Presenters

Jennifer Danielson

Jennifer Danielson serves as executive vice president and chief health plan officer for Minnesota-based HealthPartners, the largest consumer-governed, nonprofit health care organization in the nation, serving 1.2 million patients, and 1.8 million medical and dental health plan members nationwide. In this role, she leads and guides HealthPartners health plan in its efforts to continually innovate and grow. She is also responsible for organization-wide efforts to connect HealthPartners care and plan capabilities to make health care simpler and more affordable for employers, members, patients and the community.

Over the course of two and a half decades, Jennifer has focused her work on simply helping health care work better for people and calling the questions on the toughest challenges facing health care.

Prior to joining HealthPartners in 2023, Danielson was the chief growth officer at Collective Health, a California-based health and well-being organization. She also previously served as president of Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield of Utah for six years and was senior vice president of public affairs and policy at Cambia Health Solutions, a non-profit health company serving more than 3 million members.

In her work in the community, Jennifer is passionate about helping young leaders understand and develop their potential and opportunities, and works with Friends of the Children, an organization committed to ending intergenerational poverty through a data-driven professional partnership model. As a nationally- recognized speaker, Jennifer speaks on transformation in healthcare, and the value in healthcare that consumers demand. 

Ms. Danielson graduated from the University of Utah with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and received a J.D. from the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law.