DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION COMMITTEE

WBL’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee provides staff and board with insight and advice to accomplish WBL’s mission in a way that includes a diverse range of perspectives. We want to ensure that our membership, content, and strategies reflect the diversity of the health care and life sciences industries and the customers that we serve. The DEI Committee sets goals and benchmarks to measure progress, guides event and programming strategies, and helps WBL recruit and retain a diverse membership base.

Committee Leadership

Priya Bathija, JD, MHSA

Committee Chair
CEO and Founder
Nyoo Health

Bergitta E. Cotroneo, FACMPE

WBL Board Liasion
Deputy Chief Executive Officer & EVP
Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine

Committee Members

Wyndolyn Bell, M.D.

President
Wyndolyn C. Bell Encore Enterprises, LLC.

Paurvi Bhatt

Independent Board Director

Linda Genen, MD, MPH

Chief Medical Officer
ProgenyHealth

Pooja Goel

Managing Director
Ascension Ventures

Pamela Hall

Senior Vice President and Global Head - Sleep Apnea Category
Philips

Veronica Hill-Milbourne, RN, MS, JD

President and CEO
Spectrum Health Services, Inc.

Barbara Hutchinson, MD, PhD

President and CEO
Chesapeake Cardiac Care

Sandra Immerman, MBA

Group Vice President, Information Technology
Thermo Fisher Scientific

Kathleen McQuade-Ellmore, MBA

Cofounder
Engagys

Nkem Okeke, MD, MPH, MBA

CEO and Founder
Medicalincs

Jennifer Paine, MS, RAC, FRAPS

Chief Quality Officer
Johnson & Johnson

Sara Ratner

President
Nomi Health

Kristin Rodriguez

Chief Product Officer
Vitality Group

Rajni Shah, OD

Head of Partnerships
MyMeds

Janet Stevens, MBA

President
JL Stevens Consulting

Tanya Sukhu

Partner
West Monroe

Carrie Valiant, JD

Shareholder
Epstein Becker Green