Board of Directors

Lila E. Nachtigall, MD, Founder & Chairwoman
Lila is a well-known, respected authority in women’s health and is frequently cited in national media. For more than three decades she has been a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at New York University School of Medicine and has held a private practice in New York City. In 2001, Lila was honored by her peers for “Breaking Ground in Women’s Health” by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. She is past-president of the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) and has published and lectured extensively including two books, “What Every Woman Should Know” and “Estrogen: A Complete Guide to Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy”, now in its third edition. Lila’s media appearances include frequent citing in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, national health and women’s magazines, the Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, and the like. Lila is a graduate of NYU Medical School where she specialized in reproductive endocrinology within the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She resides in New York City with her husband, Dr. Richard Nachtigall, a physician and professor of clinical medicine at NYU Medical School.

Ellen N. Biben, Esquire, Founder & President
Ellen is the Special Deputy Attorney General for Public Integrity for New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. In this capacity she runs the Public Integrity Bureau that handles civil and criminal cases, pursuing perpetrators of fraud and illegal conduct statewide. Prior to joining the New York AG’s office, Ellen served as Deputy Bureau Chief of the New York County District Attorney’s Office for over a decade. Ellen was also a litigation associate at a prestigious law firm and clerk to a federal district judge. Ellen received her B.A. from Wesleyan College and a J.D. from the University of Southern California Law Center where she was executive editor of the Law Review.

Lynn R. Zises, MBA, MIA, Treasurer & Secretary
Lynn is a former vice president at Enterprise Asset Management, a commercial real estate firm. She co-founded Tripology, an internet travel company, and was a foreign affairs advisor to Congressman Gary Ackerman. Lynn has long been involved in women’s causes from FWW to the Women’s Campaign Fund. She has a joint masters degree in business administration and international affairs from Columbia University and BA cum laude from Barnard College.

Sharon H. Cravitz, Executive Director
Sharon has worked in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors of healthcare for close to two decades. Prior to joining FWW she was the executive vice president for strategic planning and communications for a medical technology company. During the peak of national healthcare reform in the early nineties, Sharon was the senior advisor for health and women’s issues to a U.S. Senator where her work received significant national media recognition. She has published articles and appeared on television for her work in both healthcare policy and the nonprofit sector and received mention in the Who’s Who of Rising Young Americans. Sharon graduated from Tufts University magna cum laude with a BS in clinical psychology.

Tara Allmen, MD
Dr. Tara Allmen, MD is a nationally certified menopause practitioner, a board certified obstetrician-gynecologist and a health educator. Dr. Allmen has educated thousands of medical professionals around the country about menopausal medicine. Dr. Allmen is also CEO of The Allmen Foundation, a non-profit organization that has supported women’s health endeavors every year since its inception. The North American Menopause Society refers to Dr. Allmen as a “visionary” contributor. Dr. Allmen earned her bachelor's degree from Johns Hopkins University, medical degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of California, San Francisco.

Anita Bose, MBA, MPH
Anita is the Director of Consumer Wellness at Manning Selvage & Lee, one of the world's leading global communications firms . Anita’s clients include major healthcare and pharmaceutical companies for whom she has spearheaded various product and corporate communications initiatives, including programs in women’s health, cardiovascular disease, mental health and other therapeutic categories. In addition to FWW Anita also serves on the Board of Samhati, a nonprofit group supporting projects for poor women and children in Bangladesh. Anita received her masters in business administration and public health and BA from Columbia University.

Eilhys England
Eilhys is the author and editor of several published books and screenplays. She has extensive marketing, film, and publicity experience as the founder and president of England & Company, a top-50 marketing and public relations firm. Eilhys has long-standing philanthropic involvement in health and women’s causes.