Ron became President and joined Aetna’s Board in 2002. In 2006, he became Chairman and CEO until his retirement in 2011. Prior to joining Aetna, Ron was President of the large group division at WellPoint Health Networks Inc. and President of the company’s Blue Cross of California subsidiary. Ron served as a member of President Obama’s Management Advisory Board from 2011 to 2017. He is the former Lead Director of American Express and served on the boards of Johnson & Johnson and NAF (National Academy Foundation). Ron is currently on the board of agilon health, where he was the founding chairman, and is a director of the Boeing Company, Warby Parker and the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Ron has degrees from MIT Sloan School of Management (M.S., management) and Roosevelt University.