Women's Health Mavericks

Jackie Rotman, Founder & CEO of Center for Intimacy Justice. Jackie was drawn to start Center for Intimacy Justice, a social change organization committed to equity and well-being in people’s intimate lives, after being raised in a family that talked loudly and proudly about sexuality as well as a traumatic event she faced while attending an Ivy League institution. We wanted to chat with Jacki...

Wendy Lund, Chief Client Officer, Health@WPP. Wendy, a sufferer of endometriosis, a famously painful condition, was drawn to the healthcare industry early in her career when she went to work for the National League for Nursing, Planned Parenthood and then made the move to agency/corporate side. She’s since dedicated her career to getting the word out to patients about health and wellness solutions...

Lauren Makler, the Co-Founder & CEO of Cofertility. Prior to starting Cofertility, Lauren spent the bulk of her career at Uber, where she founded and led strategy at Uber Health. We wanted to chat with Lauren to dig into the business of egg freezing, what women are looking for when it comes to their experience, and how we can collectively do better to make doing something so potentially valuab...

Amber Coleman-Mortley, Senior Director of Community and Culture at The Female Quotient. Amber has spent her career in roles that have centered around equality, equity, community-building, and civic engagement. We wanted to chat with Amber to dig into why it’s so important for more women to be at the top, not just because of what we bring to the table as empathetic, creative, and resilient leaders,...

Smita Reddy, Global Chair of the Food & Beverage sector, Global Client Leader at Edelman. Smita’s a marketer who’s always been particularly drawn to purpose-driven brands and has spent most of her career at Edelman, helping to mold the famed agency into what it is today. We wanted to chat with Smita to dig into the distinct responsibility big brands have to both broaden and change the conversa...

Traci Keen, CEO of Mate Fertility. While not featured on her LinkedIn profile, Traci’s background and education is in graphic design and fine arts. When she realized she had a knack for numbers and could wield a mean spreadsheet, she moved into finance and has been improving and growing businesses ever since. Mate Fertility is a clinic dedicated to increasing access to care for the 1 in 6 who have...

Dr. Alison Cowan, Head of Medical Affairs at Mirvie. Alison has spent most of her career as a board-certified OB/GYN, but given her interest in diagnostics, jumped to the business side when she learned about Mirvie. Mirvie is changing the game for moms through their use of RNA testing to diagnosis potential pregnancy complications like pre-eclampsia, pre-term birth, and gestational diabetes earlie...

Jenny Dwork, VP of Brand Marketing at Wisp. Jenny’s marketing and storytelling experience has been incredibly varied, from working as a producer for CNBC during the 2008 financial crisis to leading Aerosoles’ turnaround strategy. Wisp is, dare we say, democratizing the vagina, making it fast and easy to treat common issues that this amazing body part faces, from yeast infections to UTIs. We wanted...

Leslie is the author of two books, Fertility Rules and Bumpin': The Modern Guide to Pregnancy, and was part of the founding team of Rock Health. Just like any other industry, we can't further women's health without smart investment in the right solutions. But unlike other industries, women's health has historically been under-researched, which means investors are only now understan...

Andrea has spent most of her career helping pharmaceutical, biosciences, and medical device companies meet the consumer where they’re at, and Publicis Health Media has grown into the leading health media agency in the US since its inception 10 years ago. It’s no secret that women’s health has historically been under-researched and underfunded, but today, we’re finally seeing the tables turn. We wa...

Women’s Health Mavericks is a podcast dedicated to shining a light on the people who are moving the needle when it comes to women’s health and wellness. From inspiring entrepreneurs and innovators to leaders of big brands defining culture to movers and shakers of biosciences companies dedicated to treating women, we’ll introduce you to the people, the ideas, and the businesses that are changing th...

About our guest: Dr. Angie Beltsos is the CEO, Clinical, and Medical Director of Kindbody, a full-service, modern, and accessible fertility clinic that doubles as a fertility benefits provider. Prior to Kindbody, Dr. Beltsos was the Founder, CEO, and Medical Director of Vios Fertility Institute, which was acquired by Kindbody in February 2022, giving the combined company, worth over $1 billion, a...

