Sandra Clarke

Sandra Clarke is a highly experienced culture-building leader with over 25 years of expertise in directing worldwide financial organizations across various critical industries.

As the former COO at Blue Shield of California, Sandra seamlessly navigated between strategy, innovation, and operational execution to ensure the health plan's day-to-day functions ran smoothly.

With a strong focus on people and organizational vision, Sandra drove transformative results supporting Blue Shield's mission of affordable high-quality healthcare for all Californians.

Sandra is a human-centered leader known for her authentic values, guiding principles that emphasize connection, inspiration, innovation, and collaboration in the pursuit of healthcare reform.

With a deep commitment to continuous learning and leveraging emotional intelligence in leadership, Sandra stands out as a thought leader and seasoned executive in the C-suite.

Her educational background includes a Master of Science in Jurisprudence in Healthcare Law from Seton Hall University School of Law, an MS in Accounting from Bentley University, and a BS in Finance from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Sandra has held various board member positions and executive roles in organizations like Synergie Medication Collective, Blue Shield of California Foundation, Evio, Plan Investment Fund, Inc., The Blue Venture Fund, Civica Rx, Metromile, and Altais.

Her previous positions include Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Blue Shield of California, Senior Vice President Finance & Administration at Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., CFO Americas Sales & Service at Philips Healthcare, Vice President Finance Patient Care & Clinical Informatics at Philips Healthcare, and VP Finance at Siemens Water Technologies.