Shruti Kothari
ABOUT SHRUTI
Hi, I'm Shruti! Thank you for supporting WOC - Really appreciate you taking the time to checkout the site, engage with the content, and (hopefully) sign-up for updates and follow us on social media!
I'm a leader in healthcare transformation, bringing cross-sector expertise across health plans, systems, startups, and venture. I've spearheaded innovation in care experience, quality, policy, and enterprise-startup collaborations at organizations including the American Cancer Society, Stanford, Honor, Kaiser Permanente, and Blue Shield of California.
I'm on the Board of Directors for the Family Caregiver Alliance and the Asian Pacific Fund. I'm an Advisor for the End Well Foundation, ScaleHealth, and Reverence.
I've been selected as Business Insider’s top 30 under 40 leaders in health care, Rock Health’s top 50 in Digital Health, Becker’s Healthcare list of 100 Women in Health IT, and a Social Impact Fellow for
UC Berkeley School of Public Health.
Midwest born and raised, California educated... Immigrant parents, my father passed away when I was young, and I was raised by my single, non-college educated mother. My life experiences have fueled my passion for issues at the intersection of race, gender, and class.
I'm an optimist who values transparency and kindness.
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WHY WOC?
While strolling the streets of Shoreditch in 2019, I discovered the 'You Are Enough' street art series by Neequaye Dreph Dsane, “a tribute to ordinary women who do extraordinary work for the betterment of their communities and society.” The series featured beautiful 10+ feet tall portraits of the artist's friends and family — all Women of Color.
Neequaye’s art reminded me of all the incredible Women of Color I’ve known throughout my career in public health — inspirational women working to support the health of their communities through education, policy, innovation, and prevention.
Throughout my life, Women of Color have been an integral part of my success, as some of my most trusted partners, mentors, supporters, and hype-women.
Fueled by love for my community of Women of Color, and exasperation from the lack of representation on company boards and senior leadership, continued pervasiveness of “Manels” and “Whanels” (all male or white panels), and the fact that Women of Color face a wider, more stubborn pay gap — I launched Women of Community (WOC) to celebrate and elevate the voices of ordinary, yet extraordinary Women of Color working for the health of their communities.
