Our people

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.

Blue Shield's own Kim Kellogg combines her love of volunteering and horses at Xenophon Therapeutic Riding Center, with support from our Dollars for Doers Program.

“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.

Juneteenth is an important day in American history honoring a step toward the end of slavery in the United States. At Blue Shield of California, we are pleased to celebrate Juneteenth as a national holiday.

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.

People of Promise: James Cruz, MD, helps grow healthy lives in a career devoted to medically underserved communities.

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.