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Caitlin Zulla

Director

Caitlin Zulla has been a director since August 2024. Ms. Zulla serves as Chief Executive Officer of Optum Health East, where she has overseen health care delivery in 10 states from Maine to Delaware. In her role, Ms. Zulla leads alignment and growth of primary, specialty, surgical, in-home, virtual, urgent, behavioral and community care and establishes partnerships with physicians to advance and promote value-based care. She is responsible for the experience of over 5.4 million patients and more than 15,000 team members. Prior to joining Optum Health East in March 2023, Ms. Zulla served as Chief Executive Officer of SCA Health, a specialist alignment organization and leader in the ambulatory surgery center industry. Her tenure with SCA Health included serving as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Administrative Officer and Senior Vice President of Revenue Cycle.

Ms. Zulla was named a Top Woman to Watch as part of Modern Healthcare’s 2022 Top Women Leaders in Healthcare and serves on the Board of Directors for One World Surgery, a nonprofit aimed at delivering quality, accessible surgical care in developing countries.

Ms. Zulla earned a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University, a Master of Public Health and Health Management from Columbia University and a Master of Healthcare Delivery Science from Dartmouth College.