Inspiring Women with Laurie McGraw

Inspiring Women with Laurie McGraw


Latest Episodes

How to turn your "failed" projects into your biggest career advantage || EP.228
December 16, 2025

What if your biggest career advantage didn't come from your wins, but from the projects that didn't go as planned?Missy Krasner's career includes some of the boldest bets in healthcare: Google Health, Amazon Care, Box's healthcare vision. None went the

From Caregiver to CEO: Building Bold Solutions for Aging || EP.227
December 09, 2025

Medicare spends as much on falls as it does on cancerbut 30-50% of those fall-related costs are preventable. Amanda Rees watched her grandmother develop a "goose egg" from a fall while gardening, then watched the shame make her stop gardening altogether,

Lifting As You Climb: Ambassador Shefali Razdan-Duggal on Service, Sacrifice, and Success || EP.226
December 02, 2025

At nine years old watching a presidential debate, Shefali Razdan Duggal realized something: in America, a peanut farmer and the son of divorced parents could become president. Her mother was cutting vegetables at night, working as a seamstress by day. Pol

How a Physician CMO Transformed Her Leadership by Unlearning Medicine's Biggest Lie || EP.225
November 25, 2025

"As a physician in training, we have been trained to believe that we are the leaders of every team. That we should know more than anyone in the room, or we must not be a good doctor. Throw that out."Dr. Saria Saccocio spent months during COVID not sleep

The CFO Who Turned 'Dictator' Into Strategic Visionary || EP.224
November 18, 2025

"Get us re-listed. You have 12 months."When Crissy Carlisle walked into HealthSouth in 2005, the FBI had already raided the building. The company held the distinction of being one of the largest frauds in American history. She filed six years' worth of

The Disney Benefits Leader Who Calibrates Before She Acts || EP.223
November 11, 2025

"What's the problem we're trying to solve? Because oddly enough, sometimes that's not really understood."Before Mercedes Ikard solves a problem, she asks a question most leaders skip: Are we even solving the right problem? In a world demanding immediate

The Founder Who Ignored Imposter Syndrome and Built a Global Fertility Empire || EP.222
November 04, 2025

"I had no idea. I didn't know what an HSA was, all the acronymsHRA, HSA, HDHP, ERISA. I really had to learn all of that."When Tammy Sun pitched her fertility startup a decade ago, the category she was building didn't exist. Investors dismissed it as a

More Older Adults Than Children by 2035: This Foundation CEO is Racing Against Time || EP.221
October 21, 2025

"By 2030, 2035, they're saying we're gonna have more older adults than children in this country. And if Medicaid cuts happen, where are people gonna get care? Their first resort is gonna be going to the emergency department." Dr. Sarita Mohanty knows ex

The Cancer Survivor Revolutionizing Cancer Care with AI and Human Touch || Ep.220
October 14, 2025

Approximately one in four people will face a cancer diagnosis. For most, the hardest part won't be the treatment itself but the waiting, the 3 AM questions, the logistical maze of care coordination that can mean the difference between hope and despair. An

Creating Your Own Roadmap When You're Always the First with Dr. Mitzi Krockover || EP.219
October 07, 2025

Dr. Mitzi Krockover has been the first in every leadership role she's takenfrom founding UCLA's Women's Health Center to becoming Humana's first Vice President of Women's Health to now investing in women-led healthcare companies. In this powerful convers