Claire Wulf Winiarek, Ph.D., was appointed to the Board of Visitors on July 1, 2024, by Governor Glenn Youngkin.
Dr. Wulf Winiarek is a health care and public policy leader with a demonstrated history of building teams and delivering results across healthcare decision-makers - from regulators and policymakers to industry. Dr. Wulf Winiarek leads US state and federal advocacy for Amazon's healthcare and pharmacy businesses. She previously led public policy and alliances for the pharmacy benefit management industry and is the immediate past Director of the Medicaid Managed Care Division (now Group) for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. She has led public policy teams for Fortune 500 health care companies like Magellan Health, Elevance, and Amerigroup and served on staff to Congressà£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Thelma Drake of Virginia.
A child prodigy, Dr. Wulf Winiarek completed her B.A. in Political Science and International Relations at the age of 17 from Mary Baldwin University's Program for the Exceptionally Gifted. She also is a proud Monarch, holding doctoral and master's degrees in International Political Economy and US Foreign Policy from Old à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã University (ODU). She is published in academic and industry journals on topics ranging from healthcare payment to democratic transitions and serves on the Peer Review Board for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Telehealth and Medicine Today.
Dr. Wulf Winiarek serves on the Board of Visitors for Old à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã University, as Vice Chair of the Virginia Board of Health Professions, and on the Special Education Advisory Committee to Arlington Public Schools. She is a Founding Member of CHIEFâ„¢, a nationwide network of executive women, and is a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance and American Council of Young Political Leaders. Previously, Dr. Wulf Winiarek served on the Boards of Directors for the Girl Scout Council of the Colonial Coast, Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Virginia, ODU's Center for Global Health and national healthcare accreditor, URAC. She has served on strategic committees and panels for the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, Healthcare Leadership Council's Confidentiality Coalition, US Pharmacopeia, and SNP Alliance. A native of Norfolk, Virginia, she co-founded Global Shapers Norfolk, an initiative of the World Economic Forum to support young leaders, with a fellow ODU alum. For nine years, she also served as a Chief Election Officer in Chesapeake, Virginia. Dr. Wulf Winiarek now resides in Arlington with her two children and dogs.