Ruth Shaber
Twelve years ago, after leaving her medical career at Kaiser Permanente, Dr. Ruth Shaber founded the Tara Health Foundation. Her vision is to improve the lives of women and girls through the creative use of philanthropic capital.
In addition, she co-authored The XX Edge, a book that uses data and case studies to show an overlooked investment strategy for earning higher returns: including women as financial decision-makers in your organization or team. The book shows that when women are at the centre of investing—as agents and actors—we all benefit.
Ruth also co-founded Rhia Ventures, a group of foundations and investors that collaborate to bring new types of capital and enterprise to reproductive health in the United States.
Ruth was featured in Forbes 2020 Impact 50: ‘Investors Seeking Profit—and Pushing for Change’ for her contributions to the field of impact investing.
On June 27th, Ruth will share with us how she is spending down her capital over a 15-year period by investing and donating all the assets of the Tara Health Foundation to benefit women and girls.