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Scarlett Spring

Executive Director
Phoenix Bioscience Core

Scarlett Spring

Executive Director
Phoenix Bioscience Core

Scarlett Spring

Executive Director
Phoenix Bioscience Core
 

Melissa Lamson

EVP of Venture Development & Innovation Strategy
Arizona Commerce Authority

Melissa Lamson

EVP of Venture Development & Innovation Strategy
Arizona Commerce Authority

Melissa Lamson

EVP of Venture Development & Innovation Strategy
Arizona Commerce Authority
  • Sharing perspectives from leaders in women's health, entrepreneurship, ecosystem building, and investment to explore the creation of thriving FemTech ecosystems.
  • Delving into FemTechAZ's model, dissecting key barriers facing innovation, and outlining practical strategies for building supportive regional networks.
  • Featuring insights from market validation and mission to establish Arizona as a blueprint for developing regional innovation ecosystems.
Innovation and Investment
Digital Health

Author:

Susan Sly

Founder & CEO
The Pause.ai

Susan Sly is the Co-CEO and cofounder of RadiusAI (RAI), an award-winning visual intelligence company specializing in the retail and healthcare sectors. RAI is currently implementing its smart retail solution at the edge for a national retailer with 1,000 locations.

 

RAI has been named one of the fastest growing startups in Phoenix three years in a row and won VentureBeat’s AI Innovation at the Edge Award in 2022, beating out several highly acclaimed technology companies.

 

Prior to cofounding RAI, Susan led channel sales teams in three sectors generating over $2 billion in revenue. In her spare time, Susan is the host of the highly acclaimed podcast, Raw and Real Entrepreneurship, mom of five, wife, and tech investor. Susan has appeared on CNN, CNBC, Fox, ABC Family, and is a member of the prestigious Forbes Business Council.

Susan Sly

Founder & CEO
The Pause.ai

Susan Sly is the Co-CEO and cofounder of RadiusAI (RAI), an award-winning visual intelligence company specializing in the retail and healthcare sectors. RAI is currently implementing its smart retail solution at the edge for a national retailer with 1,000 locations.

 

RAI has been named one of the fastest growing startups in Phoenix three years in a row and won VentureBeat’s AI Innovation at the Edge Award in 2022, beating out several highly acclaimed technology companies.

 

Prior to cofounding RAI, Susan led channel sales teams in three sectors generating over $2 billion in revenue. In her spare time, Susan is the host of the highly acclaimed podcast, Raw and Real Entrepreneurship, mom of five, wife, and tech investor. Susan has appeared on CNN, CNBC, Fox, ABC Family, and is a member of the prestigious Forbes Business Council.

Author:

Sidnee Peck

Co-Founder
FemtechAZ

Sidnee Peck

Co-Founder
FemtechAZ

Author:

Azin Radsan van Alebeek

Co-Founder & General Partner
Emmeline Ventures

Azin Radsan van Alebeek

Co-Founder & General Partner
Emmeline Ventures

Author:

Mitzi Krockover

Co-Founder, FemtechAZ
Managing Director, Golden Seeds, CEO, Woman Centered

Mitzi Krockover

Co-Founder, FemtechAZ
Managing Director, Golden Seeds, CEO, Woman Centered

Author:

Scarlett Spring

Executive Director
Phoenix Bioscience Core

Scarlett Spring

Executive Director
Phoenix Bioscience Core
 

Azin Radsan van Alebeek

Co-Founder & General Partner
Emmeline Ventures

Azin Radsan van Alebeek

Co-Founder & General Partner
Emmeline Ventures

Azin Radsan van Alebeek

Co-Founder & General Partner
Emmeline Ventures
 

Sidnee Peck

Co-Founder
FemtechAZ

Sidnee Peck

Co-Founder
FemtechAZ

Sidnee Peck

Co-Founder
FemtechAZ

Hear from investors with a range of funds, interests, and rounds available to companies active in healthcare sectors that only, differently, or disproportionately affect women. Tailor your company pitch to meet the needs of these investment experts.

