Lynda Benton: Healthcare industry leader, nursing advocate

Lynda Benton is a veteran of the healthcare industry. She has spent her entire professional career with Johnson & Johnson in sales, marketing, and management roles, leading brands and large-scale corporate sponsorships and stakeholder platforms. Today, she leads Johnson & Johnson Nursing, a platform representing the company’s 125-year commitment to supporting and advocating for the nursing profession. Lynda has seen first-hand the critical impact nurses have in healthcare and the lives of their patients every day. As the U.S. health system is ever more strained by greater patient, resource and systemic demands—and the challenges of the pandemic—she is passionate about elevating, advocating for, and empowering nurses as innovative leaders with the knowledge, mindset, and skills to move healthcare forward.