John F. Crowley is an American businessmanand social entrepreneur. The son of a NewJersey cop, who died on duty when John was 7 yearsold, he has earned degrees from GeorgetownUniversity, Notre Dame Law School, and theHarvard Business School. He worked for Bristol-Myers Squibb before leaving to take a position asCEO of a start-up biotech company searching for atreatment for Pompe disease, the rare genetic disorderthat affects his two youngest children.

Crowley is currently the President and CEO ofAmicus Therapeutics, a publicly held biopharmaceuticalcompany working on the development ofdrugs to treat a range of human genetic diseases anddiseases of neurodegeneration. A widely acclaimedpublic speaker, he also serves on the board of theNational Make-A-Wish Foundation and is a commissionedofficer in the U.S. Navy Reserve,assigned to the U.S. Special Operations Command.

John and his wife, Aileen, live in Princeton,New Jersey, with their two sons, John Jr. andPatrick, and their daughter, Megan.