Under the Sisterhood

Today we’re getting Under the Hood of Tamara Taitt a daughter, sister and licensed as a midwife and a marriage and family therapist and currently the Executive Director at the Atlanta Birthing Center. Tamara has a varied background in women’s reproductive health activism and has been working in maternal, infant and child health for the last twenty years. Tamara has a deep interest in the sustainab...

Today we’re getting under the hood of Lisa Kaenzig a mother, daughter, sister, partner, college dean and champion for educational and leadership opportunities for girls and women.  Lisa shares her passion for women’s leadership in her role as Dean of William Smith College at Hobart and William Smith Colleges (HWS). Lisa has over 30 years of administrative and academic experience, including several...

Today we’re getting under the hood of Nidhi Sharma a mother, daughter, sister, trained Architect with over 15+ years of experience in the corporate world. And the founder of Half-Life To Health a platform that makes health and fitness accessible to every woman in an easy, simple, and sustainable manner. While growing up in India, she witnessed the unequal distribution of responsibilities between m...

Today we’re getting Under the Hood of Naoko Kita a daughter, sister, women’s advocate, a healthcare and femtech innovator, and a founder on a mission for women’s health literacy from Japan.  She is the founder and CEO of Joconne Inc. from Japan. Joconne is a company that aims to create a society where women can live with enough health literacy. She strives to improve women's health literacy a...

Today we’re getting under the hood of Malene Hegenberger a mother, daughter, sister, friend, women’s advocate, innovator, midwife, and founder of Hegenberger Speculum. Malene was educated as a licensed nurse in Denmark in 1998. After working in neonatal care at Kings College Hospital in London, she attended midwifery school in Bergen, Norway, completing her studies in 2002. She worked as a midwife...

Today we’re getting under the hood with Dr. Umbereen S. Nehal a daughter, sister, friend, women’s advocate, MD, MPH an MIT Sloan Fellow MBA candidate, a former Medicaid medical director, and a former Chief Medical Officer for a $100 million, 14-center health agency in NYC. She is currently the CEO and founder of a digital health company HER Heard, incubated at MIT, utilizing generative AI and natu...

Today we’re getting under the hood of Dr. Beth Garner a mother, daughter, sister, Board Certified OBGYN, seasoned strategic- and business-minded executive, and corporate board member with a career-long focus on addressing unmet needs in conditions and issues that affect women’s health and quality of life.  Born and raised in Nigeria, she brings a global view to her work in both the corporate and n...

Today we’re getting under the hood of Dr. Ru Cheng a mother, daughter, sister, wife, aunt, daughter-in-law, ob-gyn physician, clinical researcher, therapeutics developer, women’s health expert, leader, and passionate advocate for women and girls.  Ru Cheng is Director of the Women's Health Innovations team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation where all lives have equal value. She leads...

Today we are celebrating the incredible Francilia Wilkins Rahim for Women Making History. Francilia is a thought leader, a staunch advocate for diversity in procurement, development, and management, and the founder and CEO of RF Wilkins Consultants. and the Founder and CEO of AYO Labs the nation’s first modern-day, African American women-owned accelerator. To date, Francilia has led RFW in raising...

Today we’re getting under the hood of Grace Adipiena from Ghana, Africa. A daughter, sister, friend, women’s advocate, counselor, philanthropist, politician, and a midwife practicing and supporting her community for over 20 years. Grace works at one of the renowned hospitals in the Eastern Region of Ghana the Volta River Authority Hospital Akosombo. The VRA is crucial for the Eastern Region's...

Today we’re celebrating women making history with the inspiring Dr. Dale Atkins a mother, grandmother, sister, friend, women’s advocate, author, speaker, and psychologist. Dale Atkins is a licensed psychologist with more than forty years of experience as a relationship expert focusing on families, wellness, managing stress, and developing compassion for resilience needed to live a balanced, meanin...

Today we’re celebrating women making history with the inspiring Zarifa Ghafari a mother, sister, friend, women’s advocate, human rights activist, author, Netflix documentarian, and the former Mayor of Maidan Shahr Afghanistan. Zarifa Ghafari was one of the few Afghan female mayors and was also the youngest to be appointed, at the age of 24. She is known for her efforts to advance women's righ...

Today we’re celebrating women making history with the inspiring Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli a mother, daughter, sister, friend, and an expert on food ecosystems, entrepreneurship, social innovation, and philanthropy. She has over 25 years of international development experience and is the founder of LEAP Africa and African Food Changemakers. She is also the co-founder of Sahel Consulting Agriculture &am...

