AdvaMed PRIDE Leadership Network
The AdvaMed PRIDE Leadership Network seeks to build community, enhance visibility, and elevate professionals in the LGBTQ community.
About the Network
AdvaMed PRIDE Leadership Network is an inclusion and diversity initiative with a mission focused on developing a more diverse future for the medical technology and diagnostics industries. Together, we will engage and elevate a community of LGBTQ executives, employees and allies to create a more diverse and welcoming professional environment.
AdvaMed PRIDE is part of the broader AdvaMed Advance initiative – an industry convener aimed at unlocking the power and potential of all talent and driving innovation in medical technology through achievement of the best inclusion and diversity practices.
Medtech LGBTQ executives, employees and allies are all welcome to join!
Strategic Pillars of the Network
Community
We seek to build and foster an open, welcoming community for LGBTQ employees and allies.
Visibility
We seek to enhance the visibility of LGBTQ employees and allies in the global medtech industry.
Resources
We seek to provide resources and tools that support medtech companies’ efforts to build a pipeline for LGBTQ employees.
Executive Leadership
We seek to elevate more LGBTQ leaders into executive positions in the global medtech industry.
Meet Our Steering Committee
Upcoming Events
Stay tuned for more information on the 2023 AdvaMed PRIDE Leadership Network networking opportunities!
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 | 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM EST
You’ve Started an ERG, Now What?
In celebration of Pride Month, AdvaMed’s Pride Leadership network is excited to bring together experienced Employee Resource Group (ERG) leaders and participants as they share firsthand accounts of experiencing the lifepath of an ERG.
LGBTQ+ Resources
- Harvard Business School. Research: It Pays To Be Yourself (2020)
- Harvard Business Review. How Sharing Our Stories Builds Inclusion (2021)
- Gaingels – Meet 100 incredible and inspiring LGBTQIA+ entrepreneurs from all over the globe
- Out Leadership – Helping Out Leaders and companies connect with talent and transform organizations
Previous PRIDE Leadership Network Events
Wednesday, June 29, 2022 | 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM EST
Building an ERG in the Medtech Industry: Insight from LGBTQ+ Groups
Rebecca Rehm and Matt Wetzel, co-chairs of AdvaMed’s PRIDE Leadership Network, discussed the importance of creating an effective and inclusive LGBTQ+ employee resource group. As our member companies work to support all employees and stakeholders, many companies struggle with where to even begin. This webinar gave attendees a jumping off point and suggestions for how to launch and a chance to ask questions about challenges, successes, and opportunities for developing medtech ERGs.
Monday, October 24, 2022 | 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm ET
AdvaMed PRIDE Leadership Network Reception
The AdvaMed PRIDE Leadership Network is hosting a networking reception for LGBTQ professionals and allies in the industry. This networking reception will take place in conjunction with The Medtech Conference. Thank you to our event sponsors, Johnson & Johnson, Stryker and Zimmer Biomet as well as Goodwin Procter, for graciously hosting this event. Through community, resources, visibility and executive leadership, the AdvaMed PRIDE Leadership Network engages and elevates a community of LGBTQ+ employees, executives and allies to create a more welcoming and accepting professional environment.