# Gail Boudreaux

> Gail Koziara Boudreaux is the president and CEO of Elevance Health and a Target director. A former Dartmouth basketball and track-and-field All-American, she built her executive career at Aetna, Health Care Service Corporation and UnitedHealth Group, founded GKB Global Health, and became Anthem’s CEO in November 2017. Her family endowed Dartmouth’s women’s basketball coaching position; she received the 2018 Billie Jean King Leadership Award and the 2022 NCAA Theodore Roosevelt Award.

- **Role:** President and Chief Executive Officer at Elevance Health
- **Organizations:** Elevance Health, Target, GKB Global Health, UnitedHealth Group, UnitedHealthcare, Health Care Service Corporation, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Aetna, Dartmouth College, The Business Council, Business Roundtable
- **From:** Chicopee, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** AB in psychology, with honors, Dartmouth College, MBA, with distinction, Columbia Business School
- **Known for:** Dartmouth women’s basketball career records: 1,933 points and 1,635 rebounds, as documented by Dartmouth in 2023., Four first-team All-Ivy basketball selections and three Ivy League Player of the Year awards., Four Ivy League shot-put championships and All-America honors in basketball and shot put.

## Career timeline

- **1978-1982** — Competed in basketball and track and field at Dartmouth.
- **1982-1983** — Played professional basketball in France for one year after graduating.
- **1983-2002** — Held various leadership positions at Aetna, beginning in a management training program.
- **2002-2005** — President of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois.
- **2005-2008** — Executive Vice President of External Operations at Health Care Service Corporation.
- **2008-2011** — President of UnitedHealthcare; joined UnitedHealth Group as an executive vice president in 2008.
- **2011-2014** — CEO of UnitedHealthcare; UnitedHealth Group executive vice president until 2015.
- **2011-2019** — Served as a Dartmouth trustee.
- **2015-2017** — Founded and led GKB Global Health.
- **2017-present** — President and CEO of Anthem, renamed Elevance Health in 2022.
- **2021-present** — Target board director.
- **2023-2024** — Served as the Business Council’s first woman chair; Brian Cornell was announced as her successor in October 2024.

## Achievements

- Dartmouth women’s basketball career records: 1,933 points and 1,635 rebounds, as documented by Dartmouth in 2023.
- Four first-team All-Ivy basketball selections and three Ivy League Player of the Year awards.
- Four Ivy League shot-put championships and All-America honors in basketball and shot put.
- Family gift of $2 million endowed Dartmouth’s women’s basketball head-coaching position in 2015.
- 2018 Billie Jean King Leadership Award.
- 2022 NCAA Theodore Roosevelt Award, the first awarded to a Dartmouth graduate.
- 2022 Academic All-America Hall of Fame inductee.
- First athlete’s jersey selected to be honored across Dartmouth varsity sports in 2023.
- First woman elected chair of the Business Council in 2023.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Elevance’s 2026 proxy identifies her as president and CEO and a director nominee; it lists her Target directorship as continuing since 2021.
- **2026-03** — On March 31, Elevance announced senior leadership appointments; Boudreaux connected the changes to execution, consistent performance and growth.

## Links

- Website: https://www.elevancehealth.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gailkboudreaux

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