Jessica (Jess) Swann

Jessica (Jess) Swann recently joined the Save One Life board of directors. Recently relocated to Massachusetts from California, Jess has more than 15 years experience in the health care sector, with a special emphasis on hemophilia. Jess is currently Associate Director of Product and Market Development at Biogen Idec Hemophilia in Waltham, Massachusetts. Previously she worked as Area Business Manager for hemophilia in Northern California at Bayer HealthCare. Jess has an MBA from the University of California Berkeley, with a focus on international marketing, brand management and designing global organizations. Before working at Bayer, Jess spent six years as the Executive Director for the Hemophilia Association of San Diego County.

Jess is an accomplished and passionate fundraiser. While volunteering for the Hemophilia Foundation of Northern California (HFNC), she co-developed a successful fundraiser, “Speeders for Bleeders”, which raised over $100,000 in two years. As co-chair of HFNC’s Sonoma Mission Inn Wine Event, she helped increase the profitability and attendance of the event significantly over several years. HFNC honored her as their National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) Dual Volunteer of the Year (for NHF and HFNC) in 2006. Jess is also a recipient of several NHF Award of Distinction for Outreach and Communications programs. “As someone who has dedicated my entire career to hemophilia,” Jess said, “it is an honor to serve alongside other dedicated board members who are making a difference in the lives of those who most need help.”

A fan of international travel, Jess is especially fond of exploring the worlds’ wine regions. Her fluency in Spanish and aspiring French language skills have enriched many such travels, and helped forge many international friendships and a growing wine cellar. At home in Charlestown, MA, Jess and her husband Brian Curry, a pilot and avid aviator, enjoy entertaining, bicycling and running along the beautiful Charles River, and exploring New England.