​Harvard Business School's Women's Health Student Interest Group is excited to welcome the women's health community to Harvard's campus on Friday, November 1. Thank you to our sponsors: Pillar VC and the Harvard Healthcare Initiative. Our program will include the following:

8:00-9:00 AM: Breakfast & Networking Opportunity
​9:00-9:15 AM: Welcome Remarks 
9:15-9:45: Keynote Speaker #1 - Carolee Lee, Founder of Women's Health Access Matters (WHAM)
​10:00-10:45 AM: Panel #1 - “Systemic Investment in Women's Health” 

Participants:

• ​Dr. Primavera Spagnolo, Scientific Director of the MGB Connors Center First.In.Women® Precision Medicine Platform
• Victor Lanio, Partner at Flare Capital
• Shannon Wilz, BCBSMA Innovation 
• Moderator: Lesley Solomon (CEO, Redesign Health)

​11:00-11:30 PM: Keynote #2 - Liz Powell (Co-founder, Women's Health PAC)
11:45-12:30 PM: Panel #2 - “Perspectives from Women’s Health Entrepreneurs” 

Participants: 

• ​Rachel Blank, CEO & Founder of Allara
• ​​​​​​​Jannine Versi, COO & Co-founder of Elektra
• ​​​​​​​​Laura Mackay, CEO of Planned Parenthood Direct
• ​​​​​​​Adrianne Nickerson, CEO & Co-founder of Oula

• ​Moderator: Lexi Henkel, Maverick Capital

​12:45 -1:45 PM: Lunch & Networking
2:00-2:45 PM: Closing Fireside Chat - Dr. Neel Shah, CMO Maven Clinic 
3:00-4:15 PM: Student Pitch Competition with non-dilutive funding prize (please email cvosbikian@mba2025.hbs.edu by October 10 to enter)
​​​​​​​​4:15 PM: Conclusion and Networking