President of Health & Civil Sector, Leidos
Search every verified Elizabeth Porter interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. In a March 2021 interview with WashingtonExec, Elizabeth Porter, then president of the health group at Leidos, discussed her recent appointment to the board of directors for the American Red Cross of the National Capital Area. Porter said her involvement was motivated by the organization's intersection with both her professional work in health and her personal experience as a military spouse. She noted that Leidos had partnered with the Red Cross for over a decade and described her board work as focusing on volunteer engagement and increasing diversity in the blood supply, including outreach to address conditions like sickle cell anemia. Porter also discussed her role as executive sponsor for Leidos's Pride employee resource group, saying the past year's focus had been on maintaining employee engagement in a virtual environment. She highlighted the Red Cross's antibody testing of blood donations, explaining that donors receive information about whether they have COVID-19 antibodies and that convalescent plasma can be used as a therapeutic for COVID-19 patients. Porter recounted an example of a coworker who learned through a blood donation that he had previously had the virus without knowing it.
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WashingtonExec's Amanda Ziadeh sits down with Liz Porter, health group president at Leidos, to discuss the prevalent topic of holistic health — what it means in general, for Leidos internally and for its customers. Holistic health transcends the physical, and refers to taking care of the whole human — mentally, financially, family wellbeing, and so on. Porter dives into how Leidos is helping its employees adapt to the pandemic work arrangements, the resources it provides to both employees and customers, and how it's supporting holistic health for its customers. And as a military spouse, Porter…
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