200 Trailblazing Leaders in Women’s Health and FemTech
List compiled and blog written by Anja Streicher and Marija Butkovic
As the year comes to an end, as well as our FemTech Untapped program, we wanted to celebrate and highlight all the trailblazing leaders in Women’s Health and FemTech space who have been working hard in 2022 in improving the health and lives of so many with their innovative solutions and products.
Femtech and women’s health has come a long way since its early days in 2016 when Ida Tin coined the term ‘femtech’. And yet, as Rock Health reported, “despite the fact that women control 80% of healthcare decisions in the US and spend 29% more per capita on healthcare compared to men, the sector of digital health for women has only recently started to draw attention from venture capital investors. Only 3% of the 2,728 US digital health deals since 2011 have focused on women’s health.”
Despite the greater awareness around the need and importance of innovation in and for women’s health, there are still many areas that, undoubtedly, remain a taboo with a massive data gap. For example, did you know that, to this day, women are diagnosed on average four years later than men across 770+ diseases? Or that women are still more likely to die from a heart attack or react poorly to prescription drugs, and are consistently having their pain dismissed by doctors because their bodies are still a medical mystery. A study showed that 90% of women with chronic pain, felt the healthcare system has a gender bias.
This is why we at Women of Wearables decided to compile a list of all the amazing innovators, investors, researchers, entrepreneurs, and advocates who have made their mark in this space in 2022, making it more accessible, inclusive, and ultimately visible. Below is the list of 200 trailblazing leaders in the industry, in alphabetical order.
Disclaimer: The list has been arranged in alphabetical order and not in rank. There are many more leaders who should be on this list and we’d like to encourage everyone to continue adding to it by posting in the comments. Also, in case you think we have missed someone or wish to suggest a correction, please drop us a line at hello@womenofwearables.com.
Aagya Mathur, co-founder and CEO of Aavia
Abigail Barnes, co-founder and CEO of Amulet
Adonica Shaw, founder and CEO of Wingwomen
Adriana Catalina Vázquez Ortiz,co-founder and CEO at Lilu
Alessandra Henderson, co-founder and CEO of Elektra Health
Alex Taylor and Victoria (Tori) Thain Gioia, cofounders of Perelel
Alexandra Fine, cofounder and CEO of Dame
Alice Pelton, founder at The Lowdown
Alice Zheng, Principal at RH Capital
Alicia Chong Rodriguez, founder and CEO of Bloomer Tech
Alyssa Atkins, founder and CEO of Lilia
Amina Sugimoto, DrPh, co-founder and CEO of fermata, Inc.
Amira Ghouaibi, Global Women’s Health Lead at World Economic Forum
Amy Beckley, founder and CEO of Proov
Amy Fan, Cofounder, President & Chief Product Officer at Twentyeight Health
Amy Thomson, founder and CEO of Moody Month
Andrea Berchowitz, co-founder of Vira Health
Andrea Oliver Garcia, co-founder and CEO of Emjoy
Andrea Zitna, Partner at Speedinvest
Angela Pine, founder of 10zyme
Anke Sinnigen, founder of wexxeljahre
Ann Garnier, founder and CEO at Lisa Health
Anna Maria Olziersky, Clinical Development Manager - Women's health at Roche Diagnostics International
Anna Lee, co-founder and Head of Engineering at Lioness
Anne Marie Jukic, Principal Investigator at National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Aoife McGrath, Senior Conference Producer Women’s Health and FemTech, at Kisaco Research
Araxie Boyadjian, co-founder of LVNDR Health
Ariadna Masó, founder and CEO of Sanno
Arianna Radji Lee, founder of Pachamama
Ashley Duqué Kienzle, founder and CEO of Almma Health
Beatrice Chemla, co-founder and CEO of Imma Health
Bethany Corbin, FemTech, Healthcare Innovation & Privacy Attorney at NixonGwiltLaw
Briehan Burke, Partner at Keen Venture Partners
Brittany Barreto, PhD, co-founder and Executive Director of FemTech Focus
Bryony Cole, founder of Sextech School
Carina Kohli, founder and CEO of Humm Care
Carli Sapir, Founding Partner at Amboy Street Ventures
Carolyn Witte and Felicity Yost, co-founders of Tia
Carrie SiuButt, CEO and Board Member at SimpleHealth