Innovation and Investment

Author:

Anna Valcheva

Venture Partner
Alumni Ventures Group

Anna Valcheva

Venture Partner
Alumni Ventures Group

Author:

Megan Dover

Principal and Co- Founder
Cross-Border Impact Ventures

Megan Dover

Principal and Co- Founder
Cross-Border Impact Ventures
  • How can companies evidence value to payers in relation to existing solutions and models?
  • As women’s health evolves, what areas are of greatest interest to payers?
  • Exploring women’s health through a value-based care, Medicaid, government, and population health lens.
Innovation and Investment
Healthcare Costs and Outcomes

Author:

Dianne Balon

SVP of Government
Blue Cross Alberta

Dianne Balon

SVP of Government
Blue Cross Alberta

Author:

Katie Ryan

Senior Innovation Strategist
Humana

Katie Ryan

Senior Innovation Strategist
Humana

Author:

Alice Zheng, MD, MBA, MPH

Principal
Foreground Capital

Alice Zheng, MD, MBA, MPH

Principal
Foreground Capital
  • Understand how leaders across sectors are harnessing the opportunity of addressing women’s health
  • Learn where the opportunities are to reap the health and economic returns of closing the gap
  • Get strategic insights on where the health of women market is heading – and how stakeholders can stay ahead
Innovation and Investment
Healthcare Costs and Outcomes

Author:

Lucy Perez

Senior Partner, Life Sciences
McKinsey & Company

Lucy is a Senior Partner in McKinsey’s Boston office. Lucy has 15+ years of experience advising CEOs and top teams at leading pharma, biotech and life sciences companies globally on growth strategy, innovation, sustainability, and organizational transformation.

Lucy co-leads McKinsey’s ESG domain and McKinsey’s All-In DEI efforts in North America.  She also sponsors the Hispanic Latino Network at McKinsey and leads our research efforts on health equity.

Lucy works extensively with number of biopharma and life science clients on broad range of topics, with recent focus on ESG/ sustainability, evidence generation, and digital/analytics programs to improve patient outcomes and support sustainable, inclusive growth.

Led efforts for a leading biopharma to define their ESG strategy, partnership strategy, and stakeholder engagement approach

Led efforts for a leading biopharma to embed health equity as a core principle in their R&D priorities and ways of working across the value chain

Led efforts to assess internal and external portfolio productivity and pricing models to optimize the R&D strategy and redesign the organization for a top pharmaceutical company

Led efforts for a leading biopharma to transform how it engages with customers through digital transformation, applying advanced analytics and embedding agile ways of working across their six largest markets that delivered $300M+ of near-term growth

Sponsor of McKinsey’s Early Stage Investor Conference, an annual event convening 200+ entrepreneurs and 1000+ investors interested in bio/med/health tech and sustainability innovation

Before joining McKinsey, Lucy was a research fellow at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, where she was involved in the development of novel treatments for solid tumors. She was also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute research fellow at Harvard University while completing her doctoral studies. She is co-inventor on multiple patents and has published in peer-reviewed journals.

Lucy Perez

Senior Partner, Life Sciences
McKinsey & Company

Lucy is a Senior Partner in McKinsey’s Boston office. Lucy has 15+ years of experience advising CEOs and top teams at leading pharma, biotech and life sciences companies globally on growth strategy, innovation, sustainability, and organizational transformation.

Lucy co-leads McKinsey’s ESG domain and McKinsey’s All-In DEI efforts in North America.  She also sponsors the Hispanic Latino Network at McKinsey and leads our research efforts on health equity.

Lucy works extensively with number of biopharma and life science clients on broad range of topics, with recent focus on ESG/ sustainability, evidence generation, and digital/analytics programs to improve patient outcomes and support sustainable, inclusive growth.

Led efforts for a leading biopharma to define their ESG strategy, partnership strategy, and stakeholder engagement approach

Led efforts for a leading biopharma to embed health equity as a core principle in their R&D priorities and ways of working across the value chain

Led efforts to assess internal and external portfolio productivity and pricing models to optimize the R&D strategy and redesign the organization for a top pharmaceutical company

Led efforts for a leading biopharma to transform how it engages with customers through digital transformation, applying advanced analytics and embedding agile ways of working across their six largest markets that delivered $300M+ of near-term growth

Sponsor of McKinsey’s Early Stage Investor Conference, an annual event convening 200+ entrepreneurs and 1000+ investors interested in bio/med/health tech and sustainability innovation

Before joining McKinsey, Lucy was a research fellow at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, where she was involved in the development of novel treatments for solid tumors. She was also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute research fellow at Harvard University while completing her doctoral studies. She is co-inventor on multiple patents and has published in peer-reviewed journals.