Today we’re getting under the hood of Dr. Kattayoun Kordy, a mother, daughter, sister, friend, adventurer, mentor, leader, scientist, big pharma executive, and physician passionate about advocating for women's and children’s health and endlessly in pursuit of curiosity.  Kattayoun is the Head of Rare Disease and Maternal-Fetal Clinical Development at Johnson and Johnson. Triple-board certifie...

Today we’re getting under the hood of Bethany Corbin a Bethany a daughter, sister, women’s advocate, and a healthcare innovation, femtech, and privacy attorney on a mission to help thought-leading companies revolutionize the global women’s health sector.  She is the Managing Partner of Women’s Health Innovation Consulting and the co-founder of FemInnovation. Through her companies, she partners wit...

Today we’re getting under hood of Jess Karr a daughter, sister, friend and women’s advocate and the Founder & General Partner of Coyote Ventures, an early stage venture capital fund investing in women’s health and wellness.  Jessica’s experience launching novel impact-focused products began when she joined Impossible Foods as the 12th employee, where she helped develop and launch the Impossibl...

Today we’re getting under the hood of Carli Sapir a daughter, sister, friend women’s advocate, and the Forbes 30 Under 30 Founding Partner of Amboy Street Ventures – an early-stage VC fund dedicated to women’s health and sexual health startups.  Carli has an affinity for startups in the women’s health & sexual health landscape due to personal health experiences. She is also the Founder of the...

Today we’re getting under the hood of Linda Greub a mother, daughter, sister, friend, women’s advocate, and the co-founder and managing partner of Avestria Ventures. For over 30+ years, Linda has invested in public and private life science companies as an institutional investor, a corporate M&A executive, a hedge fund analyst, and a private venture investor. She's held roles at companies...

Today we’re getting under the hood of Alice Zheng a daughter, sister,  women’s advocate, and a Principal at RH Capital, a Rhia Ventures fund, leading investments in innovative women's health companies across the life sciences, digital health, and consumer health. Alice has been a women’s health enthusiast throughout her career spanning global health, clinical medicine, and the private sector....

Today we’re getting under the hood with Jessica Federer a daughter, sister, friend, women’s advocate, board member, big pharma executive, managing director, and investor adept at deploying technology to make meaningful advancements for both business and society.  She serves on the boards of Sage Therapeutics, Pluto Health, and Angelini Ventures. She was one of the first Chief Digital Officers for...

Today we’re getting under the hood with Myra Kinds a a mother, daughter, sister, wife, friend, minister, trainer, facilitator, and community champion!  Myra is a GERI Trainer and BIPOC and Intersectionality Leader. A licensed American Baptist Minister, she serves as the Minister to Youth at the Peoples Baptist Church, and serves on the advisory board at Gordon Conwell’s Campus for Urban Ministeria...

Today we’re getting under the hood with Mette Dyhrberg a mother, daughter, sister, friend, women’s advocate and the CEO and founder of Mymee, a leader in personalized trials and care for autoimmune non-responders, and a serial entrepreneur with over 20 years experience in startups and building businesses. Mette’s lifelong journey with autoimmune disease started at age 14 and included managing seve...

Today we’re getting under the hood with Shannon Cohn a mother, daughter, friend, women’s advocate, lawyer, social impact producer and filmmaker. Shannon has worked across Africa, Europe, the Middle East & the Americas on topics related to gender equity and combating stigma and taboo. Her films and TV series have aired on @PBS, Nat Geo, Discovery Channel, Amazon and Netflix. Her new PBS documen...

Today we’re getting under the hood with Dr. Rachel-Yvonne Talton a daughter, sister, friend, women's advocate, author, and founder/CEO of Synergy International Limited, Inc. Dr. Rachel is a visionary leader, pioneering in leadership, diversity, and organizational transformation. Her firm, Synergy International Limited, Inc., exemplifies her commitment to inclusivity, effectiveness, and trust...

Today we’re getting under the hood with Elsy Boglioli a mother, daughter, friend, women’s advocate and board member of women's health and parenting support companies, and the CEO of Bio-Up.  Elsy created Bio-Up in 2019 to support biotech and medtech companies in strong scale up or transformation phases, when they need to raise capital, grow their organization and structure their operations. S...