Women of Color Wellness Summit 2024

Mary Stutts is the Chief Executive Officer of the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA) where she leads the global mission to accelerate the advancement and impact of women in the business of healthcare and health equity.

Mary brings to the HBA 30 years of experience leading the strategic integration of corporate branding, marketing, health equity, inclusion, and digital innovation for biopharma, healthcare, and media companies. Her expertise and cross functional acumen have provided global leadership to organizations and Fortune 500 companies including Genentech, Bayer, Bristol Myers Squibb, Sumitovant, UnitedHealth Group, Kaiser Permanente, Stanford Health Care, and Comcast NBCUniversal.

Previously, Stutts was the Global Chief Inclusion and Health Equity Officer at Real Chemistry where she drove inclusion and equitable care for clients by integrating customized digital analytics and data intelligence to increase market penetration and clinical trial diversity.

Among her many accomplishments, as the former Chief Inclusion and Health Equity Officer at Stanford Health Care, Stutts worked directly with the board to curate the Inclusive Leadership Workshop which was designed to develop executives capable of leading, growing, and transforming organizations while addressing racial and social injustice and inequity amongst all stakeholders. Additionally, Stutts led Genentech’s $5 million Diversity in Clinical Trials initiative to increase the representation of people of color and women; enhanced a culture of workplace inclusion and health equity during Bristol Myers Squibb’s business model transformation; and oversaw fulfillment of the FCC’s digital equity conditions in Comcast’s California Region required for the acquisition of NBCUniversal.  

Stutts is a recognized advocate of women in leadership and has been at the forefront of board readiness programs to increase the representation of women and people of color on public and private corporate boards.

As an accomplished author, Mary’s new book, Recurring Themes of Exclusion in the Workplace, provides an in-depth analysis of ongoing exclusionary practices in the workplace and details the path needed to achieve true “inclusive diversity.” Her book The Missing Mentor:  Women Advising Women on Power, Progress and Priorities has been dubbed a surrogate mentor for women focused on career advancement.

Stutts earned a Master of Health Administration degree at the University of Southern California and is a graduate of the Executive Program on Strategy and Organization at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Deepa is a former senior executive and trusted advisor on corporate culture and talent. Her seasoned and visionary approach to leadership grants companies and individuals the courage and permission to challenge the status quo of ambition, success and power.

Deepa spent more than 20 years at Deloitte helping clients transform and grow. She was the first Indian-American woman and one of the youngest people to make partner in the firm's history. As a Senior Partner, Deepa was the US Managing Partner of WIN, Deloitte's renowned Women's Initiative.

Deepa is an author and founder of multiple businesses. In 2022, Deepa’s debut book, The First, The Few, The Only, was published by HarperCollins to international acclaim. She recently founded the re.write, an unconventional think tank advancing a new story of work. Deepa is also an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School.

Her passion to advance women extends to her board work. Deepa serves as a board member of Avasara, India's first leadership academy for girls, and the Rutgers University Center for Women in Business.

Deepa is a TED and SXSW speaker and has been featured in TIME, PBS, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and Harvard Business Review. Her TED talks have more than 3M views.

She has degrees from Wellesley College, Harvard Kennedy School, and the London School of Economics, and lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their four fur kids.

Shewa's professional background spans across brand management, digital marketing, sales/key account management, and project management in Pharmaceuticals and Medical devices industries. She holds a Bachelors degree in Pharmacy and MSc in Clinical Pharmacy Practice & Policy from University College London.

Shewa has a strong passion for making positive impact in health equity and is looking to dedicate her time and expertise to the HBA to contribute to the advancement of women in the healthcare industry. She hopes to connect with diverse professionals and build a broad network with a sense of belonging.

Andrea is a Partner in the Life Sciences, Healthcare, Diversity, Nonprofit and Board & CEO Practices at DHR Global. Prior to DHR, Andrea was Director, Partner Solutions & Executive Search at a career acceleration platform for underrepresented healthcare and life sciences leaders. Before, Andrea worked in impactful roles for various healthcare and life sciences organizations including Trinity Health, Genentech and Pfizer.

Passionate about growing and sustaining strong organizations, Andrea helps companies use innovative talent strategies to match talent to value. Many clients lean on Andrea’s network and experience to diversify their leadership and make additional strides towards improving health equity. 

She serves on the Membership Committee of the Women of Color affinity group of HBA.
Andrea obtained a bachelor’s degree from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, a master’s degree in international relations from Clark Atlanta University, and a master’s degree in business administration from Columbia Business School. 

A software engineer turned Silicon Valley COO and investor who has taken six companies through their IPO -an active angel investor in dozens of companies. She is a Fortune 100 board member, Lead Independent Director at Rocket Lab. She serves as Nomination & Governance Committees Chair and member of the Audit Committee on various boards. She brings corporate governance experience through her work on public and private boards, where she advises companies on enterprise risks, technology trends, innovation, strategy, cybersecurity, and digital transformation, to name a few.

Prior to her board roles, she was an executive with a proven track record in award-winning products in Fortune 500 and privately held companies, including Intuit, Yahoo, PayPal, Adobe, Joyent, and Sun Microsystems. I enjoy advising CEOs, have led and scaled product development teams in global digital transformations for B2B and B2C companies, and executed M&A integrations and divestitures.

As an active CXO community member and a sought-after thought leader, she has been quoted in many major publications, including WSJ, Forbes, Fortune, CNET, CIO Review, CIO Journal, and Business Insider.

Recognitions & certifications include:
- 2024 Carnegie Mellon College of Engineering: Alumni Outstanding Achievement Award
- 2023 CNBC Changemakers Advisory Board
- 2022 Worth Magazine’s Worthy 100
- 2022 LinkedIn Top Voices in Leadership: The 10 creators to follow in the U.S.
- 2022 NACD Directorship 100™
- 2021 Most Influential Black Corporate Director by Savoy Magazine,
- 2019 Most Influential Corporate Board Directors by Women’s Inc.,
- Women of Influence 2017 by Silicon Valley Business Journal,
- Business Insider: #6 of the 22 Most Powerful Women Engineers in the World,
- Lifetime Achievement Award by Girls in Tech,
- Contributing writer for the Governance in the Digital Age book published by Diligent Corporation,
- Board Cybersecurity Oversight by NACD and the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute.

In addition to my business interests, she passionate about coaching leaders in board work and leadership. She founded BWOB (www.bwob.io) to help prepare, place, and propel Black female leaders into board seats. Our members build, fund, and lead lives of consequence.