Roberta Lipson is the founder of United Family Healthcare (UFH) and the Vice Chair of New Frontier Health. She also serves as Vice Chair of AmCham-China and Director of the U.S.-China Business Council. With over 40 years of experience as a pioneer in the healthcare industry in China, she originally co-founded United Family Healthcare's predecessor company, Chindex, in 1981. She expanded the business from China's top medical equipment distribution company into the country's first and largest foreign-invested healthcare system. Over more than two decades, UFH's healthcare platform has grown to include 11 hospitals and nearly 20 clinics in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Qingdao, Hainan, and Shenzhen, as well as an internet hospital serving patients nationwide. The company has become the provider of choice for those seeking premium, personalized healthcare. In 2016, United Family Healthcare was rated "The Most Trusted Healthcare Brand of China" and has consistently appeared at the top of private hospital listings every year since.

As founder and CEO, Ms. Lipson took her company public on NASDAQ in 1994, and then again merged with NYSE: NFH in 2019. In 2021, she was part of the buying consortium that privatized the company again.

Ms. Lipson also founded and leads the United Foundation for China's Health, a nonprofit organization providing lifesaving interventions and health management for underserved populations. The foundation has spearheaded pilot programs in cervical cancer eradication, including screen and treat missions that directly serve thousands of rural women annually and train local healthcare workers in the most effective approaches to preventing and treating cervical cancer.

Ms. Lipson is an active leader in the business community in Beijing and Washington. She is currently serving her ninth year as a director and audit committee chair of the U.S.-China Business Council. Additionally, she is Vice Chair of the Board of Governors of the American Chamber of Commerce in China (AmCham), Co-Chair of the AmCham Healthcare Forum, and founding Chair of the Healthcare China Program (HCP). She also chairs the Board of the United Foundation for China's Health (UFCH) and is a co-founder of Beijing's Jewish Community - Kehillat Beijing. In recognition of her outstanding contributions in China, Roberta Lipson received "The Great Wall Friendship Award", the highest honor that the Beijing government bestows upon foreign experts. In 2014, she was honored by AmCham as the inaugural recipient of the China Pioneer Award. She was named a "Top 10 Business Leader of China" by Sina.com in 2015 and received the Brandeis University Asper Award for Entrepreneurship. She also led her company to win the U.S. State Department ACE Award for Corporate Excellence. Recently, Ms. Lipson was invited to be a fellow of the Salzburg Global Seminar. She has lived and worked in Beijing for over 40 years, and in 2017, she received a Foreign Permanent Resident Card. Ms. Lipson holds a BA from Brandeis University and an MBA from Columbia University.