Thelma Duggin

Prior to her role with the AnBryce Foundation, Ms. Duggin served as a Senior Vice President at UnitedHealth Group (UHG), a Fortune 20 company and one of the largest health and well-being companies in the country. Following the acquisition of AmeriChoice by UnitedHealth Group, Ms. Duggin served as Senior Vice President for the public sector line of business within UHG. In that capacity, she was responsible for all federal and state regulatory and legislative affairs, external communications and business development. Ms. Duggin served in a number of senior policy positions in the federal government before joining the private sector. She began her federal service at the White House, where she served in the White House Office of Public Liaison as Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan. She next joined the U.S. Department of Transportation, where she ultimately served as Special Assistant to Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole. Ms. Duggin holds a BS degree from Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin, and an honorary doctorate from Morris Brown College. She has been a Resident Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and The General Management Program at Harvard Business School. Ms. Duggin brings a unique perspective to her professional, community and charitable endeavors. Ms. Duggin was born and raised on Mon Luis Island on the Gulf Coast, a small, rural community 26 miles south of Mobile, Alabama. The islanders lived a subsistence existence. The island had a single paved road and boasted a one-room schoolhouse, which Ms. Duggin attended through sixth grade. Her world expanded in high school, when the Island's Catholic parish arranged transportation to an all-black Catholic school in Mobile, and expanded even further when she won a scholarship to Edgewood College – her first venture out of the South, and her first experience in a predominantly white school. This courage and determination to succeed have motivated Ms. Duggin throughout her life, and have made her an inspiring and empathic leader to those around her.