Woodrow (Woody) Myers, MD, MBA

Chief Strategy Officer

Woodrow (Woody) Myers is a physician and a nationally recognized leader in public health, medical quality initiatives, and advanced healthcare management programs. As Managing Director of Myers Ventures LLC, he has combined his passion for the highest standards of patient care and management with leadership roles in several of our nation’s largest and most innovative healthcare enterprises. He currently serves as an Advisor to Freespira Inc. and on the Board of Directors of Personalis Inc. (NASDAQ: PSNL). He is also a member of the Public Health Policy Committee of eHealth Inc. (NASDAQ: EHTH).

Through Myers Ventures LLC, Dr. Myers has served as Chief Medical Officer and Chief Healthcare Strategist for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, CEO for Valitas Health Services, and as a consultant to the California Endowment. He has served on multiple other public, private, and nonprofit boards including Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, Express Scripts, and Genomic Health. In higher education, he has served on the Board of Trustees of Stanford University, the Board of Overseers of Harvard University, and the Board of Trustees of the Charles R. Drew University School of Medicine and Science.

In November 2020, Dr. Myers was the Democratic candidate for Governor of Indiana. In 2008, he was a candidate in the Democratic primary election for the Indiana 7th Congressional District.

He is a former Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of WellPoint Inc. and previously served as Director of Healthcare Management at the Ford Motor Company. Prior to Ford, he was Corporate Medical Director for The Associated Group (now Elevance Health). Earlier in his career, he served as Health Commissioner for New York City and for the State of Indiana.

Dr. Myers is licensed to practice medicine in Indiana and California. He completed his undergraduate studies at Stanford University, earned his medical degree from Harvard University, and received a master’s in business administration from Stanford University. He completed two fellowships: the Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship (UCSF and Stanford) and a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at Stanford.

Woody lives in Indianapolis, Indiana with his wife Stacy. Together, they have five children and four grandchildren.