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Gail K. Boudreaux

Executive Vice President; President of UnitedHealthcare

UnitedHealth Group, Incorporated (UNH)

Industry: Healthcare

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Ms. Boudreaux, 47, currently serves as a strategic healthcare consultant to employers and health care institutions. From December 2005 to April 2008, Ms. Boudreaux was Executive Vice President of Health Care Service Corporation ("HCSC") responsible for the Illinois, Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans and including HCSC subsidiaries Fort Dearborn Life, Colorado Bankers Life and Dental Network of America. From September 2002 to December 2005, Ms. Boudreaux was President of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, a division of HCSC and the oldest and largest health insurance company in Illinois. From June 1982 to August 2002, Ms. Boudreaux held various positions of increasing responsibility at Aetna, Inc., a provider of health, dental, group, life, disability and long-term care benefits, including Senior Vice President and Head of Aetna Group Insurance, Vice President of Customer Service, and Regional Manager, Capitol Region. Ms. Boudreaux is a director of Dental Network of America and HCSC Insurance Services, both of which are subsidiaries of HCSC.


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