Boudreaux To Be Inducted into Academic All-America Hall of Fame

HANOVER, N.H. — It has been quite the year for Gail Koziara Boudreaux, a member of the Dartmouth Class of 1982. In January, she was honored with the Theodore Roosevelt Award, the highest honor the NCAA can bestow an individual. Now, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) has chosen her as one of four former college athletes for induction into its Academic All-America Hall of Fame.

Created in 1988, the Academic All-America Hall of Fame recognizes former Academic All-Americas who received a college degree at least 10 years ago, have achieved lifetime success in their professional careers, and are committed to philanthropic causes. Joining Boudreaux in the Class of 2022 will be Jennifer Babik, a four-time All-Ivy League softball player who led Princeton to the Women's College World Series; Matt Campbell an NCAA Division III All-American football player at the University of Mount Union; and Marty Liquori, a five-time NCAA individual champion while competing in track and field and cross country at Villanova.

Currently the President and CEO of Anthem Inc., Boudreaux was a standout athlete for the Big Green. A four-time All-Ivy League player, three-time recipient of the Ivy League Player of the Year and two-time Academic All-American in women's basketball, she earned a spot on the All-America Third Team as a senior in 1982. She remains the program's all-time leading scorer with 1,933 points (average of 21.9 per game) and rebounder with 1,635 (18.4 per game) and led Dartmouth to three conference crowns.

Boudreaux was an All-American in the shot put in her senior campaign for the Big Green women's track and field team as well, and was the Ivy League champion in the event each of her four years. She also won the discus throw as a junior and senior, placing her in the top 10 for total individual titles in conference history for women's track and field.

After graduating from Dartmouth, Boudreaux earned an MBA in finance and health care administration from Columbia Business School. She also started her 20-year career at Aetna, ascending through the ranks to become Senior Vice President. In 2002, she became the President of BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois, and was later named Executive Vice President of Health Care Service Corporation, the parent company of BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.

In 2008, Boudreaux joined UnitedHealthcare as president of the company's commercial business, then was named CEO of United Healthcare in 2011. As the CEO, Boudreaux ran the largest division of the company, which accounted for the vast majority of the company's overall growth. She had responsibility for approximately $120 billion in revenue and managed more than 60,000 employees serving 45 million consumers. During her tenure, UnitedHealthcare increased its revenue by 50 percent.

Today, she is the President and CEO of the third largest company with a woman as its CEO. Anthem serves more than 43 million consumers through its affiliated health plans, and more than 116 million lives across its broad portfolio of health insurance and services subsidiaries. Her leadership and actions have helped elevate Anthem as an employer of choice, focused on inclusion and diversity.

Boudreaux's recognition for her athletic exploits continued following her college days, being named to the New England Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003 before receiving the NCAA Silver Anniversary Award in 2007 for outstanding professionalism and athletic achievement. She was an inaugural member of Dartmouth's Wearers of the Green, the college's athletics hall of fame, in 1984, plus was recognized in the inaugural class of Ivy Legends of Basketball in 2017.

Boudreaux has been an ardent supporter of Dartmouth College and the athletics department as well, serving as a Trustee for the college and endowing the head coaching position for the women's basketball program.

Professionally, Boudreaux has been named as one of Fortune Magazine's Most Powerful Women in Business and featured by Forbes as one of 100 Most Powerful Women in the World. She has been named by Modern Healthcare as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare and one of the Top 25 Women Leaders. She also received the 2018 Billie Jean King Leadership Award for outstanding leadership and significant contributions to the advancement of women through achievements in sports and the workplace.

Boudreaux and the other three inductees into the CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame will be honored at a luncheon on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in conjunction with the CoSIDA Convention at Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas.

Schedules