2024 Annual Community Event

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

2024 Annual Community Event

Pursuit of Purpose: The Art of Advancing Women's Health

Welcome to the 2024 Annual Community Event for the Ludeman Family Center for Women's Health Research! Thanks to your incredible generosity, we can bring this virtual program to our community — sharing Pursuit of Purpose: The Art of Advancing Women's Health.

The Ludeman Family Center for Women's Health Research Annual Community Event has served as the Ludeman Center's signature educational and fundraising event for 20 years. It began as a small gathering in the basement of the Tattered Cover bookstore and has grown to a sold-out luncheon and now includes a livestream event without geographic boundaries. This year, we are celebrating our 20th anniversary, demonstrating a longstanding commitment to addressing the profound sex and gender gaps in research that have denied women the tools, treatments and services they need to be healthy. With your support, we will create a future where all women are healthy and thriving.

This livestream is brought to you by the generosity of our sponsors. A special thanks to Arrow Electronics for once again being the Presenting Sponsor of the 2024 Annual Community Event.

Healthy women. Healthy world.

2024 Annual Community Event Featuring Maria Shriver

Maria Shriver is a powerful, passionate, and purpose-driven leader whose work has fostered change and advanced some of our nation’s most pressing issues.

Always curious about the world, Maria has devoted her life to reporting and interviewing some of the greatest changemakers of our time. In addition to being a Peabody and Emmy Award-winning journalist and producer, a seven-time New York Times bestselling author and an NBC News special anchor, Maria is also the founder of the for-benefit media enterprise Shriver Media. Shriver Media believes media can be used as a force for good in the world. Under Maria’s leadership, Shriver Media produces digital content, email newsletters, podcasts, live events, books, documentaries and films that ignite hearts and minds.

In addition to her award-winning journalism career, Maria has also been a long-time champion for empowering women. While serving as the First Lady of California from 2003 to 2010, she produced the iconic Women’s Conference, which under her leadership grew into the largest women’s conference in the world. The Women’s Conference raised millions of dollars that funded scholarships, supported domestic violence and poverty initiatives, and single-handedly revived the California History Museum.

One of The Women’s Conference’s many features was the Minerva Awards, which Maria created to honor and support women who made extraordinary contributions to all walks of life, from the arts to community activism to business and innovation. Women bestowed with the honor included the likes of Sandra Day O’Connor, Billie Jean King, Gloria Steinem and Oprah Winfrey, to name just a few.

In addition, Maria has also been a megaphone for educating the public about the disproportionate effect that Alzheimer’s disease has on women and has become one of the nation’s leading advocates for Alzheimer’s, families and caregivers. She founded the nonprofit organization The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement to raise awareness and funding for this critical issue, but also to ignite conversations around prevention and inspire much-needed personal, professional and political change.