Marissa Fayer

09/10/2026

Last week I was in Chicago for The Power of Contrast at Prada. It was a room full of leaders from professional sports, business, and philanthropy—all with women’s empowerment at the core of what they do.

Kate Liebelt built that room full of people from different backgrounds who are already doing the work of moving women forward, Chicago Sky included.

A few things I‘m still carrying from that night: listen first. You never know who’s in the room or how you can help each other.

Step into new and creative rooms. I‘m usually in healthcare spaces, and being in a room with women and men from different industries opened my eyes to new perspectives.

And be grateful. Hearing how my book resonated with so many, across different industries, meant more to me than almost anything else that night.

Thank you, Kate, and thank you to everyone in that room.

09/08/2026

There are things I don‘t negotiate on. My annual mammogram is one of them.

As a CEO in women’s health, specifically breast imaging, I see the data. I see what happens when women push their own care to the back of the line.

Breast cancer, the most common cancer among women, caused an estimated 694,000 deaths globally in 2024 (World Health Organization). But when it‘s caught early, the five-year survival rate is over 99%, according to the American Cancer Society.

My schedule could easily be my excuse. I travel constantly, make what feels like thousands of decisions a day, build companies. But none of that holds up if I’m not showing up for my own health first.

So I don‘t wait for a gap in my calendar. I plan this appointment months ahead, on purpose.

Leadership is what you do. This week, put on the pink robe. Book your mammogram.

08/31/2026

There is a shortage of blood donations right now. For women, this is not an abstract issue.

A mother during childbirth might experience a hemorrhage and there isn’t enough blood available for her.

Jessica J. Federer suggests a solution to end the shortage: incentives for anyone who donates.

Would a tax deduction for donating blood motivate you to act, or would the real solution be something else?

Let‘s talk about it.

08/24/2026

Came for one of my besties big bday… but was able to see the incredible solar eclipse, thank our DeepLook radiologists for their work at Oxford, meet with amazing HERhealthEQ board members and supporters, catch up with friends, attend an art gallery opening, plan a huge book launch in October in Oxford, eat fresh seafood on the beach with friends, and raise some $.

And yes, I am wearing a tin foil crown to protect me from aliens 👽 even though I would prefer if they take me!

Thank you London for a great and highly productive trip!

08/17/2026

On Tuesday, Aug. 25, I’ll be at Hummingbird Books for a conversation about Undervalued to Unavoidable.

The premise is simple: women‘s health isn’t a cause to support. It‘s infrastructure worth investing in. I’ll make that case in a moderated conversation before opening it up to your questions.

If you‘re in the Boston area, come with your toughest ones.

RSVP in the link in my bio.

An Evening of Conversation with Marissa Fayer

08/13/2026

Big rooms don’t solve problems. People do.

When I was 30 and living in Costa Rica, a friend told me women near her were dying of breast cancer because the one mammography machine had broken. I worked for the largest maker of those machines, but I had no authority to fix this and no idea what I was doing.

I could see the problem and a way to solve it, so I started making calls. A year of figuring it out later, there was a working machine in the hospital in Limón, with a contract to keep it running. That was 2013. It still works.

That’s how HERhealthEQ began. We’ve since reached more than 135,000 women in 12 countries. None of it came from a strategy session. It came from refusing to let one problem go.

You don’t need permission or a perfect plan. You need one problem you can’t walk away from.

08/12/2026

Study the female body and the male body finally makes sense. We skipped that step for about a century.

Men, you’re welcome.

08/06/2026

On Tuesday, Jessica Shepherd MD MBA FACOG and I sat down together for a conversation in front of a packed room. Afterward, more than one person came up to say the same thing: they didn’t realize they were allowed to do anything here.

That was the room we built in Dallas.

She’s the clinician, working with patients. I’m the operator, working with capital and delivery. We ended up making the same argument: stop calling it women’s health. It’s the health for women.

We need more rooms like that one: filled with people who actually get to decide, not just people who agree.

Dr. Shepherd, thank you for the conversation. And thank you to everyone who walked away asking what they could do instead of what someone else would.

08/03/2026

July recap…. Seoul, NYC, book 📕 launch events, recording🎙️ webinars and podcasts, dinners/beach/shows/park/gelatos/drinks with friends, Les Mis, and just enjoying being home in NYC and celebrating.

07/20/2026

Bday wishes of my own… what I work for every single day. Always grateful for another year around the sun ☀️.