Facilitator
Rachel Knopf Shey, WomenLift Health Instructional Design Lead, Cross Regional
Rachel has spent her 20-year career bridging public health theory and practice while working to achieve health equity. She co-creates much of WomenLift Health’s original content and facilitates global workshops, aligning with her core values of creation and meaningful connection. Prior to working with WomenLift Health, Rachel was a clinician at a community health clinic, directed the public health program a New York City university where she created and ran a leadership program very similar to the WomenLift Health Leadership Journey, and supported global faculty in their pedagogy, learning, & development. Rachel earned her BS in Community Nutrition and her MPH from the University of Michigan, has trained at the Women’s Therapy Centre Institute, is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, is certified in ear acupuncture, practices mindfulness meditation, reads voraciously, and loves to bicycle all over the world. She is based in New York City.
Authentic Leadership
We envision a world where diverse, accomplished leaders collectively transform health outcomes. To realize that vision, we seek to expand the power and influence of talented mid-career women in health and engage with senior institutional and societal leaders to catalyze systemic change for gender equality in health leadership. We work in East Africa, India, Nigeria, North America, and Southern Africa and continue to explore outreach to other regions.
PowerUp Workshop Series
The PowerUp Workshops series are free and open to mid-career women working in global health in all the regions we work. The workshops are hosted virtually, focus on developing leadership skills, and fostering meaningful connections between women leaders in health within a regional context. The topics rotate with each workshop. We encourage women leaders in global health in each region to join us, and use these workshops as an opportunity to learn, engage with other women leaders, and build community.
Authentic Leadership Workshop
Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 10:00 – 12:30pm PT / 1:00 – 3:30pm ET
Step into a space designed to help you lead with confidence and clarity by grounding yourself in what truly matters to you. In this 2.5-hour workshop, you’ll explore the power of authenticity in leadership through reflection, dialogue, and meaningful connection with peers. Together, we will uncover your core values and reflect on how they shape the way you show up as a leader.
In this interactive session, we will explore how to grow beyond your comfort zone while staying true to yourself. This is your opportunity to discover not just how to lead, but how to lead as the truest and most impactful version of yourself.
Registration Details
You are eligible for the workshop if you meet all of the following criteria:
- Identify as a woman
- Live and work in North America (Canada and U.S.)
- Are a mid-career global health professional*
This virtual workshop will be conducted in the English language and is free of cost.
WomenLift Health PowerUp Workshops are interactive. By signing up, participants agree to participate in the full session, which includes plenary discussions and breakout group activities.
Enrollment will be on a first-come-first-served basis, as spots are limited.
*Although women at all career stages are welcome to register, we believe participants who are at the mid-career stage will benefit most, as the content of the workshop has been designed with mid-career women health professionals in mind (10–25 years of experience working in the global health sector). If the number of registrants exceeds our capacity, women who are within the preferred experience range will be given priority.
Registrants should await an email confirming their spot in the workshop. Please check your spam folders if you did not receive an email.
Facilitator
Rachel Knopf Shey, WomenLift Health Instructional Design Lead, Cross Regional
Rachel has spent her 20-year career bridging public health theory and practice while working to achieve health equity. She co-creates much of WomenLift Health’s original content and facilitates global workshops, aligning with her core values of creation and meaningful connection. Prior to working with WomenLift Health, Rachel was a clinician at a community health clinic, directed the public health program a New York City university where she created and ran a leadership program very similar to the WomenLift Health Leadership Journey, and supported global faculty in their pedagogy, learning, & development. Rachel earned her BS in Community Nutrition and her MPH from the University of Michigan, has trained at the Women’s Therapy Centre Institute, is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, is certified in ear acupuncture, practices mindfulness meditation, reads voraciously, and loves to bicycle all over the world. She is based in New York City.
We envision a world where diverse, accomplished leaders collectively transform health outcomes. To realize that vision, we seek to expand the power and influence of talented mid-career women in health and engage with senior institutional and societal leaders to catalyze systemic change for gender equality in health leadership. We work in East Africa, India, Nigeria, North America, and Southern Africa and continue to explore outreach to other regions.
PowerUp Workshop Series
The PowerUp Workshops series are free and open to mid-career women working in global health in all the regions we work. The workshops are hosted virtually, focus on developing leadership skills, and fostering meaningful connections between women leaders in health within a regional context. The topics rotate with each workshop. We encourage women leaders in global health in each region to join us, and use these workshops as an opportunity to learn, engage with other women leaders, and build community.
Authentic Leadership Workshop
Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 10:00 – 12:30pm PT / 1:00 – 3:30pm ET
Step into a space designed to help you lead with confidence and clarity by grounding yourself in what truly matters to you. In this 2.5-hour workshop, you’ll explore the power of authenticity in leadership through reflection, dialogue, and meaningful connection with peers. Together, we will uncover your core values and reflect on how they shape the way you show up as a leader.
In this interactive session, we will explore how to grow beyond your comfort zone while staying true to yourself. This is your opportunity to discover not just how to lead, but how to lead as the truest and most impactful version of yourself.
Registration Details
You are eligible for the workshop if you meet all of the following criteria:
- Identify as a woman
- Live and work in North America (Canada and U.S.)
- Are a mid-career global health professional*
This virtual workshop will be conducted in the English language and is free of cost.
WomenLift Health PowerUp Workshops are interactive. By signing up, participants agree to participate in the full session, which includes plenary discussions and breakout group activities.
Enrollment will be on a first-come-first-served basis, as spots are limited.
*Although women at all career stages are welcome to register, we believe participants who are at the mid-career stage will benefit most, as the content of the workshop has been designed with mid-career women health professionals in mind (10–25 years of experience working in the global health sector). If the number of registrants exceeds our capacity, women who are within the preferred experience range will be given priority.
Registrants should await an email confirming their spot in the workshop. Please check your spam folders if you did not receive an email.