In her role, Dr. Stephens is responsible for developing and executing Cigna’s health equity strategy, with the goal of reducing health disparities and improving outcomes. She is also a leader of the company’s DEI council and health equity committee. In 2021, Dr. Stephens leveraged her more than 20 years of healthcare experience, including her time spent caring for patients as a nephrologist, to spearhead the creation of the health equity advocate leadership program, designed to educate and equip senior leaders with the skills needed to embed health equity into their business units. With her guidance, program participants developed 25% of Cigna’s health equity initiatives that year. The program’s success has led to the further incorporation of health equity measures across all of Cigna.
