Meet our Chief Growth Officer
Donna Reed
Chief Growth Officer
Donna brings more than 20 years of extensive leadership experience across the healthcare, technology, and tech‑enabled services industries. She is recognized for driving enterprise growth, leading large‑scale strategic and digital transformations, and building high‑performing teams within complex, regulated environments. Her career reflects a rare combination of deep payer‑industry expertise and the ability to scale technology‑forward, services‑driven organizations.
Donna’s leadership is defined by disciplined execution, strong governance, and a customer‑first mindset. She is known for translating strategy into measurable outcomes while ensuring that innovation is grounded in real operational impact for health plans and their members. Her experience spans both health plan operations and global technology services, enabling her to bridge strategy, technology, and execution.
As Chief Growth Officer at healthplans.ai, Donna serves as the single point of accountability for growth and market expansion. She leads Growth and Client Account Management while partnering closely with Marketing, Strategic Solutions, and Product Leadership to advance a disciplined, scalable go‑to‑market model. Her responsibilities include optimizing sales processes and enablement, refining reporting and governance, and ensuring that every offering reflects the voice of the customer and the member.
Donna has held executive leadership roles within major national health plans, including Anthem, WellPoint, and Cigna, where she developed deep expertise in payer operations, strategy, and large‑scale healthcare delivery models.
Beyond the payer space, Donna has served in senior leadership positions at global technology and services organizations including Dell, Cisco Systems, and NTT Data, where she helped scale complex, technology‑driven service models and supported enterprise clients through periods of transformation and growth.
In addition, Donna has advised healthplans.ai through her own consulting firm, bringing both the perspective of a health plan operator and the execution mindset of a global technology and services leader.
Donna is an accomplished global executive and a recognized leader in AI and digital transformation initiatives. She has been honored as a CRN Women of the Channel award recipient and named a Top Woman in Leadership by Zenith Women Magazine. She has served on the boards of Denver Health Medical Plan, the Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation, and Easter Seals, and was Co‑Chair of the Denver Commission on Homelessness through United Way in a Governor‑appointed role.