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10 CVS Health partnerships leaders
These ten current and former CVS Health partnerships leaders have held executive director, senior director, lead director, director and head-of roles in strategic partnerships and business development at the company. A reader can learn how partnerships leaders work at CVS Health from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Chakita Williams, Ph.D.
LinkedInExperience: Head of Business Development and Partnerships · CVS Health
Head of Business Development and Partnerships at CVS Health since 2025; the profile headline describes research partnerships helping life sciences organizations with evidence generation, real-world evidence studies, patient engagement research and safety surveillance. Earlier roles shown are market access and U.S. medical roles at Bristol Myers Squibb (2020–2025).
Christa Styrkowicz
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director, Specialty Partnerships · CVS Health
Executive Director, Specialty Partnerships at CVS Health since 2025. Earlier roles shown are at Oak Street Health, part of CVS Health: Senior Director, Population Health (Partnerships) (2024–2025) and Director, Partnerships and Business Development (2022–2024). The profile cites expertise in enabling value-based care through partnerships, risk-sharing and care model innovation.
Ilana Krieger
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director, Strategic Partnerships · CVS Health
Executive Director, Strategic Partnerships at CVS Health since 2024, after Director, API Strategy & Partnerships there (2021–2024), where the profile lists leading go-to-market strategy and strategic partnership execution as API program and partnerships lead. Earlier roles shown are Senior Manager, Digital Strategy & Partnerships (2019–2020) and Manager, Digital Strategy & Innovation (2017–2019) at CVS Health, and Senior Analytical Lead at Google (2015–2017).
Kacie Lewis, MHI
LinkedInExperience: Lead Director, Behavioral Health Strategic Partnerships & Payment Models · CVS Health
Lead Director, Behavioral Health Strategic Partnerships & Payment Models at CVS Health since 2025. Earlier roles shown are at Aetna, a CVS Health Company: Sr. Manager, Behavioral Health Product Strategy (2021–2025), Program Manager, Healthcare Business Solutions (2020–2021) and Product Manager, Product Strategy & Innovation (2019–2020).
Nichole S.
LinkedInExperience: Director, Strategic Partnerships · CVS Health
Director, Strategic Partnerships at CVS Health since 2025, after Senior Manager, Strategic Partnerships (2023–2025) and Strategic Partnerships Manager (2022–2023) there; the profile headline names alliance management and partner operations. Earlier role shown: Marketing Manager, Wholesale Partnerships at Eileen Fisher (2019–2022).
Olivia Adkins Falk
LinkedInExperience: Lead Director, Digital Strategic Partnerships · CVS Health
Lead Director, Digital Strategic Partnerships at CVS Health since 2024, after Senior Manager, Digital Strategic Partnerships & Innovation (2022–2024) and Senior Manager, Digital Product Management & Strategy (2020–2022) there. Earlier role shown: Senior Associate Corporate Finance at BRG (2019–2020).
Ophira Moses
LinkedInExperience: Director - Business Development and Strategic Partnerships, Enterprise Digital · CVS Health
Former Director - Business Development and Strategic Partnerships, Enterprise Digital at CVS Health (2021–2022). Other roles shown are Global Ecosystem Partnerships Lead Director, Digital Health Solutions Business at Bayer (2022–2026), Director - Digital Health- Search and Evaluate at Eli Lilly and Company (2019–2021), and founder and principal consultant of Core Digital Health Advisors since 2026.
Priya Khimani, MPH
LinkedInExperience: Lead Director, Ecosystem Partnerships · CVS Health
Lead Director, Ecosystem Partnerships at CVS Health since 2026, leading strategy and integration of a curated set of digital health experiences into the CVS Health ecosystem, per the profile. Earlier CVS Health roles shown are Senior Manager, Ecosystem Partnerships (2025–2026), Senior Manager, Digital Product Strategy & Operations (2023–2025) and Manager, Digital Strategy (2022–2023).
Ranga Chandra Gudivada
LinkedInExperience: Director - Strategic Partnerships, Digital Innovation & Corporate BD · CVS Health
Former Director - Strategic Partnerships, Digital Innovation & Corporate BD at CVS Health (2021–2022), where the profile lists evaluating build, partner or invest options and scanning and evaluating new partners. Later Senior Director - Digital Innovation, AI & Strategic Partnerships at Walgreens (2022–2023); earlier, Director Clinical Trial Innovation, Digital Strategy & Partnerships at Eli Lilly and Company (2018–2021).
Vijay Jun Patel
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Strategic Partnerships · CVS Health
Senior Director Strategic Partnerships at CVS Health since 2019, and Co-Founder & Partner of CVS Health Ventures within Enterprise Business Development at CVS Health since 2021. The profile places the strategic partnerships role in general management.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a large health company decide whether to build a capability, partner for it or invest in it?
- 02What does a digital health company need to show before a partner of CVS Health's size moves to a pilot?
- 03How are strategic partnership teams organized across the different businesses of a large health company?
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