Jonathan Jennings

Jonathan Jennings

Jonathan Jennings is CEO of Advocacy, Talent and Operations at Health In Harmony, where he helps advance the organization’s work to protect tropical rainforests by supporting the health and well-being of the communities who steward them. He and his teams work alongside Indigenous People and local rainforest communities across the tropics to advance community-designed solutions that connect human health, livelihoods, and rainforest protection. Jennings brings more than 20 years of experience in humanitarian leadership and advocacy across the former Yugoslavia, sub-Saharan Africa, and South Asia. Before joining Health In Harmony in 2017, he spent more than 13 years with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières, including as Deputy Executive Director of Doctors Without Borders Canada. His work has increasingly focused on planetary health and the connections between healthy communities and healthy ecosystems.