President, Alignment Health; CEO, Alignment Health Plan

With over 36 years of experience in health care, Dawn Maroney is a nationally respected leader and innovator, known for positioning health care organizations for success in the competitive and evolving Medicare, Medicaid, and underserved markets.

As President of Alignment Health, Dawn oversees day-to-day operations with a strong focus on clinical performance, service excellence, sales execution, and provider engagement across all markets. Her operational leadership drives cross-functional alignment between clinical outcomes, Stars performance, digital member experience, and financial sustainability. Known for her COO-like approach, Dawn fosters enterprise-wide operational excellence, accelerate market responsiveness, and drives scalable performance across all business lines.

As CEO of Alignment Health Plan, Dawn oversees the company’s growth, compliance,pharmacy, and expansion strategies, including sales, product development, market launches,acquisitions, and partner management. She leads the development of innovative Medicare Advantage products, leads direct response campaigns, and manages the coordination of sales planning and execution across Alignment’s extensive provider, health system, and broker networks, ensuring seamless integration and impactful market performance.

Dawn’s leadership has earned national recognition for Alignment Health Plan, including multiple Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) Awards for excellence in medication adherence and pharmacy quality. Most recently in 2025, Alignment was selected from 633 contracts,demonstrating her team’s commitment to delivering high-value care.

Prior to joining Alignment, Dawn served as Chief Medicare Officer at Blue Shield of California(formerly Care1st Health Plan), where she oversaw more than 400,000 Medicare and Medicaid lives across California, Arizona, and Texas. Under her leadership, the plan doubled its membership, significantly improved its CMS Star Rating, and delivered sustained revenue growth and retention improvements.Dawn’s strategic mindset, operational discipline, and member-first approach continue to power Alignment Health’s mission: to lead with purpose and deliver better care for all seniors.