CEO. He went on to lead corporate communications at Merck, then the world’s largest healthcare company, rated by Fortune as “America’s Most Admired Company” for seven of the 12 years he was there. As a consultant, John has advised leading companies in the U.S, Europe and Asia on building, strengthening and protecting their corporate reputations. He advised Moderna during the months leading to the December 2020 emergency use authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine by the FDA. He conceived and helped develop The Academy for Communication Excellence & Leadership, which trained more than 250 Johnson & Johnson communicators on three continents with a focus on reputation management. At Elon University, from 2015 to 2021, he helped lead the School of Communications to prominence in the public relations profession, including first-time national distinction for students of the year and students of color. The School was named the nation’s best in 2019. At New York University, from 2005 to 2014, he served as the founding academic director of and clinical assistant professor in the M.S. Degree in Public Relations and Corporate Communication. Under his leadership it became the largest such graduate program in the world and was named the Nation’s Best PR Education Program for 2009 and 2010. He also built and taught the world’s first undergraduate course in reputation management, at Rutgers University in 2003, and the world’s first graduate course, at New York University in 2007. John is co-author of ‘Reputation Management,’ the first book of any kind on the subject; the 4th edition was published by Routledge, Taylor & Francis, in 2020. He also co-authored ‘Rethinking Reputation,’ published by St. Martin’s Press in 2013. John earned a B.S. Degree in biology from St. Vincent College and an M.A. Degree in journalism from New York University. He completed the Harvard-Merck Executive Business Program. He helped lead New Jersey’s pediatric cancer initiatives for 10 years, receiving the governor’s award. He is a former member of the editorial board of Public Relations Review, the top peer-reviewed journal in the field. He and his wife Carole have two children and four granddaughters. jdoorley24@gmail.com