Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, VillageMD

Paul Martino was most recently Senior Vice President of Clinical Strategy and Innovation for WellPoint, one of the nation’s largest health benefits companies, with 34 million members in its affiliated health plans and more than 65 million individuals served through its subsidiaries. Paul was responsible for driving the company’s clinical strategy, innovation and outcomes initiatives within its Comprehensive Health Solutions division. In this role, he directed clinical strategy for all of WellPoint’s lines of business, developing innovative solutions for the care management and care delivery marketplaces. He also closely followed emerging employer needs as they changed, due to health care reform, legislative requirements and the emergence of health care exchanges.

Another critical component of his role was to evaluate and measure all provider and member interventions to ensure they are clinically sound and drive improved health care quality, outcomes and affordability. Paul’s career reflects 30 years of delivering excellence through his executive roles with leading health care companies and consulting firms. Prior to joining WellPoint in 2007, he served as Kaiser Permanente’s vice president of national accounts, as well as vice president of its disease management division.

Paul holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from the University of Connecticut. He resides in Chicago.