Keynote Speaker

Dr. Paula Grisanti is CEO and a founding member of the National Stem Cell Foundation, headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. She holds a DMD and MBA from the University of Louisville and has been actively involved in entrepreneurial activities for most of her career. She currently serves as a member of the Delta Dental of Kentucky Board of Directors and the Louisville Metro Board of Health, an officer of the International Women’s Forum Kentucky Chapter, and a member of Greater Louisville, Inc.’s Health Network Advisory Team and the Jewish Family and Career Services Advisory Committee. She was Business First’s 2018 Health Care Hero in the category of innovation and a Business First Enterprising Women honoree in 2022.

Dr. Grisanti has been an invited speaker, lecturer and panelist for organizations, universities, corporations, and student groups, and is a quoted resource for regional and national news organizations. She and her husband Michael have three grown sons.