Gail Boudreaux

Gail Koziara Boudreaux (, born 1960) is an American businesswoman. She is the president and CEO of Elevance Health since 2017, and has been an executive for other health insurance companies including Aetna, BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois, and UnitedHealth Group (2008).

In 2015, Boudreaux formed her own healthcare consulting company, GKB Global Health, LLC. In 2017, she became CEO of Elevance Health.

High school Boudreaux attended Chicopee Comprehensive High School in Chicopee, 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.

College 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. She also was named Ivy League Player of the Year three straight seasons, and became a two-time Academic All-American and third team All-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.

She graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College in 1982. She attended business school at Columbia University and graduated with high honors in 1989. the biggest US insurer, with 45 million customers and revenue of $120 billion.

In 2015, months after stepping down from her post as CEO of UnitedHealthcare, Gail founded and became CEO of GKB Global Health, LLC, a healthcare strategy and business advisory firm.

In November 2017, Boudreaux was named CEO of Anthem, Inc. which re-branded to Elevance Health, Inc. in 2022.

Awards and recognition In 2018, Boudreaux was awarded the Billie Jean King Contribution Award. In 2022, she was awarded the Theodore Roosevelt Award, as well as being inducted into the CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame Class of 2022.

In 2023, Boudreaux became the first female elected chair of The Business Council, an association of top CEOs.

Personal life She is married to Terry Boudreaux, and resides with him and their two sons in Indianapolis.