Deeptee Jain

The dominant stereotype of a Chief Executive Officer of a large company is a fast talking, extroverted man who has climbed the corporate ranks. This is what I pictured when I first connected with Valeska Schroeder, the CEO of the bone healing tech manufacturer Cerapedics. Even after interviewing so many outstanding women for this column, I still addressed Schroeder as “him” in my first email.

So often in healthcare, industry, and our lives, we talk about mental health as something “other.” While many healthcare companies are trying to normalize mental health, they continue to frame it as a problem to be solved. I am no expert in these terms, and, as a spine surgeon, my role in patient care tends to focus on spine problems and treatment.

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Caryn Seidman Becker impressed me in twenty minutes. Knowing what I’ve now learned about her absolute commitment to productivity, it is no surprise to me that her charm was as disarming as it was efficient. Seidman Becker is the CEO of CLEAR, a company that many of us know from watching passengers blaze past us in their fast, streamlined journeys through airport security.