Our people

To help shed light on some of the work our legal team does, we are highlighting Rosario Martinez, manager of the Special Investigations Unit (SIU).

There are many career opportunities for nurses at Blue Shield outside of traditional patient care. We'll speak to Maria Aguirre, a registered nurse who serves as clinical program manager of Strategic Partnerships and Pilot Programs in Health Transformation to learn more.

Cheryl and her team are driving change through both process and people to transform Blue Shield of California into a healthcare technology company.

Our partnership with Cristo Rey prepares students from underrepresented backgrounds for current and future job opportunities in the healthcare industry.

Joel Rubio is one of five interns working at Blue Shield this summer as part of our Health Equity Fellowship.

Blue Shield offers staff a four-week paid sabbatical after every five years of employment. From traveling to starting new hobbies, three of our people share how they spent their time off.

At Blue Shield of California, we are committed to growing and developing leaders at all levels—including the 40 current members of our internship program for undergraduate and graduate students. We recently checked in with a few of them to hear what they had to say.

As vice president of Corporate Citizenship, Antoinette Mayer leads Blue Shield of California’s efforts to become an industry leader in corporate social responsibility, environmental sustainability, and corporate reputation. In 2019, Antoinette and her team launched the BlueSky initiative to support youth mental health throughout California.

Jackie Ejuwa is vice president of Health Transformation at Blue Shield of California. She and her team work to eliminate health disparities, develop innovative products and find new ways to provide care that is worthy of our family and friends, and sustainably affordable.