#69: Women as decision makers and asset allocators with Patience Marime-Ball and Ruth Shaber MD

<p><strong>Patience Marime-Ball</strong> has more than two decades of investment experience across capital markets, including debt and equity financing, large scale infrastructure, distressed assets, as well as venture stage opportunities.</p> <p>Previously, Patience was Principal Investment Officer and Global Head of Banking on Women at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) where she developed the Banking on Women business; Patience co-developed the first-ever gender bond issued on the Uridashi market. She is the founder/CEO of Women of the World Endowment, an investment nonprofit focused on centralizing women as economic, environmental, and social changemakers while delivering market-rate, risk adjusted returns and impact at scale.</p> <p>Patience holds a JD from the Pritzker School of Law and an MBA from Kellogg at Northwestern University.</p> <p>**</p> <p><strong>Ruth Shaber, MD</strong> is the Founder and President of the Tara Health Foundation, which promotes health, well-being, and opportunity for women and girls through innovative evidence-informed programs. She is also 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 United States.</p> <p>Ruth had a robust career as an Obstetrician and Gynecologist at Kaiser Permanente from 1990 to 2012.</p> <p>Ruth was featured in Forbes 2020 Impact 50: Investors Seeking Profit—and Pushing for Change for her contributions to the field of impact investing.</p> <p>Ruth holds an MD from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA from Yale University.</p> <p>In this conversation we cover the following:</p> <ul> <li>Why women need to take centre stage in financial decision making and investing&nbsp;</li> <li>How women invest&nbsp;</li> <li>Why investing in female led innovation is key&nbsp;</li> <li>How we can put more money into the hands of women in order to drive better outcomes and create more wealth for women.</li> </ul>