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Hayley Park, senior vice president and chief pharmacy officer, Blue Shield of California<\/p>\n
OAKLAND, Calif. (Apr. 20, 2026) \u2013 Blue Shield of California today announced Hayley Park, PharmD, has joined the nonprofit health plan as its new senior vice president and chief pharmacy officer.<\/p>\n
In this role, Dr. Park will lead Blue Shield\u2019s prescription drug programs, with a focus on making medication more affordable, accessible, and easier to use for members. She will also work across Blue Shield teams and stakeholders to continue to enhance the health plan\u2019s Pharmacy Care Reimagined initiative<\/a>: a first-of-its-kind pharmacy management model that focuses on providing members with more transparent and sustainably affordable prescription drug services to improve care and strengthen health outcomes.<\/p>\n Dr. Park brings more than 25 years of healthcare experience, including a clinical background as a pharmacist. Most recently, she served as vice president of Pharmacy Operations and Services at Kaiser Permanente Northern California, where she helped modernize pharmacy care and reduce drug costs for patients.<\/p>\n \u201cHayley is a dedicated and experienced pharmacy leader who is committed to helping people get the medicines they need at a price they can afford,\u201d said Susan Mullaney, chief operating officer at Blue Shield of California. \u201cThroughout her career, she has led meaningful change by putting patients first through improving quality of care while lowering costs. Her purpose-driven leadership will help us continue building a healthcare system that is worthy of our family and friends and sustainably affordable.\u201d<\/p>\n During her time at Kaiser Permanente, Dr. Park helped lower prescription drug costs for members by improving how medications were selected and managed, especially for complex and high-cost treatments. She also played a key leadership role during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the vaccine planning for Kaiser Permanente\u2019s national pharmacy organization and the establishment of\u00a0a large-scale vaccination site.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat drew me to Blue Shield is that it\u2019s a mission-driven nonprofit health plan that\u2019s committed to improving member health and their lives \u2014 not just lowering costs for medications,\u201d Dr. Park said. \u201cAs pharmacy care shifts to support individuals in a more connected and personalized way, I am excited to join an organization that is transforming health care to make it more accessible for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n Dr. Park holds an MBA from Northwestern University\u2019s Kellogg School of Management, completed a Fellowship in Pharmacoeconomics from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and earned both her Doctor of Pharmacy and Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy degrees from the University of Toronto.<\/p>\n About Blue Shield of California <\/p>\n Blue Shield of California strives to create a healthcare system worthy of its family and friends that is sustainably affordable. The health plan is a taxpaying, nonprofit, independent member of the Blue Shield Association with 6\u202fmillion members, over\u00a06,500 employees and more than\u00a0$27 billion\u00a0in annual revenue. Founded in 1939 in San Francisco and now headquartered in Oakland, Blue Shield of California and its affiliates provide health, dental, vision,\u00a0Medicaid\u00a0and Medicare healthcare service plans in California.\u00a0The company has contributed more than $60 million to the Blue Shield of California Foundation in the last three years to have an impact on California communities.\u00a0For more news about Blue Shield of California, please visit\u202fnews.blueshieldca.com<\/a>. Or follow us on\u202fLinkedIn<\/a>\u202for\u202fFacebook<\/a>.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hayley Park, senior vice president and chief pharmacy officer, Blue Shield of California OAKLAND, Calif. 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