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WHAT’S
NEW
Checking in with previous Women to Watch
Kathleen Neuzil, 2020
Karen Price-Ward, 2019
Tausi Suedi, 2018
Director, Fogarty International Center,
National Institutes of Health
Director of Social Impact,
Stanley Black & Decker
CEO and Co-founder of Childbirth Survival
International, Global Health Adjunct
Professor at Towson University
Among the top scientists who tested and quickly
got COVID-19 vaccines to the public in 2020, when
The Sun named her both co-Marylander of the Year
and a Woman to Watch, Neuzil directed the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Center for
Vaccine Development and Global Health. In May, she
took over the Fogarty Center, whose $95 million-plus
budget supports global health research. “Science is
moving at a pace that it’s never moved at before, and
yet inequity is also increasing. So my goal is to expand
the mission of Fogarty so that it reaches the poorest
and neediest populations.”
— Jean Marbella
After a 25-year career at Southwest Airlines, Karen
Price-Ward decided to retire early during the coronavirus pandemic. Less than a year later, she started a
new chapter as the director of social impact for Stanley Black & Decker, a role she’s held since 2021.
There, the Upper Marlboro resident fosters partnerships with nonprofits and leads multiple philanthropy programs for the company’s $30 million
commitment to initiatives for tradespeople, among
other responsibilities.
“To be able to do this work and actually get paid
for it, it really just feels like it’s a part of my DNA,”
said Price-Ward.
— Abigail Gruskin
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In 2023, Childbirth Survival International opened
its first vocational training college in Uganda to
educate women and girls who were forced to drop
out of the traditional school system.
Tausi Suedi remains a passionate educator at
Towson University. The introductory course she
teaches on global health attracts students from a variety of majors and aims to expand their perspective
on the world.
“They might not all end up in the trenches working in developing countries,” she said, “but even right
here at home, they’re going to have an influence, [no
matter their field].”
— Angela Roberts
