Gail Boudreaux | |
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| Born | Gail Koziara 1960 (age 65–66) Chicopee, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | Dartmouth College (BA) Columbia University (MBA) |
| Occupation | Businesswoman |
| Title | President and CEO,Elevance Health |
| Term | 2017–present |
| Spouse | Terry Boudreaux[1] |
| Children | 2 sons[2] |
Gail Koziara Boudreaux (née Koziara, born 1960) is an American businesswoman. She is the president and CEO ofElevance Health since 2017, and has been an executive for other health insurance companies includingAetna,BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois (2002), andUnitedHealth Group (2008).
In 2015, Boudreaux formed her own healthcare consulting company, GKB Global Health, LLC. In 2017, she became CEO ofElevance Health. In 2020, Boudreaux was ranked 10th on theForbes list of "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women" and ranked 14th in 2023.[3][4] She was ranked 10th onFortune's list of Most Powerful Women in 2023.[5] In 2023, she made $21.9 million.[6]
Boudreaux attended Chicopee Comprehensive High School inChicopee, Massachusetts. Her team twice won the state championship. At 17, she averaged 23.4 points and 20 rebounds a game for the Chicopee Comprehensive girls' basketball team. She ultimately scored a school-record 1,719 career points and was named a Parade All American her senior year. The 6'2" senior center also held the Massachusetts girls' state shot-put record with a throw of 44 feet, six inches.[7]
Koziara led the Big Green women's basketball in scoring for three consecutive years, and still holds many school records. She became Dartmouth's all-time leading scorer and rebounder.[8] She also was namedIvy League Player of the Year three straight seasons, and became a two-timeAcademic All-American and third teamAll-American as well. Koziara was honored by the NCAA as a Silver Anniversary Award winner and inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame and Dartmouth's Wearers of the Green Hall of Fame. She led the Big Green to the first of their many Ivy League championships.[8] She also won four straight Ivy League women's shot put titles, with a throw of 46 feet, four inches her senior year. That same year she earned All American recognition in the shot put.[9]
She graduated cum laude fromDartmouth College in 1982.[10][11] She attended business school atColumbia University and graduated with high honors in 1989.[8][10]
She spent twenty years atAetna, then in 2002 was named president of Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois. She became the executive vice president for external operations atHealth Care Service Corporation, which encompasses Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois.
In May 2008 she became executivevice president of UnitedHealthcare atUnitedHealth Group. From January 2011 to November 2014, she was thechief executive officer of UnitedHealthcare,[12] the biggest US insurer, with 45 million customers and revenue of $120 billion.[13]
In 2015, months after stepping down from her post of CEO for UnitedHealthcare, Gail founded and became CEO of GKB Global Health, LLC, a healthcare strategy and business advisory firm.[14]
In November 2017, Boudreaux was named CEO of Anthem, Inc.[15] which has since re-branded toElevance Health, Inc.[16]
As recently as 2021, Boudreaux was also named by Modern Healthcare as one of the Most Powerful People in Healthcare.[17] She was recognized by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal as one of the top 25 industry leaders, and included on Today's Chicago Woman list of 100 Women of Influence.
In 2018, Boudreaux was awarded theBillie Jean King Contribution Award.[18] In 2022, she was awarded theTheodore Roosevelt Award,[19] as well as being inducted into the CoSIDAAcademic All-America Hall of Fame Class of 2022.[20]
In 2023, Boudreaux became the first female elected chair ofThe Business Council, an association of top CEOs.[21]
She is married to Terry Boudreaux, and resides with him and their two sons in Indianapolis.[22][23][14]