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| Women FoundersBay Presents: Ambition Without Burnout
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| With Deborah Pandra (Women's Program Lead, Founders Bay), Christina Blue (Founder & Exec Advisor, ChristinaBlue.Ai), Sarah Almilli (Founder, EverMint Health), Malvika Bawri (Founder, Quantta Analytics Plc), Ajantha Suriyanarayanan (Founder/CEO, Melo), Lanika Johnson (Founder, Body & Crown). |
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Oct 13 (Tue) @ 05:00 PM
FREE
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(women-only event)
Part of a series: Health, AI, Longevity & the Juggle - conversations on ambition, health, & building a life (and body) that lasts
How do you build something big without burning out your body & mind in the process? Founders are expected to move faster, do more, & constantly raise the bar. But what does sustainable ambition actually look like?
Is AI truly giving founders back time - or simply creating new expectations for how much we should accomplish?
This is not a sit-and-listen night. Five women building in health, AI, & longevity will answer one honest question: when did your ambition & your health collide?
And this isn't just about hearing their stories - come ready to engage, not just listen. You'll leave with something of your own, & real connections with women you actually talked to, not just scanned.
Join us for an honest evening about building ambitious companies without sacrificing your health, energy, or well-being. We'll explore sustainable ambition, the reality of founder burnout, & how to build for the long term without feeling like you have to choose between success & health.
Agenda
5:00 - 5:45 PM - Arrive, delicious dinner by Locale, & meet
5:45 - 6:00 PM - Welcome & The Burnout Pulse (interactive)
6:00 - 6:35 PM - Lightning Talks
6:35 - 7:05 PM - Closing Facilitated Conversation
7:05 - 7:35 PM - Protect One Thing (interactive)
7:35 - 7:45 PM - The Done Wall & Closing (interactive)
7:45 - 8:00 PM - Open Networking
Host, Women's Program Lead, FoundersBay:
Deborah Pandra
Deb Pandra is an executive operator who's spent her career being the only woman in the room - turning chaos into structure across engineering, product, & business. She leads the Women's Program at FoundersBay, building community & real visibility for women founders & funders across the Bay Area. Off the clock, she's juggling the same thing so many of us are: building a career, raising kids, staying present as a wife & partner, keeping a social life alive, & making room for the things that actually fill her soul. This past year, she's turned that same operator's mindset toward a new question - how to actually live a longer, healthier life while doing it all. Deb doesn't believe ambition & wellbeing have to be opposites, & that's exactly why she volunteers her time at FoundersBay - to help rise women up & make sure none of us have to figure this out alone.
Moderator:
Christina Blue
Christina Blue is a healthcare operator, executive advisor, & investor who has spent 25+ years building & running medical practices alongside her physician husband, Dr. Jeffrey Blue. Together they co-founded Body By Numbers, a metabolic health program, built on a simple idea that health you can measure is health you can manage. Through ChristinaBlue.ai & The AI Movement, she advises founders, physicians, & executive teams on AI, operations, & growth. A mom of two who knows the juggle firsthand, Christina moderates tonight's conversation with one question in mind: what does it actually take to build something big & stay well enough to enjoy it?
Speakers
Sarah Almilli
Dr. Sarah Almilli, PharmD, APh, is the Founder & CEO of EverMint Health & an advanced clinical pharmacist & healthcare leader. She is building EverMint around a simple belief: healthcare should not wait for something to go wrong. By bringing together clinical expertise, genetics, biomarkers, wearables, lifestyle, & AI, EverMint creates a personalized health twin designed to help people better understand their risks, protect their healthspan, & make more informed decisions about the years ahead. Sarah is especially passionate about helping women take a more proactive role in their health & longevity while building the careers, companies, families, & legacies that matter to them.
Malvika Bawri
Malvika Bawri is a serial entrepreneur & inventor who began her entrepreneurial journey at 16 & has since built companies across six different industries. Her work has taken her from manufacturing & luxury retail to technology, advanced materials, & Silicon Valley startups. She has contributed to innovation & education at a national level in India through her think tank. Having spent much of her life building, creating, & leading, Malvika brings a deeply personal perspective to the ambitions, pressures, & choices that shape an entrepreneurial life.
Ajantha Suriyanarayanan
Ajantha Suriyanarayanan is the Founder & CEO of Melo - an EQ-driven AI Chief of Staff to reduce burnout for working women. She is a behavioral researcher & product strategist with 20+ years across tech. She was burnt out from the intensity of demands as a leader at work & a mom at home, but used that as an impetus to found Melo as a household project manager to make the invisible load visible & enable women stop being the default household project manager. Her goal is to use transformative technology to make life more equitable & liberating, so women can pursue their ambitions without burnout.
Lanika Johnson
Lanika Johnson is the Founder & CEO of Body & Crown, a culturally responsive, AI-powered emotional wellness ecosystem for women. Drawing on 21 years of experience in behavioral health, social services, & public health, she combines frontline expertise with human-centered innovation. Through Body & Crown & its AI wellness companion, Crownie, Lanika is building accessible tools that help women protect their well-being while pursuing ambitious lives.
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