Delphine O'Rouke
Marshika Keith-Vickers
Marshika Keith-Vickers is an experienced clinical operations leader and brings more than 15 years of experience spanning Phase 1-4, registry, and late phase clinical trials for multiple therapeutic indications, specializing in Women’s Health, Oncology and CNS. Keith-Vickers’ extensive experience includes providing leadership and management of global teams for large and mid-size CROs.
In her current role, Keith-Vickers is committed to providing strategic and operational leadership to ensure high-quality performance and delivery.
Keith-Vickers holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Shaw University and a Master of Science in Biochemistry, with a concentration in Pharmacology and Physiology from North Carolina Central University.
Todd Albin
Todd Albin is a founding member of Cedar Health Research and an expert in the areas of clinical research site operations and patient engagement with more than two decades of experience as an accomplished leader in the clinical research industry. His past experience includes management roles with Synexus, PPD/Acurian, and Ora where he led global teams supporting operations, investigator site relations, and patient recruitment and retention.
Julie Stone
Tammeka Evans
As Senior Director of Global Public Health and Innovation at ViiV Healthcare, a subsidiary of GlaxoSmithKline, solely focused on HIV, Tammeka Evans is a consummate public health leader. Her passion to address and eliminate health disparities and inequities that impact women across the globe has been focused on HIV which disproportionately affects communities of color and low-and-middle income countries. Along with her expertise in both disparities elimination and implementation science research, she is a strong advocate for implementing innovative approaches to increase access to HIV biomedical prevention options. She actively leads efforts in research and development to increase the representation of women and racial and ethnic minorities in clinical trials.
Stephanie Faubion
Dr. Faubion completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Texas at Austin and medical school and residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. She received her Master of Business Administration at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota in 2019.
She is Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida and the Penny and Bill George Director of the Center for Women’s Health. In 2019 she was named Medical Director of The North American Menopause Society.
Her clinical research interests include menopause and sexual health in women. She is Principal Investigator for the Data Registry on Experiences of Aging, Menopause and Sexuality (DREAMS). She has served on the board of trustees for the North American Menopause Society and the board of directors for the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health. She also serves as editor of the journal, Menopause, and is on the editorial board of Journal of Sexual Medicine.
Fahimeh Sasan
Alyssa Jaffee
Marsha Henderson
Kate Ryder
Kate Ryder is the founder and CEO of Maven, the largest virtual clinic for women’s and family health. Maven offers virtual care and services across fertility, maternity, and pediatrics, and operates the largest women's and family health telehealth network globally. With Maven, employers and health plans can see improved maternal outcomes, lower costs, and attract and retain more parents in the workforce. Named #1 Most Innovative Healthcare Company by Fast Company in 2020, Maven has raised more than $200 million in capital from top investors, including Sequoia Capital, Oak HC/FT, Dragoneer Investment Group, and Lux Capital.
Kate founded Maven in 2014, reimagining healthcare for women and families from the ground up after seeing first hand how the lack of access to care impacted those starting a family and returning to work as new parents. Prior to founding Maven, Kate worked in venture capital and as a journalist, writing for The Economist from Southeast Asia, New York and London and for The New Yorker. In 2009, she worked with former U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, helping him write his memoirs about the financial crisis.
Kate has been named to Fortune’s 40 Under 40 and to Fast Company’s “Most Creative People.” She has spoken on stage at industry events including the Forbes Healthcare Summit, Fortune Brainstorm Health, the Oliver Wyman Health Innovation Summit and HLTH. Kate received her B.A. from the University of Michigan and her MSc from the London School of Economics. She lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband and three children.