Inspiring Women with Laurie McGraw

Inspiring Women with Laurie McGraw


Latest Episodes

How One Labor Leader Transformed 30,000 Lives Through the Power of Empowerment, with Brenda Munoz || EP.205
July 01, 2025

What happens when you realize you've stopped caring about the very people you're meant to serve? For Brenda Munoz, that moment came when a laborer asked her to leave and find someone else to help him. "You're very nice," he said, "but I can tell you're tr

Two Kenyans Unite to Bridge Medicine's Most Dangerous Gap With Amee Devani || EP.204
June 24, 2025

When Amee Devani watched her mother battle colorectal cancer in Kenya, she witnessed firsthand the stark reality of healthcare inequity. That experience would reshape her entire career trajectoryfrom investment banking at UBS to founding a digital health

From Polarization to Grievance: Why Trust in Healthcare Is At a Breaking Point - Courtney Gray Haupt || EP.203
June 17, 2025

What makes this conversation urgent is what's at stake. When people with lower trust in healthcare turn to friends and family instead of medical professionals, when young adults say they'd leave their doctor over political beliefs, when misinformation spr

Why Your Biggest "Failure" Might Be Your Greatest Career Catalyst with Colleen Bowman || EP.202
June 10, 2025

When Colleen Bowman didn't get into her dietetics internshiptwiceshe thought her career was over before it began. Instead, that rejection became the catalyst that launched her into becoming a transformative HR leader at one of the most unique companies

How Does Personal Tragedy Shape One Of The Most Powerful Women In Healthcare? w/Karen Lynch || EP. 201
June 03, 2025

When Karen Lynch became CEO of CVS Health, it was more than a milestone, it was a signal. Millions were watching. She led through the pandemic. She raised wages. She centered the patient. She broke glass ceilings again and again. “I remember the day Kare

What Happens When Women Stop Waiting for a Seat—and Build the Whole Table? || EP. 200
May 27, 2025

"Who mentors the mentors?""There's no such thing as a cold call in WBL.""How can I help you?"These powerful mantras echo through the halls of Women Business Leaders (WBL), the longest-standing executive forum for women in healthcare leadership. And

What Happens When Behavioral Science Meets a Mother on a Mission? With Kathleen Ellmore || EP. 199
May 13, 2025

What if the same data that helps sell cereal could also save a life? Kathleen Ellmore asked that question long before most people thought toand long before healthcare caught up. With roots in consumer marketing, she was using behavioral science to influe

How Far Would You Go to Prevent Another Loss? Carissa Rollins Went All In || EP. 198
May 06, 2025

After losing both her sister and a close friend to cancer in the same year, Carissa Rollins knew she couldnt stay where she was. As CIO of UnitedHealthcare, she had scale and power, but not proximity to the technology that might have changed those outcom

How Adaptability Can Be Your Greatest Leadership Strength || EP. 197
April 29, 2025

Sophia Kim has spent her career breaking molds, and building better models for leadership and care delivery.From her early start navigating journalism and consulting to leading high-growth teams in healthcare, Sophias path has been shaped by adaptabili

Speak Louder or Shut Up? Rita Johnson-Mills on What Happens When DEI Becomes Too Controversial || EP. 196
April 22, 2025

What happens when the system meant to care for everyone, doesnt? Healthcare equity isnt theoretical. Its about who lives, who dies, and who gets a chance. For Rita Johnson-Mills, this isnt abstract. Its the work of a lifetime. As a former Medicaid