President & CEO, GuideWell Mutual Holding Corporation
Health Evolution Leadership Committee

Pat Geraghty is President and Chief Executive Officer of GuideWell, a $30 billion not-for-profit mutual insurance holding company headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla. A mission-driven health solutions enterprise, GuideWell is a family of companies focused on transforming health care.

GuideWell comprises Florida’s Blue Cross Blue Shield plan, Florida Blue, which is the leading health insurer in Florida; Triple-S Management, Puerto Rico’s Blue Cross Blue Shield plan and a leading health care services company on the island; GuideWell Health, a portfolio of integrated care delivery organizations providing primary and urgent care at more than 100 Florida medical centers and affiliate clinics, which includes Florida Blue | Sanitas Medical Centers; Emcara Health, which partners with primary care providers to extend care into the home; GuideWell Source, which provides administrative services to federal health care programs; and WebTPA, a market leading administrator of self-funded employer health plans. The company holds majority or significant interests in a range of health solutions companies including Lucet, a behavioral health care company that provides technology-enabled support to payers, providers, and health plan members.

GuideWell serves 38.5 million people across 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, including more than 6 million individuals in Florida.

Geraghty was the architect of the strategic restructuring that created GuideWell from the foundation of an 80-year-old health insurance company, transforming it into a health solutions organization at the forefront of reimagining the future of health in America. The GuideWell restructuring is considered a model of strategic reinvention and is featured as a capstone business case in the curriculum of Harvard Business School.

Under Geraghty’s leadership, the enterprise has received multiple recognitions for being an exceptional employer, including Florida Blue being formally certified as a Great Place to Work in 2023. Florida Blue has also been recognized as a Fortune Best Workplace for Women; a Forbes magazine 2023 Best Employer for Diversity; and was named to four different Newsweek Rankings in 2023 as “America’s Greatest Workplaces 2023;” “America’s Greatest Workplaces 2023 for Women;” “America’s Greatest Workplaces 2023 for Parents & Family;” and “America’s Greatest Workplaces 2023 for Diversity.” Florida Blue was also recognized by J.D. Power as #1 in member satisfaction among commercial health plans in Florida.

A dynamic speaker, Geraghty is considered an expert voice on a range of health care topics including health care reform, next-generation payment strategies, innovation in health care, and the benefits of wellness and prevention programming.

Geraghty is active in leading professional and community organizations. He is a member and past chair of the Florida Council of 100, a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization of Florida business leaders who advise the state’s governor on how to improve the economic growth of the state and the economic well-being of its residents.

He also serves as chair of the board for AHIP, an organization that represents health insurance providers across the country; and a member of the boards of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, including immediate past chair of its Health Policy & Advocacy Committee (HPAC); National Institute of Health Care Management (NIHCM), a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the effectiveness, efficiency, and quality of America’s health care system; and Tampa Electric Co. (TECO). Pat is also a member of the Executive Committee for the Healthcare Leadership Council, a forum for health care leaders to lead the future of health. His work with United Way, MaliVai Washington Youth Foundation and the American Cancer Society are among his most important commitments outside his board engagements.

Geraghty holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colgate University and a Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, degree from Florida Southern College. He also has completed executive education programs at Harvard University School of Public Health and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.