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Inspiring Women with Laurie McGrawThe Math That Changed Everything: Why This Physician Left Practice for Maximum Impact"I think my media roles have resulted in trust, but that's not why I got into it. I got into it because what an incredible platform to have... to educate the public. On average, about 80,000 people at a time."
When Dr. Archelle Georgiou was in clinical practice, she did the math: 15 patients a day for 30 years. The number didn't feel impactful enough. So this Johns Hopkins-trained physician made an unorthodox choice—leaving patient care to join the very managed care industry that frustrated her, determined to fix the system from within.
From associate medical director at...
2025-08-1925 min
Inspiring Women with Laurie McGrawFrom Olympian to CEO to Record-Breaker at 62: Joetta on Endless ReinventionFrom four-time Olympian to Fortune 500 advisor to record-breaking masters athlete at 62, Joetta proves that reinvention has no expiration date. After hanging up her spikes in 2000 following 28 straight seasons of middle-distance running, Joetta built a thriving business helping corporations apply athletic principles to achieve excellence. Then, 25 years later, her daughter's simple request—"Mommy, I want to see you run"—sparked an extraordinary comeback.
"There's a difference between being healthy for someone in their sixties and competing at a level again," Joetta reflects. But compete she does, crushing records in the 100 and 200 meters, winning national championships, and showing the mast...
2025-08-1224 min
Inspiring Women with Laurie McGrawYour Confidence Problem is Actually an Experience Problem - This Is How to Fix It"You have to show up and do the work. There is nothing more satisfying than getting good work done."
From helping scale Allscripts when less than 5% of physicians used technology to now serving as Chief Commercial Officer at Transcarent, Laurie McGraw has spent decades transforming healthcare through technology. Her journey spans from being the sole woman in countless boardrooms to becoming a fierce advocate for pulling other women up the leadership ladder.
"Early on it was so notable to me in a way that was just frustrating," Laurie recalls about being the only woman in...
2025-08-0516 min
Inspiring Women with Laurie McGrawWhy Gen Z Is Choosing Influencer Careers Over Healthcare—And What It Means for Your Health"Women are 80% of the healthcare workforce in the US, up to 70% globally. So I always say if women aren't healthy, the entire world is at risk of not being healthy."
Mary Stutts has spent decades dismantling barriers for women in healthcare—first as a senior executive at Stanford Healthcare and multiple biopharma companies, now as CEO of the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA). But what she's seeing today has her more concerned than ever: for the first time in 20 years, the number of women in C-suite roles is declining.
"The challenge isn't just getting women into le...
2025-07-2928 min
Inspiring Women with Laurie McGrawCatching Cancer Early: Susan Tousi's Quest to Save Lives with a Simple Blood Test"I come from a long line of medical doctors... but I myself was driven by things that move fast in terms of technology."
From a family of physicians, Susan Tousi chose a different path—one that would eventually revolutionize how we detect cancer. After decades building multi-hundred million dollar businesses at HP and Kodak, digitizing how the world captures and shares memories, she made a leap that surprised many: trading the consumer tech world for the promise of genomic medicine.
"Healthcare was moving fairly slowly in terms of technology adoption," Susan recalls. But when Illumina ca...
2025-07-2222 min
Inspiring Women with Laurie McGrawWhy Do 80% of People Choose to Work Through Cancer? With Gina Jacobson"You might not have been born for this, but you almost died for it."
When Gina Jacobson's husband spoke those words, he captured the profound transformation that turned a stage 4 colon cancer diagnosis into a mission. Given just one to two years to live, Gina didn't just survive—she discovered why work matters so deeply when everything else falls apart.
Now, as Program Director for Working with Cancer, she's tackling an uncomfortable truth: there's a massive gap between what well-meaning colleagues want to do and what actually helps. When people don't copy you on emails to...
2025-07-1512 min
Inspiring Women with Laurie McGrawWhat Happens When a Cancer Diagnosis at 17 Shapes Your Entire Career? With Rae McMahanStanding at a hospital desk at 17, facing a Hodgkin's disease diagnosis, Rae McMahan heard words that would reshape her entire life: "We don't have your prior authorization on file."
That broken moment in a broken system launched a career dedicated to fixing what fails patients every day. Now, as Senior Vice President of Payer Solutions at Prescriptive, Rae is revolutionizing how 260 million Americans access medications—because no one should discover what their life-saving prescription costs only when they reach the pharmacy counter.
But her journey wasn't straightforward. Expected to "get married, have kids and stay ho...
2025-07-0816 min
Inspiring Women with Laurie McGrawHow One Labor Leader Transformed 30,000 Lives Through the Power of Empowerment, with Brenda MunozWhat happens when you realize you've stopped caring about the very people you're meant to serve? For Brenda Munoz, that moment came when a laborer asked her to leave and find someone else to help him. "You're very nice," he said, "but I can tell you're trying to rush this."
That wake-up call transformed not just Brenda's career, but how she thinks about leadership itself. Today, as Associate Benefits Director at the Laborers' Fund of Northern California, she oversees benefits for 30,000 workers who build America's infrastructure—and she's reimagining what it means to serve a workforce that's la...
2025-07-0120 min
Inspiring Women with Laurie McGrawTwo Kenyans Unite to Bridge Medicine's Most Dangerous Gap With Amee DevaniWhen Amee Devani watched her mother battle colorectal cancer in Kenya, she witnessed firsthand the stark reality of healthcare inequity. That experience would reshape her entire career trajectory—from investment banking at UBS to founding a digital health startup that's revolutionizing how hospitals manage post-acute care.
"I faint when they take my blood," Amee admits with characteristic candor. Yet today, as CEO and Co-founder of WellBeam, she's tackling one of healthcare's most persistent problems: the black box of care that swallows patients after hospital discharge.
This conversation with host Laurie McGraw reveals how a chance me...
2025-06-2424 min
Inspiring Women with Laurie McGrawFrom Polarization to Grievance: Why Trust in Healthcare Is At a Breaking Point - Courtney Gray HauptWhat makes this conversation urgent is what's at stake. When people with lower trust in healthcare turn to friends and family instead of medical professionals, when young adults say they'd leave their doctor over political beliefs, when misinformation spreads faster than facts—we're not just facing a communications challenge. We're facing a health crisis.
But Courtney, who's spent 15 years bridging policy, advocacy, and communications, sees opportunity in the challenge. Organizations that share accurate information, take visible action on problems, and paint an optimistic future can still build trust. The question is: will they act fast enough?
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2025-06-1717 min
Inspiring Women with Laurie McGrawWhy Your Biggest "Failure" Might Be Your Greatest Career Catalyst with Colleen BowmanWhen Colleen Bowman didn't get into her dietetics internship—twice—she thought her career was over before it began. Instead, that rejection became the catalyst that launched her into becoming a transformative HR leader at one of the most unique companies in America.
"I had a little too much fun in college," Colleen admits with a laugh. But that social experience—building networks, connecting with people—turned out to be the foundation of everything that followed. Today, as VP of Human Resources at IAC, she oversees benefits for a portfolio of brands you know and use every day: Ang...
