It seems like we hear about a new "innovation" in women's health and wellness every day. But between Pantone’s new “Period” color to Goop’s infamous jade eggs to period tracking apps that only take privacy semi-seriously, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to tell the difference between pseudoscientific claims and legitimate, impactful innovation. With so much noise, what does it take to truly innovate? What does it take to de-stigmatize aspects of women’s sexual health and wellbeing? How can solutions be designed with all female bodies in mind? What role can experts, science, and efficacy play in an industry that often profits off of mysteries around women’s health?
Join WIN and Lemon Lab on October 28th for a virtual panel: Innovators Busting Taboos in Women’s Health where we will tackle questions like these head on. Panelists, including the founders & leaders behind Modern Fertility, Tia, Uqora, and Unbound.
You can expect to walk away with a host of founder stories, women’s leadership inspiration, insights on trends in the women’s health and wellness space and responsible innovation and marketing lessons, which transcend industry.
PANELISTS
Carly Leahy, Co-Founder & COO at Modern Fertility
Carly Leahy is the Co-founder and CCO of Modern Fertility, a women's health company focused on making fertility information more accessible for women everywhere. A brand builder through and through, Carly has held brand and marketing roles at Google–leading creative for a grassroots initiative to help small businesses succeed online–and Uber, running content and creative strategy for new Uber products like UberEATS and UberHEALTH. At Modern Fertility, she’s focused on making the science of fertility more human and helpful for women everywhere.
Carolyn Witte, Co-Founder & CEO at Tia
Carolyn is the CEO and Co-founder of Tia — the next-gen women's healthcare platform building the relationship-based care model of the future, online & offline. As a design-thinker and storyteller, she's applied the brand-building and user-centric design playbook from her time at Google's Creative Lab to make women's care more personalized, preventive, data-driven, and soulful. A big believer in interdisciplinary teams, Carolyn has orchestrated a symphony of top tier women's health providers, software engineers, designers and data enthusiasts to build a new model of women's care that can sustain the pressures of the modern healthcare system for patients and providers alike.
Jenna Ryan, Co-Founder & CEO at Uqora
Jenna is the CEO & founder of Uqora, the company tackling UTI relief and urinary tract health in a brand new way. In 2014, Jenna had 8 UTIs. She knew she couldn’t stay stuck in this cycle, but didn’t realize how many people like her were struggling with the same issue. Turns out, UTIs are the second most common infection in the US, second only to the common cold. Since launch, Uqora has been able to help over 100,000 people with UTI relief and proactive urinary tract care. Before Uqora, Jenna spent her career in D2C growth and marketing, primarily in the tech industry.
Nisreen Hasib, COO at Unbound, WIN Advisory Council Member
Nisreen is the Chief Operating Officer of Unbound, a rebellious brand changing the way we talk about sex and sexual wellness. She began her career as a labor and employment attorney, fighting for the right of women and people of color to work with dignity and without harassment or discrimination. A graduate of Yale University and the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, she has been recognized as one of the 2020 100 Ethnic Minority Executives by EMpower and Yahoo Finance. She is a member of the Women In Innovation (WIN) Advisory Council, and a mentor and speaker for Communitas America, an accelerator supporting diverse entrepreneurs in the Bronx.
MODERATOR
Taylor Majewski, Founder, Lemon Lab
Taylor Majewski is a journalist and the founder of Lemon Lab. Taylor created Lemon Lab to bring women’s health and wellness product recommendations out from “behind closed doors” and onto a platform that combines investigative journalism and real-person reviews to surface quality products in this category.
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What You’ll Need
- Laptop or desktop computer with functioning camera, microphone, and internet
- A nice quiet place to log in where you can actively speak and participate (we know it can be difficult to find a perfectly quiet spot at home, so all we ask is you do your best!)
- Zoom downloaded on your computer. Note--if you are unable to download Zoom, you can also join the link from your browser (Chrome or Edge work best). Please allow for an additional 5 minutes before the session starts to get it set up.
We highly recommend using a laptop or desktop for this session since we will be using Zoom to come together as a community. Please make sure you’ll be ready to use both services before the session begins.
During these uncertain times we want to be flexible and give back more to our community. For this event we're asking for a suggested donation of $15 with the option to pay more as a way to support WIN.
If you are unable to pay for a session at this time but would like to attend, please email us at SF@womenininnovation.co so we can figure out the best way to support you.