About our guest:  Dr. Asima Ahmad is the Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer of Carrot Fertility, a global fertility care platform for women, who are often at the center of fertility care decisions and consequences. Importantly, Carrot serves people of every age, race, income, sex, sexual orientation, gender, marital status, and geography.

About our guest: Claire Coder is the Founder and CEO of Aunt Flow. Aunt Flow, a company that's making the world better for people with periods, provides high-quality and sustainable period products for schools and businesses. With 86% of women reporting to have started their period in public without the supplies they need, Aunt Flow believes that period products should be freely accessible in all...

About our guest: Jenny Holstrom is the Founder & CEO of Coupleness. Coupleness is a mobile app aimed to act as a common micro-diary for couples who want to communicate more with each other. Coupleness makes it easy for couples to take care of their relationships, creating a way for couples to be proactive and build positive habits in everyday life.

About our guest: Dr. Lyndsey Harper is the Co-Founder & CEO of Rosy. Rosy is an app specifically for women to increase sexual wellness and education with a focus on low libido. Developed by doctors and psychologists, Rosy is the first-of-its-kind platform for the 43% of us who experience sexual concerns.

About our guest: Nara Lee is the Founder & CEO of Doveras. Doveras reimagines preconception care and navigation to help more people build the families they want. The company's first product is focused on naturally improving fertility potential with behavioral interventions — backed by 100,000 studies.

About our guest:  Claire Tomkins, CEO of Future Family solves one of the largest obstacles to reproductive technology, financial planning. Inspired by Claire's own struggle to start a family, Future Family helps women and couples navigate their fertility journey as the first company to bring together financing, technology, and concierge care in an easy-to-use online platform.

About our guest: Pam Pure, co-founder and CEO of Posterity Health shares how the pandemic ushered fertility health into the digital space. Her husband and co-founder, Dr. Barrett Cowan, saw an unmet need for couples unable to receive care during this time and created the first all-encompassing digital platform addressing male infertility. By partnering with highly skilled clinicians, labs, and var...

About our guest: Gurjeet Singh of Oma Fertility creates the first infertility clinic to use AI technology in optimizing IVF cycles. He built Oma Fertility on 3 tenants: 1. Making sure couples have successful cycles 2. Creating human-centered clinics and 3. Making IVF accessible to all. In this episode, he shares the key reason why most cycles fail and how Oma can solve for this problem through inn...

About our guest: Kate Morton, CEO of Funk It Wellness, gives us a deep dive into her own journey, healing through food and becoming a CEO in the food-is-medicine space. After years of struggling with disordered eating and hormonal imbalance, she took it upon herself to solve this unmet need –using safe, nutrition-backed science to regulate her cycles. From making home-grown seed cycling kits to ru...

Dr. Arredondo and Pozitivf’s core belief is that having a healthy child is a universal right. However, 90% of people who need IVF do not have access to IVF. As a medical entrepreneur himself, he adopts an abundance mentality to solve this unmet need. At Pozitivf, Dr. Arredondo challenges the status quo,  thinking of patient-centered approaches to reduce operational waste and making each visit...

About our guests: Tara Comonte and Joshua Abram share how TMRW disrupts outdated infrastructure for storing frozen eggs and embryos. Using technological breakthroughs from the last 40 years, TMRW aims to digitize and leverage robotic storage to decrease costs and increase throughput. The future of IVF lies in automation, which will allow more couples to gain the access they need, creating a more i...

About our guest:  Somer Baburek is the Co-Founder, CEO, and President of Hera Biotech. Hera Biotech is developing and commercializing the world's first non-surgical test for the definitive diagnosis and staging of endometriosis. Hera's mission is bold: to relentlessly seek to understand the root cause of diseases in women's health, thereby uncovering new ways of diagnosing and treating them.

About our guest: Shelley Bailey is the Founder & CEO of Famlee. Famlee is the most comprehensive FDA-approved, FSA/HSA covered, full-service digital fertility solution for women looking to balance their hormones for whole-body health—and to prepare their bodies for baby. Shelley refused to “wait & see” when getting pregnant came harder than expected, so she went on a mission to empower wom...