2025-06-1022 min
Inspiring Women with Laurie McGrawHow Does Personal Tragedy Shape One Of The Most Powerful Women In Healthcare? w/Karen LynchWhen Karen Lynch became CEO of CVS Health, it was more than a milestone, it was a signal. Millions were watching. She led through the pandemic. She raised wages. She centered the patient. She broke glass ceilings again and again.
“I remember the day Karen became CEO,” says host Laurie McGraw. “I think the world stood still for a minute. I smiled. I took notice. And so did everyone else.” The accolades poured in: Forbes Most Powerful Women, Fortune’s Most Admired. But the impact went far beyond headlines.
This conversation isn’t just about what Karen a...
2025-06-0331 min
Inspiring Women with Laurie McGrawHow Far Would You Go to Prevent Another Loss? Carissa Rollins Went All InAfter losing both her sister and a close friend to cancer in the same year, Carissa Rollins knew she couldn’t stay where she was. As CIO of UnitedHealthcare, she had scale and power, but not proximity to the technology that might have changed those outcomes. So when the call came from Illumina, a company pioneering genomic sequencing, she listened. And then she leapt.
In this episode of Inspiring Women with Laurie McGraw, Carissa shares how grief reshaped her career and how purpose—not title—has always been her compass. She talks candidly about what it means to wal...
2025-05-0625 min
Inspiring Women with Laurie McGrawHow Adaptability Can Be Your Greatest Leadership StrengthSophia Kim has spent her career breaking molds, and building better models for leadership and care delivery.
From her early start navigating journalism and consulting to leading high-growth teams in healthcare, Sophia’s path has been shaped by adaptability, ambition, and a commitment to creating change that matters.
In this episode of Inspiring Women with Laurie McGraw, Sophia shares her journey from balancing a demanding consulting career with raising two young children to finding her footing in healthcare leadership - without a clinical background, but with a deep understanding of people, systems, and what real in...
2025-04-2923 min
Inspiring Women with Laurie McGrawSpeak Louder or Shut Up? Rita Johnson-Mills on What Happens When DEI Becomes Too ControversialWhat happens when the system meant to care for everyone, doesn’t? Healthcare equity isn’t theoretical. It’s about who lives, who dies, and who gets a chance. For Rita Johnson-Mills, this isn’t abstract. It’s the work of a lifetime. As a former Medicaid executive, CEO, and now board leader, she has spent decades fighting to ensure Black and Brown communities receive the care, dignity, and leadership they deserve.Rita’s not just breaking glass ceilings. She’s questioning who built the ceiling in the first plac...
2025-04-2231 min
Inspiring Women with Laurie McGrawTia Newcomer on turning caregiver overwhelm into community actionWhen a diagnosis is shared, the questions come fast: What happened? How can I help?For families in crisis, support is critical—but often chaotic. Without a structure to manage communication or coordinate care, caregivers are left to navigate emotional overwhelm and logistical complexity at the same time.That’s where CaringBridge steps in.In this episode of Inspiring Women, CEO Tia Newcomer joins Laurie McGraw to talk about what it takes to bring real support into the healthcare experience—not as a nice-to-have, but as...
2025-04-1530 min
Inspiring Women with Laurie McGraw75M kids in the country deserve healthcare. Ellen DaSilva and Summer Health are providing just that || EP. 183
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Ellen DaSilva, CEO and Founder of Summer Health which aims to increase the supply of pediatric care to care for the 75M children in the United States who need healthcare. Laurie and Ellen spoke at the HLTH 2024 conference.
Ellen lives, eats and breathes Summer Health ever since she, someone with access and means – was UNABLE to get the care she needed for her child. Ellen quickly understood the magnitude of the problem – a decreasing supply of pediatricians to support the 75M kids in this country. A third of children who live...
2025-01-0715 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawDomestic Violence and Breaking the Cycle with Rebecca DarrLaurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Rebecca Darr, CEO of Wings, the largest organization in Illinois focused on breaking the cycle of domestic violence. Wings provides housing, integrated services, education and advocacy to end domestic violence with tremendous success when people seek help.October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. The definition of domestic violence is the willful intimidation, physical assault, battery, sexual assault, and/or other abusive behavior as part of a systematic pattern of power and control perpetrated by one intimate partner against another. And you may be surprised to know how...
2024-10-1725 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawFrom Title IX to Behind the HR Desk: Dr. Kayla Randolph’s Leadership Insights || EP. 167
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dr. Kayla Randolph. Managing Director of Human Resources at IDEA Public Schools, as part of the Women Who Inspire: HR Leaders Series – A collaboration between Transcarent and the Inspiring Women Podcast with Laurie McGraw.
Kayla oversees HR for 11,000 employees across multiple states, emphasizing values like respect, dignity, and integrity. Kayla discussed challenges in education, such as teacher retention, and highlighted IDEA’s focus on comprehensive employee benefits to support their workforce.
Starting in HR unexpectedly, Kayla’s career evolved through roles like recruitment and Title IX coordination, advocating for em...
2024-07-2424 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawCreativity, Impact, and Empowering Human Resources Leaders with Lana Krasnyansky || EP. 166
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Lana Krasnyansky, Senior Manager of HR Transition at TriNet, as part of the Women Who Inspire: HR Leaders Series – A collaboration between Transcarent and the Inspiring Women Podcast with Laurie McGraw
Lana shares her journey and insights into leadership. Her diverse career path started with a passion for creativity and the arts. From launching a dance studio in her kitchen at 13 to managing HR at a prominent PEO, Lana emphasizes the importance of continuous learning and resilience in achieving professional success.
Throughout the discussion, Lana hig...
2024-07-2217 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawCarla Harris and Calling a Thing a Thing || EP. 155
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Carla Harris. THE Carla Harris…the renowned international public speaker, top 40 female speakers in the world who is sharing her “Carla’s Pearls” on career success.
This is the first of the 2024 WBL (Women Business Leaders) Series where Laurie and Carla are speaking to a live audience of senior executive women in healthcare. “There is NO question where I will not have a prescriptive answer” and Carla most certainly lived up to that promise.
In this powerful conversation, we touched on many of “Carla’s P...
2024-04-0925 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawBrenda Schmidt discusses the spectrum of healthcare innovation and creating value at every stage. || EP. 139
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Brenda Schmidt, Head of Enterprise Growth at Redesign Health at HLTH 2023.
In collaboration with Redesign Health, Laurie is speaking with several of the extraordinary women leaders in the Redesign family. This first collab conversation is with Brenda Schmidt. Brenda joined Redesign after a substantive career in healthcare as an executive, builder of companies, venture studio chief, board member….the list goes ON. She self describes as an “INTRApreneur”, a hand raiser when it came to opportunities along the way that allowed her to learn. The consistent career thread is cu...
2023-11-1517 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 111 An optimistic new year begins with a new vision for healthcare
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Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dr. Carladenise Edwards. Known for her thought leadership stemming from a thirty+ year executive career which has included three tours of duty as a chief strategy officer at various prominent health systems. In 2023, Carladenise kicks off this year with an optimistic outlook. “We need to claim joy” and “use this year to inspire our best selves.” What this means for Carladenise is prolifically writing. As a surviving sibling, she is putting words to page to capture the story of her brother. And as...
