Meet the WBL Fellows We’re excited to welcome 10 innovative, passionate startup leaders to the 2026 WBL Fellows cohort! Learn about them and their companies below. Adun Akanni COO and [...]

Theresa (Terry) McDonnell, DNP, ACNP-BC is Chief Nurse Executive and Senior Vice President at Duke University Health System and Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs at Duke University School of [...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjR_XRsZnN4&pp=0gcJCT4LAYcqIYzv What if the biggest health crisis in America is one almost no one is being treated for? In this episode of Inspiring Women, [...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqfGusWZM9k In this episode of Inspiring Women at the WBL Summit, Laurie McGraw speaks with Dr. Veronica Mallett, a physician, educator, and trailblazer with four [...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OJrxCSz3T8 Less than 2% of venture capital goes to female founders. When Laurie McGraw started Inspiring Women five years ago, the number was 2.4%. A few years [...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1J2OnZlv4c Meme Callnin spent two decades inside global human capital consulting, building talent strategies, advising on M&A integrations, and leading the [...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kRh_M5WLQU Dr. Sandy Chung never planned to become a doctor. She grew up in a trailer park, on Medicaid, the daughter of Chinese immigrants who couldn’t get [...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhL1rt6p_Lk A real estate executive in New York spent years as the only woman at the table in a male-dominated industry, learning the rules of a game no one had [...]

Dr. Anjali Bhagra is Professor of Medicine and Physician Chair of Enterprise Automation and the Office of Belonging at Mayo Clinic. She also serves on Mayo Clinic’s Executive Operations Team. A [...]

We had an incredible time at the WBL Summit last month in Orlando, celebrating WBL’s 25th anniversary! There is truly something special about over 300 WBL members being in the room together. From [...]