Author - Ruth Shaber

Ruth Shaber, MD, is an innovator and changemaker on a mission to change the face of finance. As the founder and president of Tara Health Foundation, which promotes health, well-being, and opportunity for women and girls through innovative evidence-informed programs, the co-founder and board chair of Rhia Ventures, a group of foundations and investors that collaborate to bring new types of capital and enterprise to the field of reproductive health in the U.S., and now, as the co-author of her new book The XX Edge: Unlocking Higher Returns and Lower Risk, Ruth’s entire career has been dedicated to pushing for change. Shehad a robust career as an obstetrician and gynecologist and executive at Kaiser Permanente where she founded the Women’s Health Research Institute. She serves as a board member at the Women of World Endowment and Toniic, and Ruth was recognized as a Forbes 2020 Impact 50: Investors Seeking Profit—and Pushing for Change for her contributions to the field of impact investing.