Join us for a conversation about the power of individual action to change lives at scale with Kate Grant, founding CEO of Fistula Foundation. This nonprofit has enabled more than 100,000 life-transforming surgeries for women injured in childbirth. In her acclaimed book, No Woman Left Behind, Grant takes readers inside the fight to restore hope to some of the world’s most vulnerable women. Dr. Michele Barry, Stanford Senior Associate Dean of Global Health, will lead the interview and Q&A.

Event Details

• Dates: September 8, 2025
• Time: 4:00-5:00pm PT
• Location: Stanford Campus, Li Ka Shing Center, Room 320

Kate Grant is the founding CEO of Fistula Foundation, the global nonprofit leader dedicated to treating childbirth injuries. A passionate advocate for maternal health, she has expanded critical fistula care across 35 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. No Woman Left Behind is her deeply personal account of the journey to bring healing to women suffering in silence. Grant joined the Foundation as its first chief executive in 2005 and has led its expansion from supporting one hospital in one country, Ethiopia, to its current position as the world leader in fistula treatment. She graduated from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, earned an MPA from Princeton University and was named the American Marketing Association’s Nonprofit Marketer of the Year.

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