Karen Ignagni

1954, Providence, RI) is the President and Chief Executive Officer of EmblemHealth as of September 2015, until which time she was the President and Chief Executive Officer of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), formerly HIAA (Health Insurance Association of America).

[1] Ignagni grew up in Providence with her brother Robert, where her father was a fireman and mother worked at the city hall.

Before joining AAHP, she was a director of the AFL-CIO's Department of Employee Benefits.

The New York Times wrote in 1999 that "in a city teeming with health care lobbyists, Ms. Ignagni is widely considered one of the most effective.

She blends a detailed knowledge of health policy with an intuitive feel for politics."