2023-01-2325 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 77 Mentoring Series: Helen Figge and Alexis Balingcongan
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Women Helen Figge and Alexis Balingcongan in this Mentoring Series episode. Helen and Alexis are both clinicians working in the healthcare tech industry and are involved in HIMSS, serving on the New York state chapter Board (Helen is the incoming President). Meeting there, they found mutual interest as well as admiration for each other in their different points of their career. Helen found Alexis to be a bright “up and comer” and urged her to become more involved beyond just her current job at the time. This relationship, which began as just casu...
2022-04-1833 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 76 Mentoring Series: Kicking Off with Pam Pure
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Pam Pure, experienced digital health executive and CEO/CoFounder of Posterity Health. And importantly, for many years she has also been a personal friend and mentor to me.
Most successful women find help, advice and guidance from a mentor, someone who cares about you and your success and often removed from the intricacies of current work relationships. Pam Pure has had a storied career as a leader and one of the most powerful women in healthcare. Spanning those years of success, she also had time, or made time...
2022-04-0628 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 75 Sage advice from Dr. Cheryl Rucker Whitaker: Get involved, join your professional society, and be expert.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dr. Cheryl Rucker-Whitaker, CEO of Complete Care Management Partners. Dr. Whitaker is used to breaking new ground, focusing on care management before care management was cool; focusing on solving the problems by focusing at the root cause. Understanding data and the financing of healthcare came with an awareness that was just appalling to Dr. Whitaker – health disparities were evident long before the pandemic and she has made it her life’s work to address them. This includes meeting people where they are like the southside of Chicago. Yes, of course, as...
2022-03-3028 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 74 So many questions!!!!! Curiosity can indeed be your superpower.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Sara Sweat, Head of Customer Success of Incredible Health, a new type of staffing company focused on nursing. Sara talks about how her background in in high growth health tech companies prepared her for her current role and how her personal work as a mental health advocate and counselor inspires her to address some of the larger macro issues of workforce burnout. Where does her confidence come from? Well. Singing for one. “If you can sing in front of 200 people, you can speak to 5 in a boardroom.” Sara notes that people...
2022-03-2826 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 73 Move fast. Sure. But DO NOT break things. This is patient care.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Lucia Huang, CEO and CoFounder of Osmind, a company focused on the future of mental health with an EHR as well as an engagement and outcomes platform. Lucia is committed to rapid growth but not at all costs. Silicon valley may be great for innovation but move fast and break things simply does not apply here when dealing with patients and patient care. Lucia talks about how she and her co-founder came up with the idea for Osmind as well as how they are using data to transform the future...
2022-03-2221 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 72 On what’s next with Dr. Jenny Schneider
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Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dr. Jennifer Schneider, CEO and CoFounder of Homeward, a company focused on “re-architecting care delivery in markets for people who do not have quality care starting in rural markets”. Jenny talks about her new venture which fits her familiar model of picking a problem that matters, clearly describing and demonstrating economic value, and the importance of building your team. She doesn’t like the term work life balance. For Jenny, it’s all just life and she tells us that you really can have it all...
2022-03-0724 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 71 Resolving challenges: Focus on the human side
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Patrice Wolfe, CEO of AGS Health, a global revenue cycle technology, analytics and services company. Patrice was only a few months in at AGS before the pandemic hit and talks about how she worked with her ~10,000 employee workforce, mostly based in India, while still serving the needs of her clients. Challenges certainly yet she also finds that she has been able to attract many more women to leadership by offering flexibility. Creating opportunities for women to grow into leadership is important to Patrice. This means providing networking opportunities and giving...
2022-03-0327 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 70 “Use this year to manifest greatness.”
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Kelli Clifton Ogunsanya, a healthcare leader over a network of community health centers. In addition to her work serving the population needs of underserved individuals and families, Kelli is very focused on supporting women in their own personal development as leaders. Her own leadership journey started with the confidence building that came from programs like 4-H and later public speaking while working as a consultant. Key life moments like becoming a mother were times when Kelli needed to re-assess what was most important to her as a professional but also...
2022-02-2822 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 69 Facts are facts. If you led it, managed it, did it….. Own it!
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Lisa Rangel, CEO and Founder of Chameleon Resumes. During this time of great workforce shifts, Lisa has advice for how to be noticed and not forgotten and talks about why it is so important to keep building your network at any stage of your career. She finds that the more senior someone becomes, they often are surprised when they have to advocate for themselves v being pulled into that next higher level position. Terrific advice and wisdom for anyone wishing to advance in their career.
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2022-02-0726 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 68 Early Lessons: Understand how you will be evaluated
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Johanna Fic, a Senior Manager of Engagement Delivery at Salesforce. Johanna is a technology consulting professional with experience helping clients in the consumer products industry, oil & gas industry, and the public sector improve and implement customer-centric technologies and business processes. Her passion is solving problems and improving customer experiences. Johanna knew from an early stage that she wanted to move into leadership and actively pursued opportunities. She also learned some hard lessons early. A large project went awry and yet the team delivered very good results given the circumstances. However...
2022-01-1824 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 67 Dr. Nicole Christian Brathwaite on being trauma sensitive and aware
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dr. Nicole Christian Brathwaite, who works with under-served children and families in the area of mental health. Dr. Christian Brathwaite is concerned about the mental health of children today in particular those who are experiencing trauma which may come from discrimination, racism, as well as other impacts from this pandemic. Her first most important mentor was her mom, oriented towards social justice and action. There may have been issues of financial instability but that did not prevent actions like forming organizations to help and support others who have rights. These...
2022-01-1027 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 66 Today’s new power couple looks like this. Meet Team CJ.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Women Corbin Petro and Jessica Gelman, founders and CEOs of Eleanor Health and Kraft Analytics Group respectively. As a married couple, Corbin and Jess jokingly refer to themselves as Team CJ, yet their drive and passion for growing their companies is anything but a joke. There may be fewer female CEOs in their respective tech focused sectors – healthcare and sports analytics – however, both are used to pushing boundaries. Which requires fortitude and hard work. In the career stages of learning, earning and returning, both Corbin and Jess are determined to not wait un...
2022-01-0348 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 65 When the door to leadership opened for Abby Sears, she carried a sense of great responsibility with her.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Abby Sears, President and CEO of OCHIN, a nonprofit health care innovation center designed to provide knowledge solutions that promote quality, affordable health care for all. Early on Abby learned she had a passion for business and science. Then someone opened the door to leadership. Every day Abby feels a responsibility to honor that opportunity, for her employees, her members, her supportive network which includes her board. More than ever, Abby believes that team members/employees should not be forced to separate their professional life from their personal life. She spen...
2021-12-1725 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 64 Time to move from discussion and into the DO.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Ann Barnes, CEO of IMO a healthcare company focused on data and insights. Ann has purposefully built her teams to focus on diversity because this simply makes sense for her business. She encourages other leaders to move from the discussion of DEI to doing the work of DEI. As a senior leader she also believes it is both an imperative and a responsibility to pay it forward. Early on she was struck by how few seats there were for women at senior tables and today she is committed to ensurin...
