Our people

Our own Ricquel Jackson works with local nonprofit, Keep Oakland Beautiful, on various cleanup and beautification projects such as painting murals and planting community gardens. She also serves as a board member and recently secured a donation from Blue Shield of California to further her efforts.

Dr. Nina Birnbaum is medical director of Innovation Acceleration at Blue Shield of California. Learn about her recent launch of Virtual Blue, and how she and her team are working to transform health care.

“I never thought that reversal of the diabetic diagnosis was even possible. I was always told that once you’re a diabetic, you’re diabetic for life, and I held onto that.” Sheridan Mason changed her life once she accepted a role with Blue Shield and joined the Virta program through Wellvolution to reverse her Type 2 diabetes.

Angie Kalousek-Ebrahimi is the senior director of Lifestyle Medicine at Blue Shield of California. Learn about her work with the MindBody Medicine team, the launch of Wellvolution, and how she and her team are transforming health care.

Hear from members of our Asian Pacific Alliance Employee Resource Group speak about their journeys and what being a part of the team at Blue Shield of California means to them.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of our Mission & Values in Action (MVIA) awards — Blue Shield of California's highest honor. After a rigorous selection process from 40 nominations, including 21 teams, eight individuals, six customer success individuals and five corporate citizenship individuals, we have announced our winners of the 2022 MVIA awards.

Blue Shield is committed to achieving our goal of 80% of our members opting in for paperless communication by 2025, an effort that is being led by Vivian Burgard, transformation principal of Communication Governance.

Erica Ayala connects the disconnected in her professional and volunteer lives.

We celebrated Employee Appreciation Week with a variety of events and perks for our people who show up every day to help us transform the healthcare system.