/People

Chelsea Hewitt

Investor

Senior Director, Regional Engagement & Incubation, San Diego, External Scientific Innovation at Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC

San Diego

Find your path to Chelsea

463 people in our graph can introduce you to Chelsea.

Each arrow is one introduction. Sign up to fill in the first one.

Ask Aurelie Gaudin to introduce you to Chelsea

Yousign up to see who you knowAurelietogether at Prescience International (2007–2013)Chelsea

Ask Sam Okafor to introduce you to Chelsea

Yousign up to see who you knowSam4 people · together at AstiaChelsea

Ask Sam Okafor to introduce you to Chelsea

Yousign up to see who you knowSam5 people · together at AdobeChelsea

Sign up to find every way you can get introduced to Chelsea

  • Your email: the people you already email who know Chelsea
  • 2nd- and 3rd-degree connections: people you know who worked, studied or invested with Chelsea
  • Your LinkedIn: the connections who can make the intro for you

We rank every route by how warm it is, so you raise on warm intros instead of cold emails.

About

Chelsea Hewitt is Senior Director, Regional Engagement & Incubation at Johnson & Johnson in San Diego, where she leads Scientific Engagement & Incubation for the company's External Scientific Innovation group in La Jolla, sourcing and developing partnerships with early-stage life science companies. Her earlier experience includes helping establish a tech incubator at a London-based private equity firm, advising founders as a management consultant, developing executive education at UC Berkeley Haas, and serving as a founding team member of JLABS. She completed executive leadership training at UC Berkeley and is a certified Dare to Lead facilitator.

Experience

  1. Johnson & JohnsonSenior Director, Regional Engagement & Incubation, San Diegocurrent2025 — presentSan Diego, California, United States
  2. Johnson & JohnsonInterim Head, JLABS San Diego2025San Diego, California, United States
  3. Johnson & JohnsonGlobal Sourcing Activation & Engagement Leader, Johnson & Johnson Innovation2016 — 2025Greater San Diego Area
  4. Johnson & JohnsonHead of Marketing, Johnson & Johnson Innovation, JLABS2013 — 2016Greater San Diego Area
  5. Prescience InternationalMarketing Director, Janssen Labs2011 — 2013San Diego, CA
  6. Prescience InternationalDirector of New Ventures2007 — 2013San Diego, CA
  7. Prescience InternationalProgram Director @ UC Berkeley BioExec Institute2007 — 2012UC Berkeley
  8. AstiaMarketing Manager2003 — 2005
  9. AdobeMarketing Manager2001 — 2003Mill Valley, CA
  10. Illuminator Plc.Market Analyst1999 — 2001

Skills & more

Salesforce.comTeamworkStrategic Planning31Business Networking4Strategy86Leadership12Life Science Industry2Marketing Strategy1Strategic CommunicationsMarketing Communications9Entrepreneurship99Start-ups61
+12 moreBusiness DevelopmentCurriculum DevelopmentPharmaceutical IndustryFundraisingMarket Research Project ManagementMarketingVenture CapitalLifesciencesMergers & AcquisitionsEvent ManagementBiotechnologyProgram Management
  • BIO Advanced Business Development — Biotechnology Innovation Organization
  • BioExec Institute — University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
  • Dare to Lead Trained — Dare to Lead™ Trained

From Chelsea's professional profile.

Colleagues at Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC

Frequently asked questions

Who is Chelsea Hewitt?
Chelsea Hewitt is Senior Director, Regional Engagement & Incubation at Johnson & Johnson in San Diego, where she leads Scientific Engagement & Incubation for the company's External Scientific Innovation group in La Jolla, sourcing and developing partnerships with early-stage life science companies. Her earlier experience includes helping establish a tech incubator at a London-based private equity firm, advising founders as a management consultant, developing executive education at UC Berkeley Haas, and serving as a founding team member of JLABS. She completed executive leadership training at UC Berkeley and is a certified Dare to Lead facilitator.
Where does Chelsea Hewitt work?
Chelsea Hewitt is Senior Director, Regional Engagement & Incubation, San Diego, External Scientific Innovation at Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC.
Where did Chelsea Hewitt go to school?
Chelsea Hewitt studied at UC Santa Barbara (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), History).

Same school

Shared employers