Anne Chang

Anne Chang is the Vice President, People for the Optum Health Care Solutions business with revenues over $50B and employee size of over 80k. Care Solutions comprises of Home & 8 Community, Serve, Health Solutions and Behavioral Health Solutions. She leads the People strategy, shaping talent initiatives across the businesses.

She has been with UnitedHealth Group since 2011. Prior to her current role, she’s help various global roles in People and Operations across UnitedHealthcare and Optum. Before UHG, Anne worked at Medtronic, the world leader in medical devices. She has worked across multiple businesses and geographies including Japan and China.

Anne received her Masters of Arts in Human Resources and Industrial Relations from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management and a Bachelors of Arts from the University of St Thomas. She is a certified Senior Professional of Human Resources (SPHR) and holds an NTL Global Organizational Development (OD) Certificate from Oxford, UK.

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I also leverage my expertise and network to help companies and organizations adopt and optimize remote work practices, systems, and culture. Through my consultancy work, podcast, and events, I share insights, best practices, and trends on how to work remotely with quality and efficiency, and how to build and nurture communities of distributed workers. My mission is to enable more people to enjoy the benefits of location independence, flexibility, and diversity, while also contributing to the local economy and society.

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Co-Founder and Vice President, Dr. Erin Conner, has enjoyed the privilege of a diverse and fulfilling professional history, grounded in educational consulting, business development, and social activism. Her academic background includes the completion of undergraduate and graduate work in both the biological and social sciences, culminating in a post-doc in diversifying the sciences from the University of California, Berkeley. Her career ultimately led her to work in both the education and technology sectors. She developed programs and served as an instructor in higher education at the University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco State University. She also has several years of experience working in business, co-founding a social media company, and providing consulting support to both local and national organizations with communications infrastructure, research and evaluation, fundraising, and youth engagement strategies.