Operations at Health Care Service Corporation, which encompasses Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois. In May 2008 she became executive vice president of UnitedHealthcare at UnitedHealth Group. From January 2011 to November 2014, she served as the chief executive officer of UnitedHealthcare, the biggest US insurer, serving 45 million customers with revenue of $120 billion. In 2015, months after stepping down from her post of CEO for UnitedHeathcare, Gail founded and became CEO of GKB Global Health, LLC, a healthcare strategy and business advisory firm. On November 6, 2017, Boudreaux was named CEO of Anthem, Inc. which has since re-branded to Elevance Health, Inc. Awards and recognition Boudreaux was honored from 2008 to 2021 as one of Fortune'''s 50 Most Powerful Women in American Business and as one of the Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women in The World. In 2020 she was #10 on the Forbes list of The 100 Most Powerful Women. In 2021 she was #16 on the Forbes'' list of The 100 Most Powerful Women. As recently as 2021, Boudreaux was also named by Modern Healthcare as one of the Most Powerful People in Healthcare. 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 the Billie Jean King Contribution Award. In 2022, Boudreaux was awarded the Theodore Roosevelt Award, as well as being inducted into the CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame Class of 2022. Bibliography Dartmouth Big Green women's basketball media guide. (PDF copy available at www.DartmouthSports.com) Gail Koziara Boudreaux. Ivy at 50 – Council of Ivy Group Presidents, January 8, 2007. Gail Koziara Boudreaux Named NCAA Silver Anniversary Award Recipient. Dartmouth Varsity athletics, November 6, 2006. NCAA Announces 2007 NCAA Silver Anniversary Award Recipients. National Collegiate Athletic Association – NCAA.org, November 6, 2006 UnitedHealth Group: Gail K. Boudreaux to Head Commercial Markets Group. (Archived) Reuters, April 22, 2008. Faces in the Crowd. Sports Illustrated, February 27, 1978 Faces in the Crowd. Sports Illustrated, May 31, 1982 References Dartmouth Big Green women's basketball players Living people People from Chicopee, Massachusetts Basketball players from Massachusetts Aetna employees Columbia Business School alumni American women chief executives 20th-century American businesspeople 21st-century American businesspeople American women's basketball players American health care chief executives 1960 births 20th-century American businesswomen 21st-century American businesswomen American chief executives of Fortune