[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 40 (Monday, March 3, 2025)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E179-E180]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          CONGRATULATING COURTNEY BILLINGTON ON HIS RETIREMENT

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                       HON. BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 3, 2025

  Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of 
Courtney Billington for his many years of service to our community. 
Courtney is retiring after thirty-three years with Johnson & Johnson 
where he's worked tirelessly to improve public health policy and 
support the thousands of innovators and medical professionals who are 
driving medical progress.

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  Courtney has lived a life dedicated to serving others. After 
graduating from West Point, he served as a Quartermaster Officer in the 
U.S. Army, ensuring that our soldiers get the equipment they need.
  He has been a lifelong advocate for veterans, currently serving as a 
board member of the United Services Organization, the Cohen Veterans 
Network, and as Executive Sponsor of the Veterans Leadership Council.
  For five years Courtney has been the president of Janssen 
Neuroscience, where he's worked on innovative treatments for patients 
with serious mental illness and neurodegenerative diseases.
  He has strived towards bridging the racial disparities in healthcare; 
particularly increasing the mental health treatments available for 
Black men.
  While at Johnson & Johnson, Courtney led the Community Health Equity 
Alliance, which works at the community level to provide mental health 
care across twelve states.
  Through the Congressional Black Caucus, I have had the opportunity to 
work with Courtney, Johnson & Johnson, and partnering associations on 
those pressing issues, and I'd like to thank him for his thoughtful and 
fierce championing of the health of Black Americans.
  While Courtney's years of service have taken him around the globe, 
New Jersey is all the better for being the state he calls home.
  We are grateful to Courtney for his years of service and the work he 
has done to make our communities and our country healthier.
  I hope that he and his wife Lisa will have many wonderful years ahead 
of them enjoying a well-earned and much-deserved retirement.

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