SHEILA GUJRATHI, MD, is a biotech entrepreneur, executive, and champion for underrepresented leaders. Over the past 25 years, she's had the privilege of developing life-changing medicines for patients with serious diseases while building and running private and public biotech companies--including some exciting exits. Today she's a founder, chairwoman, board director, strategic advisor, and consultant to start-up companies and investment funds.

Dr. Gujrathi was the co-founder and former CEO of Gossamer Bio and former Chief Medical Officer of Receptos. Her journey started at Northwestern University, where she earned both her M.D. and biomedical engineering degree in the accelerated honors medical program, and took her from the academic halls of Harvard, UCSF, and Stanford to the corporate offices of companies like McKinsey, Genentech, and Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Dr. Gujrathi has earned multiple leadership awards, including AIMBE Fellow, BLOC100 Luminary, Healthcare Technology Report Top 25 Women Leaders in Biotechnology, Corporate Directors Forum Director of the Year, and Fiercest Women in Life Sciences.

But what really lights her up? Creating the inclusive environments she wished she'd had throughout her career. That's why she co-founded the Biotech CEO Sisterhood, a group of trailblazing female CEOs--because we're all better when we lift each other up.