Cathy Friedman, Executive Venture Paertner at GV
Celia Pool, co-founder and co-CEO of Dame
Chantelle Bell, co-founder of Syrona Health
Charlotte Guzzo, co-founder and COO of Sano Genetics
Cherly Sew Hoy, founder and CEO Tiny Health
Cindy Gallop, founder and CEO MakeLoveNotPorn
Claire Coder, founder and CEO of Aunt Flow
Colette Courtion, founder and CEO of Joylux
Colleen O'Hare, Global Marketing Director, Women’s Health Portfolio at J&J
Cristina Ljungberg and Wendy Anderson, co-founders of The Case for Her
Crystal Adensanya, founder and CEO of Kiira Health
Crystal Etienne, founder of Ruby Love
Dalya Gartzman, co-founder and CEO of sheKnows
Daniella Gilboa, co-founder and CEO of AIVF
Daniella Perri, founder and CEO of Yoppie
Daphne Chen, co-CEO and co-founder of TBD Health
Dearbhail Ormond, founder and CEO of Frendo
Delphine O’Rourke, Partner at Goodwin, Women’s Health Industry Expert
Denise Pines, co-founder and CEO of Tea Botanics, Osteopathic Medical Board of California
Dina Radenkovic, co-founder and CEO at Gameto
Dominnique Karetsos, founder and CEO Healthy Pleasure Group
Dr Bola Owolabi MB BS DFFP MRCGP MSc, Director of Health Inequalities at NHS England and NHS Improvement
Dr Elina Berglund, co-founder and CEO of Natural Cycles
Dr Elizabeth Garner, Chief Science Officer, US at Ferring Pharmaceuticals
Dr Emilia Molimpakis, co-founder and CEO of Thymia
Dr Lyndsey Harper, founder and CEO of Rosy
Dr Michelle Perugini, co-founder and CEO of Presagen
Dr Mridula Pore, co-founder and co-CEO of Peppy
Dr Mylene Yao, co-founder and CEO of Univfy
Dr Olivia Ahn, co-founder and CEO of Planera
Dr Samantha Wild, Women’s Health Clinical Lead and GP at Bupa
Dr. Golnoush Golshirazi, founder and CEO of ScreenMe
Dr. Juliet M. Nevins, Medical Director, CVS Health
Dr. Lindsay Balfour, PhD, Assistant Professor at Coventry University
Elizabeth Gazda, CEO of Embr Labs
Emanuela Kufel, co-founder of Prosoma
Emma Amoscato, founder and CEO of Smile App
Eugene Zhiharev, founder and CEO of amma pregnancy tracker
Eva Galant, founder and CEO of Hashiona
Eydis Lima, founder of Curiva
Fahti Khosrowshahi, founder and CEO of Ceek Women’s Health
Frances Tang, founder and CEO of Awkward Essentials
Gervase Fay, co-founder and Commercial Director at Health & Her
Gila Tolub, Partner at McKinsey & Company
Gina (Wright) Bartasi, founder and Chair at Kindbody
Giovanna Forte, CEO of Forte Medical
Glenise Moore, founder of SkiiMooTech
Gloria Kolb, co-founder and CEO of Elidah
Gloria Lau, CEO at Alpha Medical
Gwendolyn Floyd, cofounder and CEO of Wile
Halle Tecco, MPH, MBA, Co-Founder, Chair, and Interim CMO at Cofertility
Hana Janebdar, founder and CEO of Juno Bio
Hannah Samano, founder and CEO of Unfabled
Heather Bowerman, founder and CEO of DotLab
Heli Kurjanen, founder and CEO of Lunette
Ida Tin, co-founder and Chairwoman at Clue
Jana Rosenow, Vice President, Global Brand Lead, Women’s Health at Bayer
Jennifer Jones-McMeans, Ph.D., Divisional Vice President of Global Clinical Affairs at Abbott’s vascular business
Jill Angelo, founder and CEO of Gennev
Jingjin Liu, founder and CEO of ZaZaZu
Jo Living and Abi (Childs) Hannah, co-founders of Aura Fertility
Joanna Strober, co-founder of Midi Health
Johanna Rief, Global Director of Public Relations & Head of Sexual Empowerment at Lovehoney Group
Julien Penders, co-founder and COO at Bloomlife
Karina Vazirova and Katia Lang, co-founders of FemTech Lab
Karolina Lofqvist, founder and CEO of Hormona
Kate Brown, MS, Health Innovation Leader at Mercer
Kate Marchio, Director of Medical Business Development at Sagentia Innovation
Kate Torgersen, founder and CEO Milk Stork
Kate Ryder, founder and CEO of Maven
Kathryn Godburn Schubert, President and CEO at Society for Women's Health Research
Kathryn Levy, founder of Prima Women’s Health
Keren Leshem, CEO of OCON Healthcare
Kim Palmer, founder of Clementine
Kristen Tribby, Head of Global Marketing and Education at Fun Factory
Kristina Cahojova, founder and CEO of Kegg
Kristina Johnson, Account Development Manager of FemTech & Beauty at Hologenix
Kristy Chong, founder and CEO of Modibodi
Lan Zuo Gillet, Deputy Managing Director at EPFL Innovation Park
Laura Chambers, Chief Executive Officer of Willow Innovations
Laura McGrath, founder and CEO of Lola & Lykke
Laura Yecies, CEO and Board Member of Bone Health Technologies
