W!LD has been created to be YOUR diabetes leadership network for women
Join us to add your voice, your perspective, and your ideas - so W!LD can advance all women leaders in the diabetes ecosystem. W!LD is open to senior and emerging women leaders who want to build their skills, increase their leadership potential, find peer support, and connect in community with each other.
There’s never been a more important time for women leaders in diabetes to connect, learn, and grow.
Register for our upcoming eventW!LD Mission
To educate, connect, support, inspire and advance senior and emerging women leaders in the diabetes ecosystem and to collectively improve outcomes for people with diabetes.
Why do organizations sponsor W!LD?
Leading diabetes organizations are joining the W!LD Network to
- Drive employee loyalty
- Improve diversity in management
- Advance career potential for women leaders
- Strengthen the skills and emotional well-being of key talent
- Offer a popular and valued benefit
- Increase the pipeline of women into executive and board roles in diabetes organizations
That’s because W!LD works across the diabetes ecosystem – in industry, technology, research, government, nonprofits, and direct clinical roles, where it provides new opportunities for professional recognition, connection, support, and learning for our women leaders.
What is W!LD?
W!LD is an initiative of Close Concerns: an invitation-based network of senior and emerging women leaders across the diabetes ecosystem. We deliver best-in-class leadership programming and networking to educate, connect, support, inspire, and advance women and to collectively improve outcomes for people with diabetes.
Leadership Expertise and Best Practices
Access to expertise shared by leaders from all over the diabetes ecosystem, including CEOs, board directors, nonprofit and clinical leaders, academics and chief medical officers
Governance insight and skill-building
Leadership and communications skill-building
Leadership intensives
Networking and Connecting
Peer learning
Social gatherings
Informal networking
Diabetes Expertise and Training
Diabetes ‘deep dives’
Global conference commentary
Skill building from diabetes key opinion leaders
Leadership and Emergent Themes
Leading during the pandemic and working from home
Innovation leadership
Diabetes leadership & public policy
Health equity dialogues
Upcoming Events
Register now for W!LD’s upcoming “Hot Breakfast, Hot Topics” reception during ADCES in New Orleans on August 9, 2024!
Past Events
W!LD #21 @ ADCES in New Orleans (In Person)
On Friday, August 12, 2024, W!LD hosted its fifth "Hot Breakfast, Hot Topics" reception in New Orleans before ADCES 2024. Emerging and established women leaders and their committed allies gathered to connect and network at St. James Cheese Company, where W!LD hosted its first in-person event back in 2022 during ADA. W!LD Advisor Dr. Francine Kaufman shared warm words of welcome before Molly Grazioso kicked off a round of introductions. In addition to pointing to W!LD's exclusive one-pagers highlighting ADCES sessions and Close Concerns' ADCES Preview, W!LD ambassadors shared information about the Whitney Plantation, a local museum dedicated to educating the public about slavery.
From Thursday, August 11, to Monday, August 15, W!LD organized multiple visits to the Whitney Plantation. Nearly 30 attendees made the trip to the historic site to deepen their understanding of slavery and its lasting impact on contemporary society and health disparities. Committed to continuing this learning, visitors each took home a book from the Whitney Plantation's renowned bookstore and made use of a reading list curated by UT Dallas Professor Dr. Whitney Stewart.
Event Agenda
"Hot Breakfast, Hot Topics - ADCES!" reception
remarks fromFrancine Kaufman, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Senseonics, Inc. & Distinguished Professor Emerita of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Our Values
Respect for the contributions of all professionals within the diabetes “ecosystem”
Belief that diverse leadership results in better outcomes
Knowledge that positive environments inspire, support and connect us to our work and to each other
Belief that when leaders reach their potential, they maximize contributions to their organizations
Commitment to welcoming anyone supportive of maximizing leadership diversity to improve patient outcomes
W!LD depends on organizational memberships and sponsorship to curate and produce our unique leadership programming. If your company would like to join us then click the button and we’ll be in touch
Special thanks to our founding sponsors:
