Gail K. Boudreaux is President & CEO of Anthem, Inc., a Fortune 50 company and leading health benefits provider, serving nearly 41 million insured members through its affiliated health plans. In total, Anthem serves over 79 million lives across 27 states through its broad portfolio of health insurance and services subsidiaries.
Throughout her more than three decades in the healthcare industry, Ms. Boudreaux has established an outstanding record of successfully leading multi-billion dollar businesses. As former CEO of United Healthcare, Ms. Boudreaux led the largest business division of UnitedHealth Group, where she had responsibility for approximately $120 Billion in revenue and managed more than 60,000 employees serving 45 million consumers. Prior to United Healthcare, Ms. Boudreaux served as Executive Vice President of Health Care Services Corporation and earlier as President of Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois. Ms. Boudreaux currently serves on the board of directors for Zimmer Biomet Holdings. She earned a bachelor’s degree with honors from Dartmouth College and an MBA with distinction from Columbia Business School.
Gail has been named as one of Fortune Magazine’s Most Powerful Women in Business…and featured by Forbes as one of 100 Most Powerful Women in the World. Additionally, she has been named by Modern Healthcare as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare, and she also received the 2018 Billie Jean King Leadership Award.