2021-12-0924 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 63 Author Stacey Vanek Smith on Machiavelli for Women
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Stacey Vanek Smith, acclaimed business and economics correspondent for NPR and author of Machiavelli for Women: Defend Your Worth, Grow Your Ambition and Win the Workplace. Stacey recognizes that we are in a powerful moment right now with a convergence of forces that has the potential to be very good for women. She turns to the unlikely hero of Machiavelli to write this women’s power playbook recognizing the clarity that comes when you remove the emotion of gender disparity issues. Women may make 15% less in certain areas, and while th...
2021-12-0631 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 62 Seeing yourself in others gives you permission and pride to show up as your true self.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Rona Matthew, a leading woman in marketing and entertainment and currently a senior product marketing manager at TikTok. Rona’s career has already been an adventure from when she started at Howard University to spending eight years in South Africa leading her own brand agency. Being part of the majority, surrounding herself with other creatives has been very meaningful to Rona, so when she decided to “upskill” and go to Columbia Business School she had to develop a new network. Finding her tribe and being a leader today at TikTok’s bla...
2021-11-2924 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 61 Guiding principles means putting the patient at the center for Dr. Dana Zanone.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dr. Dana Zanone, a family medicine physician who has been implementing technology solutions for most of her career. Now she wants physicians to have less time with the computer and much more of it focused on the more important work of being a physician – time with the patient. Dana is a self-described “click-counter” and knows how valuable that time with patients can be. She also shares how patients can get lost in the system and her own very personal experience with mental illness in her family. Talking about these topics is imp...
2021-11-2225 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 60 Take the bounce. Janet Dillione tells women, now is NOT the time to be timid.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Janet Dillione. Janet is an incredibly accomplished executive in healthcare that is focused, at this stage of her career, on leaving healthcare better than when she found it. As she reflects on key pivot points in her storied career, Janet has learned that progression is not a ladder and that careers are not linear. Learning, working with a team, being at Phase 0 when starting something new are all energizing to Janet and have led to other opportunities. And as Janet reflects on the industry today, she is very optimistic about t...
2021-11-1521 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 59 Finding purpose and fusing interests. Katie Goodman on being a millennial.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Katie Goodman. Katie is a podcast host, an influencer (in the world of soccer), a business owner, a yoga instructor, PR consultant and several other things. In other words, a millennial! Katie graduated from Mississippi State and spent a few years in “big girl jobs” and learned that being in a cubicle just wasn’t for her. She did learn that she was a business person. Katie has been influenced by Ikigai, a Japanese concept that means your ‘reason for being”. She began putting her business background to work with a number of her...
2021-10-3122 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 58 The job of the First is not to be the Last.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dr. Patrice Harris. Dr. Harris speaks about what it means to be the first, one of the first, the only …..African American woman in so many spaces. She has always gravitated to where the decisions are being made and if she sees something that is not working, she feels this is usually a place where she wants to get involved and shape the direction. Her views on leadership are simply – this is where the work gets done. In her current role as CEO and founder of a digital health company, sh...
2021-10-3125 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 57 Group think is just a bad investment. Women need to start playing in venture.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Julie Castro Abrams, founder and CEO of How Women Invest and How Women Lead. For over 30 years, Julie, who describes herself as a social justice warrior, has been intent on affecting everyone’s opportunity to advance. She takes a scientific approach to supporting and advancing women at the investment and board level. The approach covers regulatory and legislative issues; movement building; training women on the how to; and then actually doing placements. By demystifying the process, Julie aims to bring 10,000 women into the world of venture. Julie credits asset management...
2021-10-1825 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 56 Get into the READY position.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman May Busch, a sought after executive coach, speaker, advisor, and author. May was just one more incredibly smart, talented, hardworking financial analyst at Morgan Stanley when at age 23 she found she had a special strength – reading the room and performing some tai chi moves to change the energy. Being a student of the environment meant May understood how to navigate not just the org chart, but the informal powerchart. And for women to succeed, May tells women to be in the READY position – be READY to return anything that comes as...
2021-10-0425 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 55 Every conversation is a potential opportunity. Natalie Davis knows how to listen AND bring her own ideas to the table.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Natalie Davis, CEO and Co-Founder of United States of Care. Natalie has been working to improve people’s lives and opportunity for health for nearly two decades. This means bringing together a lot of stakeholders including many of healthcare’s power brokers. You might find that intimidating, but not for Natalie. She looks for the human connections to drive the important issues and make progress. In addition to leading United States of Care, Natalie has a busy life with her young family and awesome husband. Balancing it all also means stayin...
2021-09-2727 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 54 Risk taking is a whole lot easier with a trusted support system. Just ask Miruna Sasu.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Miruna Sasu, PhD, and Chief Strategy Office of COTA, Inc. Always a risk taker, Miruna thrives on the challenges of pursuing big ideas and changing something drastically. But risk taking comes with having a support system, one that she trusts, not only her husband and family, but also trusted friends and mentors. With that, Miruna believes there is never a wrong time to pursue something next.
Miruna has more than 20 years of experience at leading life science organizations such as Johnson & Johnson and Bristol-Myers Squibb. Most recently, Miruna...
2021-09-2025 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 53 Be willing to say YES.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Fran Ayalasomayajula. She still doesn’t understand why it took a pandemic to embrace telehealth but she urges us to continue to accelerate and to double down on universal design. Fran is clear that digital health holds great promise for global health issues, but personalization, form factors, and honing in on data science are key to sustained change. When she began her focus on public health and global populations, she was not focused on a career destination. She has been enjoying the journey ever since.
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2021-09-1326 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 52 Emotional intelligence, demonstrating inclusivity and being inspirational –leaders today need to up their game to retain top talent.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Sarah Oremland. She is an executive coach and leadership development consultant but considers herself a Business Psychologist. Sarah discusses what today’s high-performance teams need to engage and retain the workforce of today.
Sarah has a quintessentially unique mix: the hunger and motivation of a former salesperson, the ability to actively listen as a trained social worker, the results-focus of a former sales manager, and the concurrent creativity and analytical talents of a consultant. With over 14 years of clinical social work, consulting, and executive coaching experience, she recogni...
2021-09-0825 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 51 When the Mrs. Kellys’ saw something in that girl in the garage. Today, Dr. Natasha Sheybani has her sights on eradicating cancer.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dr. Natasha Sheybani, a scientist focused on eradicating cancer.
Natasha Sheybani, PhD, serves as Senior Scientist at the Focused Ultrasound Foundation, where her role involves supporting research programs in glioblastoma, gene therapy and cancer immunotherapy. She is also a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Stanford University, where her appointment is shared among the Departments of Oncology, Radiology, and Biomedical Data Science. Her research focuses on applications of liquid biopsy and radiomics/radiogenomics for advancing precision immuno-oncology. Dr. Sheybani received her BS (2015) and PhD (2020) in Biomedical Engineering from Virginia Com...
2021-09-0327 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 50 Diversifying the cap table is a hard problem without an easy solution. Chrissy Farr tells women to “find your tribe.”
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Chrissy Farr, a San Francisco-based health-tech investor with a background in journalism.
Chrissy is a Principal at OMERS Ventures having joined in 2020 and is focused on healthtech, with special expertise in behavioral health, telemedicine, electronic medical records, and women’s health. Previously, she was a writer and frequent on-air contributor for CNBC, Fast Company and Reuters News, among other publications. She was raised in London, UK, and received graduate degrees from University College London and Stanford University.
