2026 Visionary Leaders – Women’s HealthX

Meet the Leaders Shaping Women's Health

Women's HealthX brings together the organizations funding, delivering, researching, reimbursing and scaling women's healthcare across the United States.

Confirmed Speakers

Kaveeta Vasisht

Associate Commissioner, Office of Women’s Health
FDA

Padma Lakshmi

Co-founder
Endometriosis Foundation of America

Michael Annichine

CEO
Magee-Women's Research Institute & Foundation

Joanne Armstrong

Vice President, Women’s Health & Genomics, CVS Health
CVS Health

Angela Flippin-Trainer, Medical Director at Cigna Healthcare

Andrea Willis

SVP, Chief Medical Officer
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

Emily Lau

Co-Director, Women’s Heart Health Program
Mass General Brigham

Carlos Roberts

Vice President/Chief Medical Officer, Women’s & Children’s Serviceline
Wellspan Medical Group

Nicole Turck

VP Operations, Women’s Health
Corewell Health

Lacey McIntosh

Division Chief, Oncologic and Molecular Imaging
UMass Memorial Medical Center, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Lynn Mason

Chief Executive Officer - North America
IVIRMA Global

Melissa Patel

Lead, Women’s Health Responsible Investing
World Economic Forum

Lyn Agostinelli

Principal Consultant
Halloran Consulting Group/PLG

Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha

Founder, Center for Maternal Health Advancement
Tufts University School Of Medicine

Elizabeth Bailey

Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Foreground VC

AM Barrett

Chair Neurology
UMass Chan Medical School

Amanda Borsky

Director, Clinical Research
Northwell Health

Kristine Cecchetti

Senior Product Manager, Women’s Health Strategy,
Evernorth

Sarah Cigna

Director, Sexual Health and Gender Affirmation (SAGA) Center
GW Medical Faculty Associates

Barb DePree

Director of Women’s Health
Holland Hospital

Mette Dyhrberg

Executive Director
Autoimmune Registry Inc.

Nicola Greenway

Chief Human Resources Officer
Takeda

Sandy Falk

Director of Gynecology, Sexual Health Program, Adult Survivorship Program
Dan Farber Cancer Institute Inc

Marissa Fayer, CEO and Founder at HERhealthEQ

Jocelyn Fitzgerald

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

David Friend

Chief Scientific Officer
Daré Bioscience

Emily Gillen

Head of Global Data Partnerships
UCB

Seth Ginsberg

Co Founder and President
Global Healthy Living Foundation

Chisom Obiora

Head of People and Culture, North America
Sanofi

Isabel Green

Obstetrician & Gynecologist
Mayo Clinic

Julieta Jimenez

Executive Director Program Management Clinical Operations V&I
AstraZeneca

Amy Kao

SVP, Head of Research Unit - Neuroscience & Immunology
EMD Serono

Deanna King

Senior Director, Global Development BioPharma
Astellas

Sarah Kleinpeter

SVP, Global Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Franchise
Biogen

Mitzi Krockover, CEO & Founder at WomanCentered

Deepti Kumra

Director of Behavioral Health
Charles River Community Health

Jennifer Lincoln

Immediate Past President
Society of OB/GYN Hospitalists

Fiona Marshall

President, Biomedical Research
Novartis

Jyoti Mehra

Executive Vice President, Human Resources
Gilead

Lindsey Miltenberger

Chief Advocacy Officer
Society for Women's Health Research

Sherene Min

Head Vice President, Clinical Development
ViiV Healthcare

Catherine Monk

Founding Director
Center for the Transition to Parenthood

Kesha O'Reilly

Director, Global Medical Affairs HIV Franchise
Gilead Sciences

Kutluk Oktay

Reproductive Endocrinologist
Fertility Preservation

Christina Pardo

Medical Director, Women's Health Practice
Weill Cornell Medicine-New York Presbyterian

Elizabeth Patton

Deputy Director, Reproductive Health
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Alan Penzias

Director, Fellowship Program in Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Lauren Powell, Head of Health Equity at Biogen

Kimberly Rosen

Executive Director, Clinical Development
Organon

Ana Rosen Vollmar

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Kaiser Permanente

Ann Roy

Vice President, HEMA, Boston Scientific, Endoscopy
Boston Scientific

Kimberley Sampson

Obstetrician & Gynecologist
Southwestern Vermont Medical Center

Sheri Schully

Deputy Chief Medical and Scientific Officer
All of Us Research Program

Gayatri Setia

Director of Preventive Cardiology
NYCHHC

Alka Shaunik

Senior Vice President, Head of Medical Affairs
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals

Jan Shifren

Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Midlife Women’s Health
Mass General Brigham

Melissa Simon

Obstetrics and Gynecology Physician
Northwestern Medicine

Tracy Sims, Executive Director at Eli Lilly

Luba Soskin

Global Clinical Lead, Women’s Health
Bayer

Paula Soteropoulos, Board of Directors at Metri Bio

Payal Srinivasa

Director of Reproductive Health/OBGYN
Fenway Health

Mary Stutts

CEO
Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA)

Sarah Temkin

Senior Director Early Detection
American Cancer Society

Mark Trolice

Founder & Medical Director
The IVF Center

Stella Vnook

Executive Chair and CEO
Kaida Biopharma

Eren Watkins

Director, R&D Chief of Staff
Organon

Mary Weitzel

Vice President Global Clinical Development
Yaso Therapeutics Incorporated

Gianna Wilkie

Obstetrician & Gynecologist
UMass Memorial Medical Center

Malissa Wood

Chief Medical Officer
Women as One

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