The University of Miami's President Julio Frenk introduced Belén Garijo, CEO of healthcare and executive board member for Merck KGaA in Darmstadt, Germany. Garijo’s leadership and her corporation’s support of “Healthy Women, Healthy Economies,” an initiative designed to promote good practices to enhance women’s economic participation by improving women’s health.
The institute's director, Felicia Marie Knaul, also a professor at the Miller School of Medicine, moderated the event where Garijo shared advice after her long career as a physician-scientist in the chemical, pharmaceutical, and life sciences industry.
Closing remarks were offered by the founder of the Women in Business Group, Ann Olazábal, vice dean of Undergraduate Business Education and professor of business law.