To follow Chrissy’s writing, check out Second Opinion...
2021-08-3023 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 49 Developing personal mastery – the key to making change or improving any system.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dr. Insha Haque, a family medicine doctor in New Hampshire who has led a life of service in addition to serving her patients today.
Dr. Insha Haque’s focuses include Quality Improvement, Clinical Innovation, Population Health and Leadership via a Systems Change Philosophy. My clinical work is centered primarily in outpatient Primary Care Medicine. Family and Preventive Medicine + Population Health are my passions in healthcare.
Dr. Haque is a graduate of Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine, she received a B.A. in Spanish from the Unive...
2021-08-2324 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 48 Pay it forward and give back, Sound advice from Marie Lamont.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Marie E. Lamont, President and Chief Operating Officer of Inteliquet, a clinical trials technology company.
Marie E. Lamont is responsible for the overall vision and operations of Inteliquet. With the goal of providing patients and physicians access to the latest and best treatment options and care available, she helps commercialize Inteliquet’s offerings of intelligent technology, insights, and services to improve the clinical trial process, research, and translational medicine.
With more than 25 years as a global biotech leader, Marie has significant commercial and operational expertise. Sh...
2021-08-1727 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 47 Changing Course. When Dr. Alexis DiGasso saw the impact of trauma on young children, something clicked. And she changed her mind about previous career plans.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dr. Alexis DiGasso, a psychologist/postdoctoral fellow practicing in Rhode Island.
Dr. Alexis DiGasso is a Postdoctoral Fellow in clinical psychology at Providence Behavioral Health Associates. Dr. DiGasso earned her bachelor’s Degree from Boston College, and her master’s and doctorate degrees from William James College in Newton, MA with specializations in Children and Families and Global Mental Health. She has worked in a range of clinical settings and has expertise in diagnosing and treating children, adolescents, young adults, and families experiencing a broad range of present...
2021-08-1225 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 46 From Denmark to the US. Dr. Monica Bolbjerg is confident in her vision to change how patients engage with their physicians.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dr. Monica Bolbjerg, Chairman, CEO and Founder of Qure4u. Dr. Bolbjerg is a doctor, an entrepreneur, and a digital health pioneer.
As a young physician, Dr. Bolbjerg noticed the lack of tools available to engage with and help patients beyond episodic, in-person encounters. That experience ignited her passion to create patient engagement and virtual care solutions that improve patient outcomes and experience while also helping providers drive efficiency.
Dr. Bolbjerg launched one of the world’s first patient portals in 2001 in Denmark. Focused on buildi...
2021-08-0223 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 45 It took shadowing 1000 physicians to get from the ground floor to being the expert. Alerie Stiles is on a mission to improve healthcare for physicians.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Alerie Stiles, a Vice President at TSI Healthcare. Alerie self describes as being ON A MISSION TO IMPROVE HEALTHCARE FOR PHYSICIANS AND PATIENTS THROUGH TECHNOLOGY
Driven by value and outcomes
Physician designed workflows (from personally shadowing over 1,000 physicians)
Clinical product strategy & analytics
Always striving to reduce physician burnout
WORKING EVERYDAY TO:
IMPROVE THE VALUE OF CARE GIVEN IN THE NATION
IMPROVE THE LIVES OF INDEPENDENT/COMMUNITY SPECIALTY PROVIDERS
IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THEIR PATIENTS ACROSS THE NATION.
H...
2021-08-0221 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 44 Need a sounding board in a safe space? Create one.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dr. Hena Waseem, a Resident Physician and Neurologist who recently completed her Masters of Public Health from Dartmouth. Dr. Waseem currently in the Leadership and Preventive Medicine Residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. There she has had several unique training opportunities due to the COVID19 pandemic including being Co-author of New Hampshire Crisis Standards of Care Plan; a Collaborator with the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services on the statewide vaccine clinic rollout initiative; and a Project team member for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Population Health Collaborative: Nutriti...
2021-07-1925 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 43 Find and pursue what excites YOU. Dr. Renee Bovelle has done just that.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dr. Renee Bovelle, an ophthalmologist, business owner, educator, cyber security expert, organized medicine leader, and more. How does she do it all? She finds time for the things that excite her and gains her energy from giving back and continuing to learn.
Renee Bovelle, MD is owner and Medical Director of Advanced Eyecare Medical Center “dba” Envision Eye and Laser. She is a board-certified ophthalmologist who graduated from Wellesley College and UCLA School of Medicine. Dr. Bovelle completed an ophthalmic residency at Yale University and a Cornea / Refrac...
2021-07-1922 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 42 “I haven’t stopped learning.” And neither should you. Sheila Talton worked her way from the admin desk to the board room by stretching herself and always being prepared.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Sheila Talton.
Corporate executive Sheila G. Talton was born on October 12, 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio. As a teenager, she became involved in the civil rights movement in Rockford, Illinois. Talton went on to graduate from Northern Illinois University with her B.S. degree in business administration and speech communications in 1980.
Upon graduation, Talton was hired as a sales trainee at NCR Corporation. She became head of Midwest sales for Data Group Systems in Chicago in 1982, moving on to a position as team leader in the sales d...
2021-07-1221 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 41 If you’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up too much room.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Denise Brosseau. Denise understands what it takes to be a thought leader, an influencer and how to build your career through experience and expertise. Denise has spent her career as an entrepreneur and thought leader herself and she has been adamant and active in supporting women advance their own careers. Denise shares her experience, advice including views on how to best use social media to help other women in their career journeys.
As the CEO of Thought Leadership Lab, I work with leaders and their teams to acce...
2021-07-0625 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 40 Dr. Bridget Duffy took that good advice, faced her fear of public speaking and began to use her voice.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dr. Bridget Duffy.
Bridget Duffy, M.D.,is the Chief Medical Officer for Vocera. As Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Duffy plays a key role in new product innovations, acquisitions, and accelerating adoption of technology that protects and connects frontline workers. Prior to her appointment at Vocera, Dr. Duffy co-founded and served as Chief Executive Officer of ExperiaHealth, a company that assisted healthcare leaders in accelerating improvement in the patient, family and staff experience through solutions that improve communication and restore human connections. ExperiaHealth was acquired by Vocera...
2021-06-2823 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 39 This Swiss Shark uses a winning formula to build companies and evaluate them when they come to the Tank.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Bettina Hein.
Bettina Hein is a serial software entrepreneur that has built technology companies in both Europe and the United States. She is most recently the founder of digital health startup juli, her third software company. She is also the founder of Pixability, a video advertising company in Boston. Prior to Pixability, Bettina co-founded SVOX, the Swiss-based speech technology company which was acquired by Nuance Communications (NUAN) for $125 million. Bettina has received numerous awards and recognitions such as the 2018 Immigrant Entrepreneur of the Year Award, World Economic F...
2021-06-2820 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 38 Motivated by mission. Meghan Krueger vaccinates the homeless. It is stressful, rewarding and an honor.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Meghan Krueger.
Meghan Krueger, RN. Registered Nurse at Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program
You can follow Meghan on LinkedIn.
Read the transcript here.
2021-06-2119 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 37 It started at the lemonade stand. Brook West found her passion for driving business at an early age.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Brook West.
