Anthem President and CEO Gail Boudreaux Named 2022 NCAA Theodore Roosevelt Award Recipient
20 Januar 2022 - 3:15PM
Business Wire
Healthcare leader credits family, sports for
her professional success
As a former college athlete, Gail Boudreaux
attributes her leadership style and philosophy to what she learned
playing sports in her youth: identifying your purpose, set goals
and work to achieve them by building skills. Today, the former
Dartmouth College All American leads one of the nation’s largest
health companies and is a 2022 NCAA Theodore Roosevelt Award
recipient.
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Gail Boudreaux, President and CEO,
Anthem, Inc. (Photo: AJ Mast)
The highest honor the NCAA may award to an individual, the
“Teddy” is presented annually to a distinguished citizen of
national reputation and outstanding accomplishment. A standout
basketball player and track and field athlete at Dartmouth from
1978-82, Boudreaux fought through injury to earn three consecutive
Ivy League Player of the Year honors. That experience served as the
foundation for her rise to success on and off the court/field.
“Sport teaches you there’s always another move. You might have
the best plan, mapped out every step and still fail,” said
Boudreaux. “When that happens, being flexible and having an open
mind helps you come back better the next time. There’s always more
you can do.”
More indeed. Boudreaux began her career in a healthcare in a
management training program and continued advancing her career,
ultimately joining Anthem as President and CEO in 2017. She is
frequently featured in Fortune Magazine’s “50 Most Power Women in
Business” and Forbes magazine’s “100 Most Power Women in the
World.”
And while her parents did not have a sports background,
Boudreaux credits them with instilling in her strong values and
work ethic. Now leading a team of 90,000 employees who serve 45
million consumers and the communities where they live and work, she
relies on sports principles and her family foundation daily.
“With our purpose to improve the health of humanity and deep
ties to communities, no company can make an impact like Anthem,”
Boudreaux added. “Whether we’re volunteering or executing on our
business strategy, what we do each day makes a positive difference
in peoples’ lives. It’s an opportunity and responsibility, and it
gives me great energy.”
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge like no other
however, under Boudreaux’s leadership Anthem quickly mobilized to
address the need by committing $2.6 billion dollars in financial
assistance to ease burdens created by the pandemic for consumers,
employers and care providers.
In addition to treatment and testing, the company is also
focused on vaccinations. Anthem covers the COVID-19 vaccine 100%
and has been proactive in connecting its members with information
on how they can access vaccines in their own communities, including
coordinating in-home vaccinations for homebound members.
The Anthem Foundation, the company’s philanthropic arm, made a
$50 million commitment for COVID-19 response and recovery efforts
to help in the areas of greatest need including emergency response,
food insecurity, mental health and care provider safety resources.
Anthem also launched a nationwide partnership with Lyft to support
universal access to the vaccine.
About Anthem, Inc.
Anthem is a leading health company dedicated to improving lives
and communities, and making healthcare simpler. Through its
affiliated companies, Anthem serves more than 117 million people,
including more than 45 million within its family of health plans.
Delivering health beyond healthcare, Anthem is expanding from being
a partner in health benefits to a lifetime, trusted health partner.
For more information, please visit www.antheminc.com or follow
@AnthemInc on Twitter.
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