The Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR) is pleased to welcome Kim Love and Tamara Day Shriver to its Board of Directors in 2025. These two women will bring unique personal and professional insights to SWHR’s current Board, building upon the Society’s multidisciplinary team that is advancing women’s health through science, policy, and education while promoting research on sex differences to optimize women’s health.
Kim Love, MPP is the Senior Director of Government Affairs and Strategic Alliances for Amgen. In her dual role, she lobbies Senate Democrats and leads the Alliance Development team that engages external stakeholders on Amgen’s policy priorities. Love has over 30 years of policy, advocacy, campaign, and policy experience. She served as staff on Capitol Hill for 12 years, including serving as Senator Debbie Stabenow’s (D-MI) Legislative Director during the debate and passage of the Affordable Care Act and worked under Chairman John Dingell of the Energy & Commerce Committee. Love is also an entrepreneur and ran an independent consulting firm representing patient and provider groups before Congress and the Administration. She convened coalitions, including shaping the legislative strategy for the Coalition for Medical Research (CAMR) to successfully achieve federal funding for critical stem cell research. Love has a decade of experience in the pharmaceutical industry and previously worked for Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) and the national trade organization PhRMA. She graduated from the University of Michigan with honors and earned her Master of Public Policy degree from Georgetown University.
Tamara Day Shriver is a passionate advocate for women’s health. Inspired by her own experiences of birth, in 2022 she co-founded Tend, an organization dedicated to holistic birth education and the female life cycle. She has created curricula and ceremonies for women across the country and world on the topics of pregnancy and birth, adolescence, and menopause. Previously, Shriver spent years as a writer, editor, and creative consultant on book projects, including Most Likely to Succeed, What School Could Be, and The Lion Trackers Guide to Life. Shriver holds an MA in Humanities from New York University and a BA in Global Studies from University of California Santa Barbara. She is grateful for ongoing mentorship from Diné elder and wisdom keeper Darryl Slim; a group of eccentric wise women; and a community of Appalachian midwives.
“We are thrilled to welcome our new Board members this year. We believe their backgrounds will bolster the expertise and perspectives that already exist across SWHR’s current Board and staff, and will help us advance the science, policy, and advocacy pillars that give this organization its unique strength,” said Erika Miller, SWHR Board Chair-Elect.
“As we celebrate our 35th anniversary this year, we’re excited to welcome these exceptional women to the Society and have them join our efforts to make women’s health mainstream. We have seen unparalleled momentum in women’s health research over the past year and believe Kim and Tamara’s knowledge and insights will help us turn that momentum into a movement,” said SWHR President and CEO Kathryn Schubert, MPP, CAE.
SWHR would like to express its deep appreciation to Linda G. Griffith, PhD and Judette Louis, MPH, MD for their Board service through 2024 and for their continued efforts to improve health and quality of life outcomes for women across the country. Dr. Griffith is Professor of Teaching Innovation, Biological Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Center for Gynepathology Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Dr. Louis is the Chair of the Department of OB/GYN at University of South Florida and has a joint faculty appointment in both the College of Public Health and the College of Medicine.
A full list of the SWHR Board of Directors is available here.