AMBASSADORS

Our XX in Health Ambassadors are volunteer leaders who are essential for building XX in Health communities in cities around the US and abroad. 

CHICAGO

Sarah Doherty

Sarah is an engineer and entrepreneur devoted to solving the world’s healthcare access crisis.  Co-founder and CTO of TeleHealthRobotics (THR, formerly TeleHealthNow), she and the THR team are creating the world’s first tele-robotic healthcare platform. Sarah is passionate about supporting and increasing the number of women educated and working in STEM, especially as it applies to healthcare, which has lead her to become an Ambassador for XX in Health. Sarah is also a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Program.  She has a degree in Bioengineering and Entrepreneurship from the University of Pennsylvania and worked previously in healthcare strategy consulting.

Kate Liebelt

Kate Liebelt has held healthcare strategy, operations, and R&D management positions in major academic medical centers, pharmaceutical corporations, non-profit associations, and consulting firms. She is currently a manager at Deloitte & Touche, LLP. Kate integrates deep subject matter expertise in various elements of the healthcare ecosystem to facilitate cross-sector collaboration and innovation including the development of new products, services and tools to make healthcare more accessible, timelier, and more precise. She holds a BA in Economics from Washington University in Saint Louis.

Libby Lowe

Libby is a content strategist, editor and writer specializing in health and aging. Libby is dedicated to telling stories—about individuals and companies—that engage readers and empower them to make informed decisions. As a columnist, she has written extensively about women in business and society. The ability to support the women transforming and improving the healthcare landscape is what inspires her to work as an Ambassador for XX in Health. Libby received her MA in Writing and Publishing from Emerson College and her BA in English from Smith College.

HELSINKI

Nelli Lähteenmäki

Nelli is the co-founder of YOU-app, a mobile service that connects people through action. Nelli holds a M.Sc in Industrial Engineering and has worked in the tech space for five years, both in Helsinki and in San Francisco. 

HOUSTON

Katherine Chambers 

Katherine is CEO & Co-Founder of The Right Place, a care coordination solution for patient transition in post-acute settings. Katherine has held positions in large Fortune 500 companies and start ups in business strategy, product development, marketing and distribution and is a passionate entrepreneur who enjoys bringing an outside perspective to new industries.

Stirling Craig 

Stirling Craig is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX, the nation’s largest cancer hospital.   She is a practicing clinician and clinical researcher with emphasis on breast and facial aesthetics and reconstruction.  She completed her training in plastic surgery at Yale University, followed by a microsurgery fellowship at M.D. Anderson.  She is dedicated to creating platforms that foster collaboration and innovation in her field.

Christi J. Guerrini 

Christi is a patent attorney and a graduate student of public health at the University of Texas, where she studies the intersection of medicine and intellectual property.  Christi also works on research projects at Baylor College of Medicine's Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy and serves as an affiliated researcher at the University of Houston Law Center.

LOS ANGELES

Darla Brown 

Darla is the founder of Intake.Me a healthcare platform that aims to streamline doctor visits for patients with chronic conditions.  Darla started her career as a web engineer 15 years ago and most recently has led development at some of Los Angeles' hottest startups.

Rania Nasis

Rania is a healthcare entrepreneur with experience leading high-potential startups. She is currently Managing Director of Regenerative Medicine Strategy Group, LLC and Chair of the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Society of Physician Entrepreneurs (SoPE). She holds an MD from New Jersey Medical School and an MBA from the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine. She serves as an advisor and mentor to numerous startups and is passionate about encouraging healthcare and biomedical entrepreneurship.

Kshama Mehra

Kshama has been in the healthcare space for 10 years. Most recently in pricing and reimbursement at Davita a kidney dialysis company.  Prior to that Kshama was in strategy consulting for biotech and pharma and clinical research in radiology and oncology.

Mika Wang

Mika heads business development and strategy for Nephosity, an awesome imaging technology startup focused on improving care through the sharing of medical images. She has a background in management consulting, startups and non-profits and serves on the leadership team of Girls in Tech Los Angeles.

LOUISVILLE

Alicia Heazlitt

Alicia has been a part of InnovateLTC since inception in 2010, building the first accelerator focused on innovations for the aging population. Her mission is to identify and connect the best minds, transfer knowledge and tools through unique collaborations that ignite innovations across the care continuum. Alicia received her M.B.A. in Healthcare Administration from University of Louisville.

Dianne H. Timmering

Dianne H. Timmering, MFA, MBA, CNA is an author, entrepreneur and strategist. She serves as the Vice President of Spirituality for Signature HealthCARE, a post-acute and long-term care company. She cofounded, created and leads one of the largest for-profit, multi-faith Departments of Spirituality in the nation. Her vision is a service of complete experience and hope in medicine as a core competency in the care delivery system.

NEW YORK

Meera Krishna

Meera works in product development at ClearCost Health, a San Francisco-based start up that focuses on bringing price transparency to health care.

Mamta Parakh

Mamta is an entrepreneurial professional with background in management consulting and startup strategy. She leads startup growth and strategic projects at Symcat and is a marketing consultant at PROCEED.
 

Caroline LeCates

Caroline is an equity research associate at Lazard Capital Markets, covering Healthcare IT and Managed Care companies. She has a background in healthcare equity research and investment banking.

SAN FRANCISCO

WASHINGTON DC