Brook West, Chief Commercial Officer
LinkedIn
As a successful P&L leader, Brook leads the enterprise sales function for Carrum Health. She has a proven track record of scaling sales multiple times in the digital health space. In her most recent role, Brook was responsible for building the go to market commercial plan at 98point6 resulting in the acquisition of over 3M members in just over two years.
With her natural sales and leadership talent, and passion for building h...
2021-06-2122 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 36 Environment. Women. Leadership. Dr. Sabina Shaikh understands that these important areas are all related.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dr. Sabina Shaikh.
Dr. Sabina Shaikh is the Director of the Program on Global Environment and an Associate Senior Instructional Professor in Environmental and Urban Studies at the University of Chicago. She holds a PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of California at Davis and a BA in Economics from the University of Wisconsin. Sabina’s courses at the University of Chicago include Urban Design with Nature; Water: Economics, Policy and Society; Environmental Economics: and Unnatural Disasters: Human-Nature Connections in Cities. Her collaborative research on env...
2021-06-1422 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 35 In a race with Elon Musk. Gender parity? It’s not that complicated.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dorri McWhorter. Dorri is in a race with Elon Musk, whether he knows it or not. There is a 30-year plan to get to Mars –the time to get to gender parity is currently estimated to be 200 years. 200 years? Dorri is having nothing to do with that – it is not that complicated.
Dorri McWhorter became the CEO of the YWCA Metropolitan Chicago in March 2013. She has embarked upon a journey to transform the 140 year old social service agency to a 21st century social enterprise. Dorri is moving the age...
2021-06-1421 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 33 The pandemic may have cost Maya Inozemtseva the job she loved, but it did not take her passion.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Maya Inozemtseva, a physical therapist and home health therapist. Maya found her calling with physical therapy from an early age and pursued the needed coursework and training in Boston. She was thrilled to be practicing what she loved and then the pandemic simply shut everything down. She never lost her passion for physical therapy, but she did rediscover her passion for travel. Now she does both.
Maya Inozemtseva, DPT, ATC is a travel Physical Therapist with a passion for exploring and new experiences. She has special interests in p...
2021-06-0722 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 34 Lara Dodo has stopped with the self-doubt. “If it doesn’t make sense to you, then it doesn’t make sense.”
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Lara Dodo. Working across different fields and industries has meant a lot of learning for Lara. One of the most important learnings has been how she has become very comfortable asking the right questions until she gets answers that make sense to her.
Lara Dodo, Chief Growth and Operating Officer for Newtopia
Lara Dodo is a dynamic leader who believes in the strength of the team, the power of authentic communication and the impact of positive energy on innovation. As chief growth and operating officer at N...
2021-06-0724 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 32 Moving at the speed of need. Van Ton-Quinlivan’s longtime approach to business proved to be pandemic ready
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Van Ton-Quinlivan. Years of experience across public, private and non-profit sectors did not prepare her for how to handle launching her business just before the pandemic brought the country to its knees. But her longtime business approach and mindset, moving at the speed of need, certainly did.
Van Ton-Quinlivan is a nationally recognized thought leader in workforce development. She has a proven record for guiding and implementing large system change while fostering a culture of experimentation, innovation and collaboration. Her distinguished career spans the public, private, and no...
2021-05-2420 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 31 Hello world, meet Joané Booth.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Joané Booth, who is passionate about engaging with communities of color in her work at the Michigan League of Conservation Voters. She entered the government arena not knowing a lot about government. Quickly she understood the impact of policy and she caught the bug. Having now worked at both state and federal levels and on political campaigns, Joané is passionate and driven to make a difference.
As a Partnerships Manager, Joané assists with building strong authentic and intentional relationships with diverse communities and businesses across the state.
...
2021-05-2422 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 30 Only 2.3% of all venture funding went to female founders last year. Kristen Valdes changed her pitch to land her Series A.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Kristen Valdes who shares lessons she has learned in building her company b.well Connected Health.
Kristen Valdes, the founder and CEO of b.well Connected Health (www.icanbwell.com), has dedicated her career to empowering consumers with the data and tools to take control of their health care journey. An award-winning leader and acknowledged visionary, Valdes has pioneered inventive solutions that are pushing the industry forward into the consumer-directed future of digital health. She is driven in that quest by her experience as the mother of...
2021-05-2023 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 29 Dr. Ying Sun is a first-generation Asian American postdoctoral scholar. Being a good ally means understanding the individual.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dr. Ying Sun. Dr. Sun is a first-gen, Asian American postdoctoral scholar. She believes people need to see the whole individual to be a good ally. First gens that come from low-income families – they are stressed out about finances; they are intimately tied to their families and communities. Understanding the individual is just as important as putting the systems in place to support each other.
Passionate about leadership, fundraising, communication, project management, and team building. With 11+ years of experience in biological research. Ying is a first-generation college studen...
2021-05-1017 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 28 We can all make a difference. Carrie Valiant asks us to do more to promote others even while following our own stars.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Carrie Valiant. Carrie has always been focused on outside interests during her long tenure practicing law. She thinks the best career advice is to stay true to yourself and follow your own star. But she also asks us all to do what we can to promote others, other women, other people of color. We can all make a difference.
CARRIE VALIANT is a Member of the Firm in the Health Care and Life Sciences practice in the Washington, DC office and co-chairs the firm’s health care fraud g...
2021-05-1024 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 27 Waiting to be asked wasn’t working so well for Valerie Sullivan. So she practiced asking instead. Now she’s the CEO.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Valerie Sullivan who is a big believer in practice, practice, practice. She also believes you have more power than you think and tells us to not give it away!
Valerie Sullivan, PRESIDENT AND CEO
Valerie Sullivan brings significant experience in the pharma, digital health and pharma services industries to her role as President and CEO of etectRx. Innovative and forward thinking, Ms. Sullivan is passionate about creating meaningful, cost-effective solutions across the healthcare ecosystem by leveraging patient engagement and digital technology to support greater outcomes, mor...
2021-05-1022 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 26 Treat yourself like the professional you are. And get in the game.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Nancy Ham who has been leading and growing companies for years. If you are hesitating in your career, Nancy has some advice for you – Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and get in the game!
Nancy Ham is the CEO of WebPT, the country’s leading rehab therapy software platform for enhancing patient care and fueling business growth. Nancy joined WebPT in 2016, bringing with her a wealth of experience in successfully establishing, developing, growing, and operating private and public healthcare information technology companies. As CEO, she focuses on de...
2021-05-0326 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 25 Be as you are. Show up 100%. Diane Adams lives by these words.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Diane Adams. Diane’s life work has been focused on culture. And by embracing the hard, she also believes you can make the world better for everyone.
Culture and talent expert Diane K. Adams has devoted her career to building and studying the role of culture in a company’s success.
Whether she’s at the helm of a Fortune 500 Human Resource organization or independently coaching and consulting chief executives of smaller organizations, and nonprofits, Diane is a leader in helping companies recognize what’s required t...
2021-05-0323 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 24 One foot in front of the other… how Dr. Nicole Neal managed family, job, community service, and additional degrees. Now she wants to help other women realize their dreams.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dr. Nicole Neal, who pursued additional degrees while still focusing on her career, community and family. She also aims to help other women with her new non-profit H.E.R. – Heal, Empower, Reclaim.
