Ananya is the CEO of Equality Health, where she leads with a clear mission: improving health outcomes by making Value-Based Care work in the real world. She is a seasoned healthcare executive and board leader with deep expertise across payors and providers. For Ananya, it’s a privilege to serve Equality Health’s 800,000+ Medicaid patients.
Ananya has a strong track record of building and scaling value-based care through strong payer-provider partnerships, disciplined commercial strategy, and mission-driven execution. Prior to Equality Health, Ananya served as Chief Commercial Officer at Aledade, where she led commercial strategy and growth initiatives across Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, and commercial lines of business. Previously, at Optum, Ananya built and led the Strategy and Product team at OptumHealth. At UnitedHealthcare, she led the organization’s re-entry into the Individual Exchange markets. At ChenMed, Ananya drove new market growth across more than 20 markets. At McKinsey, Ananya drove growth and value-based care engagements across payers and providers and was a leader at McKinsey’s Center for U.S. Health System Reform. Ananya started her career in technology and financial services.
Ananya brings a leadership style that blends strategic clarity with operational follow-through – helping organizations translate complex market dynamics into focused priorities, scalable partnerships, and high-performing teams. She is strongly committed to community impact and previously served as a board member for YWCA Minneapolis.
Ananya holds an MBA from the University of Michigan and a degree in industrial engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology.