EP. 94 Improving maternal mortality. Start with empowering greatness.

Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Shafia Monroe, a champion of change who has spent her entire professional life focused on creating awareness of the disparities with maternal and infant mortality and creating solutions to solve for them.  While she is known today as the queen mother of doulas and midwives, her beginning came from a family […]

EP. 93 Changing the status quo means required and measured change, says Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford “As a black woman, I don’t turn off my blackness…”

Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford.  Speaking with Dr. Stanford is a lesson in humility.  If you don’t have nine degrees to your name, do ~150 lectures per year, actively mentor >50 students, conduct research in both a genetic and epigenetic fashion while simultaneously caring for patients ages 2 – 90 years old […]

EP. 92 Fortitude and grit personified

Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dr. Sonya Sloan, an orthopedic surgeon, supermom, a woman of faith, an athlete, health equity disruptor, author, educator.  Her life’s work has been centered on paying it forward.  Incredible conversation and you will be inspired hearing about Dr. Sloan’s journey, passions, and pursuit of impact.  Can women have it all?  Dr. […]

EP. 91 Engaging Employees: Building the Intersystems’ Women’s Network

Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Women Alex MacLeod and Jennifer Catella of Intersystems.  Intersystems is a global tech company focused on healthcare, data and analytics.  After an engaging company leadership training, they along with another female leader colleague, began meeting regularly and thought about how they could engage with other female leaders or up and comers in […]

EP. 90 Want to build a business? Start with Google.

Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Amanda Gorman, Founder of the Nest Collaborative, an organization that provides telehealth lactation consultation services.  As a pediatric nurse practitioner Amanda found new mothers were often asking “can you help me?” when it came to breast feeding. The need for lactation consultants far outstrips the demand according to recommendations from the […]

EP. 89 Addicted to start-ups!

Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Eileen Maus, CEO of Renovia, a digital therapeutic and diagnostic company focused on women’s health and specifically, women’s pelvic floor health.  As CEO, Eileen spends a good portion of her time on fundraising and reimbursement now that innovations at Renovia have a published clinical trial to their name.  Some of her […]