Ellen is an accomplished Senior Executive and thought-leader with experience across health, manufacturing, and airline industries.   She is an expert in healthcare with leadership roles advancing health outcomes and innovating care at both Humana and UnitedHealthcare.  Most recently, as head of Humana’s Specialty business Ellen led the successful development of a growth and holistic care platform for 14 million dental, vision and life members.   Prior to that, Ellen served as the  CEO for UnitedHealthcare’s Wisconsin Medicaid Health plan, where she gained recognition as a leader in clinical innovation and driving health care partnerships with providers for new models of care delivery.  Within UnitedHealthcare’s Medicare business, Ellen successfully transitioned many states’ retiree healthcare programs to Medicare solutions and drove UnitedHealthcare’s Part D prescription drug program launch enrolling over 4.8 million members within the first six weeks of inception.  Early in her career,  Ellen worked in a number of finance leadership roles at Northwest Airlines and Honeywell.  Ellen is active in her community  and serves on the Milwaukee Public Library Foundation board, was the 2021 Chair of American Heart Associations Milwaukee Heart Ball, and is a member of the Health and Wellness Committee for Impact 100 Milwaukee.