Nicole F. Neal, PhD, MA
Nicole is the director of data management & operations at the American Medical Association (AMA). She leads the team responsible for procuring, adding value to, and ensuring the accuracy of the professional credentialing data for the more than 1.6M allopathic, osteopathic, and International physicians who practice medicine in the...
2021-05-0321 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 23 Star individual contributor to Manager is a big step. And that means incorporating different styles to build high performance teams.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Rebecca Marks, a Senior Finance Manager at Grainger headquartered in Chicago.
Becca has been at Grainger for nearly ten years in a variety of positions in Finance, currently, as a Senior Finance Manager supporting Sales Operations. Her team’s responsibilities are to provide strategic financial decision support, insights, and key deliverables relating to pricing strategy, sales coverage, sales compensation, seller effectiveness, sourcing, and contract realization.
In her tenure at Grainger, she has consistently found ways to increase her responsibility and support impactful projects that drive po...
2021-04-2628 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 22 “Reality: Challenges are out there. Maritza Diaz chose to ignore them.”
Do not be distracted. Maritza Diaz wants her kids to be proud of Mommy. She is busy creating jobs and doesn’t have time for doubters.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Maritza Diaz.
Maritza Diaz, Chief Executive Officer of ITJuana
Maritza Diaz is a talented and seasoned technology executive with over 25 years of experience in IT and Software Engineering. She brings a wealth of expertise with particular strengths in areas such as engineering excellence, digital transformation, agile/scrum adoption, software engineering best practices, and building high-performing teams. With an ab...
2021-04-2619 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 21 Sow positivity and just keep working…… Dr. Suzet McKinney’s plan when confronting brick walls and cement ceilings.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dr. Suzet McKinney, who shares her best advice for how to handle and break through roadblocks.
Dr. Suzet McKinney, a nationally recognized public health expert, serves as Principal and Director of Life Sciences. In her role, Dr. McKinney leads the strategy to expand Sterling Bay’s footprint in life sciences nationwide, pursue grant programs for laboratory incubation and graduation space and advance the work of various Sterling Bay life sciences initiatives including Prysm Institute. Prior to joining Sterling Bay, Dr. McKinney was CEO and Executive Director of th...
2021-04-2627 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 20 Those gray areas of harassment, pay equity. Real issues. Real advice.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Susan Gross Sholinsky, an expert on those workforce issues that still exist and really matter.
Susan Gross Sholinsky gives employers the tools they need to make smart decisions about their workforce challenges. She is a sharp, versatile partner to executives, human resources, and in-house legal teams who seek her out for her straight-forward advice and access to boots-on-the-ground resources, regardless of location. Susan also helps employers ensure compliance with the latest local, state, and federal laws, from sexual harassment, to discrimination, restrictive covenants, paid family leave, and...
2021-04-1920 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 19 Playbook for career growth in a pandemic as a new mom? Doesn’t exist. This attorney is writing her own.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Nancy Gunzenhauser Popper, attorney and new mother who talks about the importance of her network and a supportive work environment.
NANCY GUNZENHAUSER POPPER is a Member of the Firm in the Employment, Labor & Workforce Management practice, in the New York office of Epstein Becker Green.
Ms. Popper:
Counsels clients on compliance with EEO laws, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, worker classification issues, and other federal, state, and local statutes governing the workplace
Advises employers in all facets of t...
2021-04-1919 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 18 It was a wake up call when her daughter wanted to drop out of STEM in high school. Now, Gavriella Schuster wants you to BeCOME an ally.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Gavriella Schuster, a veteran executive with ideas and a plan to solve gender equity. Gavriella describes her BeCOME framework and urges all of us to take action now.
Gavriella Schuster, Corporate Vice President, One Commercial Partner
As a C-level Microsoft executive and thought leader, Gavriella leads a global portfolio of channel partners that has influenced over $1 trillion in ecosystem revenues. She brings over 20 years of leadership in digital and cloud transformation roles, driving strategy and execution spanning all aspects of business model and pr...
2021-04-1924 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 17 “Just start somewhere….” Amy Christensen’s advice on how to build your network, a key to unlocking opportunity.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Amy Christensen, one of private equity’s Most Influential Women of Today and Tomorrow.
Amy Christensen is a Partner and founding member of The Vistria Group, a Chicago-based, middle-market private equity firm that invests in healthcare, education, and financial services companies. She is responsible for the sourcing, due diligence, execution and portfolio management of Vistria’s healthcare investments. Ms. Christensen is also a board member of Behavioral Health Group, Supplemental Health Care, and Chiro One Wellness Centers. Ms. Christensen previously served on the boards of Angel...
2021-04-1221 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 16 This astrophysicist started dreaming big when she “broke math” at age 8. Katie Melbourne is about to launch a $9B telescope. And she is just getting started.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Katie Melbourne, systems engineer and astrophysicist, ultra-marathoner, and PhD to be.
Katie Melbourne is a Systems Engineer at Ball Aerospace working on the James Webb Space Telescope commissioning team. Developing an interest in science and space at a young age, Katie graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Science in Astrophysics in 2019. Her undergraduate thesis and main astronomy research focus was on M dwarf stars – small, dim stars making up about 75% of all the stars surrounding Earth – and the planets that orbit them. After inter...
2021-04-1222 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 15 “Convene, understand, amplify, elevate.” More than a mantra – a purposeful approach to professional development for this inspiring attorney.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Sumi Pitroda, an attorney with the AMA with a clear vision that supporting women is key to growing her own career while building her network for success.
Sumi Pitroda, JD
“Convene, understand, amplify, elevate.”
Professional Bio: Sumi Pitroda is Senior Assistant General Counsel at the American Medical Association. She practices within the area of corporate transactions, specializing in data privacy matters. Sumi completed her B.S. degree at the University of Illinois in 2004 and her Juris Doctor certificate at the Chicago-Kent College...
2021-04-1222 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 14 “Women’s libber” may have been her label early on, but it’s her badge of honor now. This scholar/thought leader tells us why Feminism and Feminist principles are simply good business.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dr. CV Harquail, author of Feminism: A Key Idea in Business and a lifelong advocate for feminism.
CV Harquail, PhD, Author, Feminism: A Key Idea in Business, Co-Founder, Feminists At Work
CV Harquail, PhD, is an author, management scholar, consultant, writer, and tool maker. Her new book, Feminism: A Key Idea in Business and Society (Routledge, 2020), is the first to analyze business from a feminist perspective and to propose a feminist business praxis. CV is the co-founder of FeministsAtWork.com (a feminist business practice consultancy) a...
2021-04-0528 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 13 Dr. YiDing Yu describes the ingredients for explosive success: Care a lot, Work hard, Be good at what you do, and Bring your passion….
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dr. YiDing Yu, practicing physician, executive, serial entrepreneur,
YiDing Yu, MD, Chief Medical Officer
Dr. YiDing Yu, MD, is a practicing physician and serial entrepreneur passionate about transforming the way we imagine and deliver healthcare. Named woman entrepreneur of the year in 2018 by the Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards, YiDing is a skilled business operator and passionate public speaker who has launched and scaled innovations across the healthcare ecosystem.
Prior to Olive, YiDing was Chief Medical Officer at Verata Health, a top venture-backed AI...
