10 UnitedHealth Group finance leaders
Optum, UnitedHealthcare and UnitedHealth Group's corporate finance each have CFO-level people here, from Wayne DeVeydt, the company's CFO since September 2025, and its chief accounting officer from 2015 to 2026, to former CFOs of Optum and UnitedHealthcare. The rest hold CFO or finance vice president titles for specialty benefits, Community & State, OptumRx, the West Region, performance management and Optum technology infrastructure.
Professionals to explore
Jacob Erickson
LinkedInExperience: West Region Chief Financial Officer · UnitedHealth Group
Jacob Erickson, based in Nixa, Missouri, has been West Region Chief Financial Officer at UnitedHealth Group since January 2025. Three Market Chief Financial Officer titles cover 2020 to 2025, alongside Associate Finance Director (2017–2020), so Jacob Erickson can speak to how finance works at the market and region level inside UnitedHealth Group.
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Jeff Grosklags
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Financial Officer of Optum · UnitedHealth Group
Jeff Grosklags was Chief Financial Officer of Optum (2022–2025), accountable for the financial leadership and strategic direction of the organization, and CFO of Optum Rx (2013–2022). Other UnitedHealth Group titles are CFO at OptumHealth Care Solutions and Optum Care Delivery (2008–2013) and CFO COO OptumHealth Financial Services (2006–2008), along with a board seat at Optum Bank (2022–2025).
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Jeff Putnam
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Financial Officer, UnitedHealthcare · UnitedHealth Group
Jeff Putnam was Chief Financial Officer, UnitedHealthcare (2017–2023) and briefly Senior Vice President at UnitedHealth Group in 2023. Other titles include SVP Finance and Controller (2011–2017) and SVP - Financial Planning and Analysis (2005–2011) at UnitedHealth Group and SVP Finance VP Flight Ops Administration Other at Northwest Airlines, Inc. (1992–2005), a career covering UnitedHealthcare finance, controllership and planning.
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Ken Baxter
LinkedInExperience: VP Finance & Performance Management · UnitedHealth Group
Ken Baxter has been VP Finance & Performance Management at UnitedHealth Group since November 2025 and was Sr. Finance Director Finance Leader (2024–2025), finance leader for UHG Corporate Services. Other UnitedHealth Group titles are Finance Director Controller (2013–2024), Finance Director Finance Manager (2009–2013) and Financial Consultant (2007–2009), a fit for performance management and corporate services finance questions.
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Kristen Kuznia
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Finance - OptumRx · UnitedHealth Group
Medicare Part D appears in two of Kristen Kuznia's UnitedHealth Group titles, CFO, Medicare Part D (2021–2026) and Associate Director of Finance, Medicare Part D (2014–2017), with Vice President Finance - OptumRx as the current title since January 2026. Director of Finance (2017–2021) and Reporting & Performance Manager, Benefit Operations (2012–2014) are also listed.
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Lisa Iverson
LinkedInExperience: CFO, UnitedHealthcare Community & State · UnitedHealth Group
Lisa Iverson has held CFO, UnitedHealthcare Community & State since 2015, and their LinkedIn profile says Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff for UnitedHealth Group's Strategy and Growth Office and Office of the President and COO. Other titles are Chief of Staff, UnitedHealthcare Community & State (2014–2015) and Vice President, Finance (2010–2014), with corporate strategy, commercial and government programs described as areas of experience.
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Paula Pardinas
LinkedInExperience: CFO - Optum Technology Infrastructure & Security Office · UnitedHealth Group
Paula Pardinas holds the CFO - Optum Technology Infrastructure & Security Office title at UnitedHealth Group, since November 2024, reporting to the Optum Tech CFO, and was CFO, Technology & Engineering, Optum Insight at Optum (2023–2025). Change Healthcare titles were SVP, CFO Enterprise Technology (2022–2023) and VP of Finance (2018–2022), plus IT Strategy and Planning Director at The Coca-Cola Company (2013–2017).
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Tom Roos
LinkedInExperience: Former UHG SVP & Chief Accounting Officer · UnitedHealth Group
Tom Roos was UHG SVP & Chief Accounting Officer at UnitedHealth Group from 2015 to 2026 and has been Optum Insight CFO since March 2026. Partner at Deloitte (1995–2015) is also listed, making Tom Roos a fit for questions on corporate accounting and the move from a Deloitte partnership to a company's chief accounting role.
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Tony Evangelista
LinkedInExperience: Former CFO UnitedHealthcare Specialty Benefits · UnitedHealth Group
Tony Evangelista became CFO UnitedHealthcare Specialty Benefits in July 2024 and was CFO Texas, Oklahoma and Illinois (2022–2024). UnitedHealth Group titles also include Director of Finance (2019–2022), Associate Director Finance (2016–2019) and Senior Financial Consultant (2016), useful for questions on specialty benefits finance and on finance for state markets.
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Wayne DeVeydt
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · UnitedHealth Group
Wayne DeVeydt has been Chief Financial Officer of UnitedHealth Group since September 2025, with the full title Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Wayne was also Managing Director at Bain Capital (2022–2026), so Wayne DeVeydt can speak to the company-wide CFO role at UnitedHealth Group and to an investor's view from Bain Capital.
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Choose the right perspective
Company-wide planning, accounting and reporting questions suit Wayne DeVeydt, Tom Roos or Jeff Putnam, who was also SVP Finance and Controller. For a single business, pick Jeff Grosklags (Optum and Optum Rx), Kristen Kuznia (Medicare Part D and OptumRx), Tony Evangelista (specialty benefits), Lisa Iverson (Community & State) or Jacob Erickson (market and West Region finance); technology cost questions go to Paula Pardinas.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How should a health care company with insurance, pharmacy and care delivery businesses set finance targets that each business unit accepts?
- 02What does a Medicare Part D finance team watch most closely during the plan year to avoid surprises at reconciliation?
- 03How do you build a chargeback or cost allocation model for shared technology infrastructure and security across business units?
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