Taking a Seat on the Board

As patients and healthcare consumers, women are decision-makers. They need to be represented on organization boards. Their voices and interests need to be heard. Join this engaging webinar to understand the importance of creating a more diverse boardroom, and actions needed to take a seat on the board.

Emma Cartmell

Founding Partner
Cartmell Ventures

Bio info: Ms. Cartmell is a proven health tech investor, following a 25-year career building, acquiring, selling and taking...

Ms. Cartmell is a proven health tech investor, following a 25-year career building, acquiring, selling and taking companies public. She has served in multiple C-level positions for both public and private companies and has deep expertise in healthcare technology. Under her leadership and guidance, healthcare companies have created and brought to market successful products and services that have led to successful exits.Ms. Cartmell served as the COO of NantHealth, a $1B private equity fund where she built the team and led investments and acquisitions. Before that, Ms. Cartmell was the COO of Personalized Medicine at Abraxis BioScience where she prepared the company for sale and helped negotiate an 8x revenue sale to Celgene for $2.9B. Earlier in her career, she was VP of Healthcare Advanced Programs and Director of Business Development at SAIC where she held both P&L and revenue-generating responsibilities for a $500M healthcare business.Ms. Cartmell serves on the boards of HIMSS North America and the Austin Healthcare Council. She is also a mentor to the United Healthcare Accelerator program. Ms. Cartmell was awarded the John. A Page Outstanding Service Award at HIMSS17 for her leadership in HIMSS and the Healthcare Industry.

Jennifer Lannon

Managing Director, Women’s Health
Springboard Enterprises

Bio info: As the Managing Director of Women's Health at Springboard Enterprises, a non-profit focused on helping women...

As the Managing Director of Women's Health at Springboard Enterprises, a non-profit focused on helping women entrepreneurs scale high-growth startups, Jennifer leads Springboard's efforts in the vertical of women's health innovation. Jennifer is also the Co-Founder of Freeze Health, an informational platform helping women decide if, when and where to seek fertility treatments, including egg freezing and IVF. As the Co-Founder, she has been featured in outlets such as the New York Times, BBC, and the Washington Post.

Jennifer is currently an Advisor on Health Innovation for dotHealth, the official registry of .Health domain names, and previously was an Advisor for the Innovation and Digital Health Accelerator at Boston Children's Hospital. Jennifer has always had a passion for women's health, female entrepreneurship, startups, and health technology. She was the first member of the team that launched .Health domains, and previously directed Business Development at BUILDING.co, a co-working space for growing tech companies.

Kerry Amato

Executive Director, Health Innovation
HIMSS

Moderator

Kerry Amato, CAE, is the Executive Director of Health Innovation for HIMSS where she leads healthcare innovation strategy and business unit operations for HIMSS that includes two global membership organizations; Health 2.0 and the Personal Connected Health Alliance (PCHA). In her dynamic role she manages and executes on a robust product portfolio aimed at accelerating the development and adoption of health technologies through market research, events, policy efforts, networking and global membership activities. Kerry is a proud graduate of the University of Iowa, received her CAE in 2014 and in 2016 was named one of Connect Association Magazine’s “Top 40 Under 40” award winners. Most recently she received Association Forum’s 40 Under 40 Award in 2018 for her work to expanded product offerings for the venture and startup audiences. She currently resides in Chicago, IL with her husband, two children and their “handful” of a dog.