Thought
Leadership
As part of Rhia Ventures’ field-building work, we offer targeted educational programming for investors, companies, organizations, and community partners. Our masterclasses present content chosen for both the importance to the reproductive and maternal health field and relevance to specialized audiences. These interactive programs focus on strategies and tactics to transform the systems that shape healthcare innovation, corporate practices, impact investing, and capital markets.
Masterclass
Health and Racial Equity Across the Capital Chain
Speakers: Victoria Nichols, MPH, Free the Pill/Ibis Reproductive Health; Sonia Sarkar and Eliza Chory-Noyes, Rhia Ventures. Moderated by Caitlin O’Connor, Rhia Ventures
Masterclass
Capital Strategies for Reproductive and Maternal Health Funders and Providers in a Changing Medicaid Landscape
Speakers: Vanessa Arenas, Resources for Abortion Delivery (RAD); Ashley Lacy, MPH, BSN, RN, CCHW, LSSWB, formerly of CHOICES Center for Reproductive Health and Converge: Partners in Access; Wendy McWeeny, Community Health Acceleration Partnership and New Jersey Birth Equity Funding Alliance; Jonalyn Denlinger, Rhia Ventures
MASTERCLASS – Companion Guide
Data Privacy for Reproductive Health
Speakers: Andy Crawford, JD, Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT); Ana Maria Ramirez, Euki; Nancy Mandujano, aboboTech; and Shelley Alpern, Rhia Ventures. The session provided practical strategies for funders, organizational leaders, tech developers, and individual consumers to implement stronger data protections and advocate for systemic change.
Masterclass
Mission and Values Aligned Financial Decision-Making for Reproductive Health Organizations
Speakers: Anitra Beasley, MD, MPH, Family Planning; Deena Kalai, JD, Jane’s Due Process; and CEO of Rhia Ventures Erika Seth Davies. Rhia Ventures Chief Health Officer, Crystal Pirtle Tyler PhD, MPH, provided opening remarks and Amy Kaufman of Studio Watershed moderated.
Masterclass
Leveraging Alternative Returns for Women’s Health Equity
Speakers: Crystal Pirtle Tyler PhD, MPH, Rhia Ventures; Avary Kent, Spring USA; Arjita A. Sethi, New Founder School; Jenny Kassan, Opportunity Main Street, Inc., and Yui Ueno, ICA Fund
Masterclass
Advancing Health Equity Through Impact Measurement and Management
Speakers: Mike McCreless,Impact Frontiers; Tejal Patel,Rhia Ventures. Crystal Pirtle Tyler PhD, MPH, Rhia’s Chief Health Officer moderated.
Masterclass
Narrowing the Black-White Health Gap: Opportunities for Private Investment to Drive Progress in the United States
This session will provide a panel discussion of the health technologies that provided the greatest health impact over the past decade and a look at what to expect over the next decade.
Companion Guide
Black Women’s Health Forum
A companion guide to the BWHF summarizes key points surfaced from panels moderated by Rhia Ventures’ Chief Health Officer: Maternal Morbidity & Mortality Through an Equity Lens, Generational Health, Black Maternal Health, Clinical Trials, and Racism & Weathering.
Symposium
Generative AI in Health Care
Hosted by Northwestern Medicine Mansueto Innovation Institute and MATTER. Speakers: Rhia Ventures Chief Health Officer, Crystal Pirtle Tyler PhD, MPH, and Abel N. Kho, MD and David M. Liebovitz, MD of Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University.
