Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Karen Walker Johnson. Karen begins the conversation by talking about her path to sorting out retirement. What Laurie learned from Karen is that she is exceptional at just about everything she has ever set her mind to, with the minor exception of retirement. Welcome to Karen Walker Johnson’s world of “reWIREment.”

Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Carla Harris. THE Carla Harris: a renowned international public speaker who joined Laurie to share her pearls of wisdom on career success. This is the first of the 2024 WBL series where Laurie and Carla are joined by a live audience of senior executive women in healthcare. “There is NO question where I will not have a prescriptive answer,” Carla said, and she most certainly lived up to that promise.

Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Women Priya Bathija, Jhaymee Tynan, and Phoebe Yang at the WBL (Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation) Annual Summit. A consultant and two lawyers walk into a room. What happens? They leave as friends with a renewed commitment to DEI.

Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Tuyet DesJean at the WBL (Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation) Annual Summit. A daughter of immigrants, an infant refugee whose parents went from the boat to the camp in pursuit of something better. Every day Tuyet looks at that family picture by her desk, herself as an infant, her young parents (17 and 21 at the time), and is reminded. And she is grateful. And what she knows today and knows deeply, is that she is more than what her parents dreamed of and so much more.

Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dr. Katherine Saunders at the WBL (Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation) Annual Summit. Dr. Saunders is an obesity medicine specialist and recent entrepreneur, cofounding Intellihealth with the physician who inspired her to pursue this specialty. Ten years ago, obesity was recognized as a chronic condition. Yet only 2% of the staggering 74% of overweight or obese Americans seek treatment. Katherine provides a brief pathophysiology lesson to dispel the all-too-common myth that obesity is just a lifestyle problem.

Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Mary Flipse at the WBL (Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation) Annual Summit. Mary gives us a view into the life of a start-up after spending the first part of her career in large companies. As Chief Legal Officer and a stint with five CEOs in five years, board activists, and more, it was time for a career break. Mary has found that her years of executive experience have served her well while in startup mode. She knows how to find the right answers when she needs them. Her biggest surprise? The tremendous generosity of people willing to help.