Lauren Smith is a Senior Director at Maven Clinic, the world’s largest virtual clinic for women and families. Lauren joined Maven in January 2020 and brings over 15 years of experience in the health and wellness industry. At Maven, she focuses on partnering with organizations to improve health outcomes for women and men and reduce costs related to maternity and fertility
care.
Lauren holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Tampa. Recently relocated from Chicago to Atlanta, she brings a blend of strategic sales expertise, client partnership skills, and a passion for advancing holistic health benefits that meet the needs of today’s workforce.

Shern-Min Chow anchors KHOU 11 News at Noon weekdays, fills in on other newscasts and reports. She joined the station in 1996.

She began her career in journalism as a stringer for Newsweek and has worked at KTRK-TV and anchored at KPRC-TV in Houston, as well as KENS-TV in San Antonio. Chow's awards include the Houston Press Club Award for Best Series, the Texas Associated Press Award for Best Spot Newscast-Producer and an Emmy for the documentary "Hong Kong Under the Dragon."

Shern-Min speaks often to civic groups, schools, churches and other organizations. Over the years, she has made close to 1,000 community appearances. She is currently on the advisory boards of the Asia Society and the Chinese Community center. She has previously served on the boards of SpringSpirit Baseball, the Bo & Stacey Porter Self Foundation, the YWCA, The Houston Ballet, the Chinese Community Center and The Bayou City Medical Center.

A history graduate from Yale University, Shern-Min speaks conversational Mandarin and Shang Hai dialects of Chinese. She has also studied Spanish, French and German. Shern-Min and her husband have two sons. They are students at Rice University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.