Linda Greub, Managing Partner at Avestria Ventures
Lindsay Davis, co-founder of FemTech Association of Asia
Lisa Krapinger-Rüther, co-CEO of breathe ilo
Liz Meyerdirk, CEO of Favor
Lucy Lettice and Claire Lettice, co-founders of &sisters
Lulu Ge, founder and CEO of Elix
Lydia Zeller, CEO of Flyte
Margaret Zablocka, founder and CEO of Onoco
Maria Alvarez de Sotomayor Vergara, Venture Architect at Essity Ventures
Maria Velissaris, Founding and Managing Partner at SteelSky Ventures
Marina Todorova, Director, Pharmacovigilance and Medical Information at Theramex
Martha Silcott, founder of FabLittleBag
Mary Fenske, CEO of Posture Wings
Mary-Ann Etiebet, MD, AVP, Health Equity and Lead at Merck for Mothers
Maryon Stewart, CEO of Femmar
Melanie Cristol, founder and CEO of Lorals
Melissa Kramer, founder and CEO of Live UTI Free
Melynda Barnes, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Ro
Merle Hall, CEO of Kinneir Dufort
Mia Funt, co-founder and President of ByHeart
Milena Bacalja Perianes, co-founder and Managing Director of Madami
Morenike Fajemisin, founder and CEO of Whispa Health
Neta Gotlieb, Lead Clinical Research Scientist at Oura
Nicole Sandford, President, CEO and Board Member at Aspira Women’s Health
Niharika Hariharan, founder of Melloh Wellness
Nikki Michelsen and Leah Remfry-Peploe, co-founders of Ohne
Nikolina Lauc, co-founder and CEO GlycanAge
Noga Sapir, founder and CEO of Reflect Innovation
Oriana Papin-Zoghbi, co-founder and CEO of AOA Dx Inc.
Pamela Miles, founder of Apothercare
Paula Newell, founder and CEO of AVeta Medical
Peggy Maguire, Director general at European Institute of Women's Health
Peony Li, founder and CEO of Jude
Petronela Sandaluche, founder and CEO of CorDiFio Health
Professor Dame Lesley Regan, Women’s Health Ambassador for England
Rachel Braun Scherl, Chief Development Officer at Pulse and co-host of Business of the V
Rebecca Sternberg, Co-founder of Aquafit Intimate
Reenita Das, Partner at Frost & Sullivan
Ridhi Tariyal, co-founder and CEO of NextGen Jane
Robert Stal, founder and CEO of FERTI·LILY
Roopan Gill, co-founder and Executive Director of Vitala Global Foundation
Roya Pakzad, founder and CEO of Feminade
Ruby Raut, founder and CEO of Wuka Wear
Sabrina Martucci Johnson, President and CEO of Daré Bioscience
Samantha Simister and Heather Jackon, co-founders of GenM
Sandy Lindsey, Head of Women’s Health - UK, Northern Europe & Israel, Organon
Sapna Rao, Consumer Health Strategy at Philips
Sara Campin, founder of The Nourish App
Sara Kemppainen, Founder in Residence at Fifty Years
Sarah Dillingham, founder of Grace & Able
Sarah McCollum Dorsett, Chief Executive Officer of Nanit
Sarah Kellogg Neff, CEO of The Lactation Network
Sarah Proehl, MD, Director, Clinical Development at Myovant Sciences
Sarah Reynolds, Anu Sharma, Talia Borgo, co-founders of Millie
Sascha Mayer, President and co-founder of Mamava
Saya Nagori, MD, founder of FemHealth
Shardi Nahavandi, founder and CEO of Tuune
Shashwata Narain, co-founder and CEO of Veera health
Shavini Fernando, founder, and CEO of OxiWear
Shivaani Phillips, Global Category Lead for Women’s Health at HRA Pharma
Simona Fiore, Chief Medical Officer at Viramal
Sophia Yen, MD, MPH, co-founder and CEO of Pandia Health
Sophie Smith, founder and CEO of Nabta Health
Stasa Stankovic, University of Cambridge human reproductive geneticist
Stephanie Grace Schull, PhD, founder and CEO of Kegelbell
Susan Solinsky, co-founder and Chief Growth Officer at Ellipsis Health
Susan Stover, Marketing Lead at Hyivy Health, Advisory Board Member FemTech Canada and FemTech India
Sylvia Kang, cofounder and CEO of Mira
Tamara Kokaz, Head of Pharmacovigilance & Medical Information at Consilient Health
Tami Wahl, Government Affairs, Policy & Regulatory Advisor, Legislative Counsel
Tammy Sun, founder and CEO at Carrot Fertility
Tania Boler, founder and CEO of Elvie
Tania Small, MD, Vice President, Global Medical Oncology Head and Head of R&D Inclusion Diversity Council at GSK
Terry Weber, CEO of Biote
Tess Cosad, co-founder and CEO of Bea fertility
Tracy MacNeal, President and CEO at Materna Medical
Valentina Milanova, founder and CPO of Daye
Whitney Geller and Yasemin Emory, co-founders of Jems
Wolfgang Hackl, founder and CEO of OncoGenomX
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