Ken Goulet
Advisor
Ken Goulet is a senior-level health care executive with 30+ years proven experience in growing and leading large health plan organizations. He has significant experience managing multi-billion dollar P&L and consumer-focused service operations organizations. Goulet was semi-retired in 2015 and has served as an investor, advisor and board member of several growth companies as well as a board director for public companies over the last several years.
Previously, Goulet served as the executive vice president of Anthem Inc., and president of the company’s Commercial and Specialty Business division – the largest Commercial Business Division in the United States. He was responsible for the company’s Local business (including all state presidents, individual on and off-exchange business, small group and large group business); National Accounts; and Specialty Products (including dental, vision, life, disability and workers’ compensation). He had P&L accountability for 30 million Medical members and 17.5 million Specialty members. His responsibilities included Strategy, Marketing, Product, Medical Management, Provider Engagement & Contracting and Service Operations. Mr. Goulet successfully led Anthem through the industry’s turbulent transition to the Affordable Care Act, developing and executing the strategy and implementation of Public Exchanges, which put Anthem in the position as the largest and most profitable public carrier.
In addition, he successfully advanced Provider Collaboration strategies across the enterprise; integrated and grew Anthem Specialty Companies and organically grew Anthem’s Commercial Business to the largest domestic Commercial business carrier. Mr. Goulet also served in a variety of executive leadership roles at Anthem, including president and CEO of the Employer, Medicaid, Individual and Specialty Business Unit; president and CEO of the former Commercial Business Unit and president and CEO of National Accounts. Prior to his general management roles, Mr. Goulet served as Senior Vice President of Sales & Account Management and Chief Marketing Officer for the National Accounts team. Before joining Anthem, Mr. Goulet spent 23 years at CIGNA Corporation where he held a number of management, sales and operations positions. Mr. Goulet received a Bachelor’s degree in economics from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.