2021-04-0524 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 12 Stay in the Game. How being curious and treating every assignment as an opportunity led Donna Thompson to success.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Donna Thompson, RN, MS, CEO of Access Community Health Network, one of the largest FQHC networks in the country serving 180,000 patients across its 35 health centers in Chicago.
Donna Thompson, R.N., M.S., Chief Executive Officer
For more than 30 years, Donna Thompson has been on the front lines of patient care delivery. When Donna first joined Access Community Health Network (ACCESS) as Chief Operating Officer in 1995, she was very familiar with the difficulties that patients faced due to their lack of access to primary and...
2021-04-0529 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP.11 From the White House to today’s hottest start up, Caitlin Fleming shares her best advice: Get in the room where it happens….
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Caitlin Fleming, Chief of Staff at Transcarent.
Caitlin Fleming is Chief of Staff at Transcarent where she leads strategic initiatives and advises on growth and operations.
Prior to joining Transcarent, she built and managed value-based health and social services at Haven, Optum, Social Finance, and the White House. While at Haven, she developed and launched innovative care models that spanned navigation, primary care, behavioral health, and specialty care. As a product and strategy leader at Optum, she managed tech-enabled population and behavioral health services. Through...
2021-03-2925 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 10 A lifelong advocate for women’s health, Dr. Barbara Levy’s keys to success include advocating for yourself, mentoring others, and taking leadership opportunities.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dr. Barbara Levy, a lifelong advocate for women’s health.
Barbara Levy, M.D., FACOG, FACS, is a lifelong advocate for advancing the quality of women’s health. Dr. Levy has co-founded Prenome and is president of UroShape, LLC, medical device companies that focus on women’s health issues and alleviating pelvic pain. She was elected as the first female president of AAGL in 1994-1995. Dr. Levy was in private practice in comprehensive holistic women’s health for over 30 years, and served as a Medical Director for Women’s and...
2021-03-2922 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 9 Faster than FEMA!!! This young professional forced herself to face fear and self-doubt which has led to real opportunity and incredible results.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Kelsey Prestesater who discusses how she forces herself to pursue new opportunities even when that means facing the uncomfortable.
Kelsey Prestesater is a Senior Consultant at Ernst & Young where she provides strategic guidance to organizations seeking to modernize their finance operations, with a focus on automation and costing. Kelsey has an MBA with concentrations in Business Analytics and Consulting from the University of Notre Dame, where she graduated with honors, and an undergraduate degree from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University majoring in Finance, Operations...
2021-03-2921 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 8 Being one of the first female engineers at Google taught Ning to think big. Now she wants your help protecting democracy.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Ning Mosberger-Tang, an activist and community organizer.
Ning has a background in computer science and has worked for a number of years in the tech industry, including a few years as a technical lead in Google during its early years. Since 2006, she has focused on conservation and environmental education, climate change mitigation, community organizing, and policy advocacy. She does her work through a private foundation, a social welfare non-profit, and as a private investor in cleantech startups. She also serves on multiple environmental boards including the board...
2021-03-2220 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 7 Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth… How this rising star dusted off and regrouped after a pandemic forced her to change course.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Amy Boerger who is learning the ropes of sales having started off in communications.
Amy is a 2014 SUNY Oswego graduate, earning her degree in Communication and Social Interaction. Following graduation, Amy moved to Boston to pursue a career in sales and currently works as an Inside Account Executive at Toast, a restaurant technology company.
A passionate volunteer and outdoor enthusiast, she spends most mornings volunteering with the nonprofit Back on My Feet, an organization providing community and career development resources to Boston’s homeless population. Whe...
2021-03-2221 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 6 Have a strategy when you’re the only woman at the big boys’ table. You deserve to be there, and you deserve to be heard.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Joanne Burns an accomplished C suite executive and board member. She didn’t get where she is today by being silent, and when she talks, she has something she wants to say.
Joanne Burns is a Board and C-suite healthcare, business, and technology leader with strategic, operational and governance experience at companies ranging from Fortune 500 to early-stage start-ups.
Joanne’s leadership roles include Corporate Director, Committee Chair, Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Information Officer. Director experience includes Chair of Compensation Committee and Member of Audit and F...
2021-03-1525 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 5 She didn’t start in digital medicine, but she’s driving it now. When Meg Barron had the opportunity, she took it.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Meg Barron Vice President of Digital Health Strategy at the AMA.
Meg is passionate about driving change by collaborating with physicians, technology leaders, and solution innovators to improve health care. She has served in product development and business development leadership roles at the AMA and most recently is responsible for driving the roadmap of initiatives that support the AMA’s digital health and medicine strategy. In addition, she has led partnerships and innovation related initiatives, such as the inaugural AMA Healthier Nation Innovation Challenge, the establishment of th...
2021-03-1527 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP. 4 Practicing her craft. Communicating clearly is just another step in the scientific method for this molecular biologist.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Emily Blair a fifth-year Molecular Biology Ph.D. candidate.
Emily Blair graduated from Pepperdine University with a B.S. in Biology. As an undergraduate, she volunteered in Dr. Jay Brewster’s Cell Biology lab at Pepperdine and interned in various research positions at E&J Gallo winery. These early research experiences inspired her to pursue her Ph.D. in Plant Biology at UC Riverside. She is currently a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Dawn Nagel’s plant molecular biology lab at UCR. Emily studies how plants prot...
2021-03-1518 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP 3: Dr. Aletha Maybank talks about what drives her passion. Being deeply rooted in health equity and health justice requires clarity, energy, and following your gut.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dr. Aletha Maybank, Chief Health Equity Officer & Group Vice President at the American Medical Association.
Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH currently serves as the Chief Health Equity Officer and Group Vice President for the American Medical Association (AMA) where she focuses on embedding health equity across all the work of the AMA and leading the Center for HealthEquity. She joined the AMA in April 2019, to launch AMA’s Center for Health Equity as their inaugural Chief Health Equity Officer. Prior to joining the AMA, Dr. Maybank served as th...
2021-03-0833 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP 2: What are the 10 best practices for advancing women in business? Hear from Lynn Shapiro Snyder, she wrote the book!
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Lynn Shapiro Snyder, Board Member and Senior Member of Epstein Becker Green
Lynn Shapiro Snyder is a Board Member and Senior Member of Epstein Becker Green in Washington, D.C., a law firm with one of the largest health care and life sciences practices in the country. There, she advises all types of health care companies and companies such as private equity firms that work with health care. She is well- known for her expertise in FDA, Medicare, Medicaid and managed care issues whether it is in con...
2021-03-0824 minInspiring Women with Laurie McGrawEP: 1: Let’s Get Started! Those first big decisions are never easy. Hear from Inspiring Woman Chelsea Pauga now back to school after that first job out of college.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Chelsea Pauga, a Master’s student at the University of Chicago.
Chelsea Pauga is an early career professional currently studying for her Master’s in Public Policy at the University of Chicago. She graduated in 2016 with an environmental studies degree from the University of California: Santa Barbara with a focus on political science. Chelsea has spent the past four years conducting environmental assessments to facilitate real estate transactions nationwide. Chelsea believes the world can be a more equitable place by focusing on social justice through the lens of e...
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