Mary Ann Christopher is a strategic health care executive and board member with an exceptional record of innovation and market expansion at leading payor, provider and technology companies. She currently serves on the boards of six private equity backed higher education, technology and health care companies. She serves as the Vice Chair of the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine.

As a Corporate Officer at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (2016-2019), Mary Ann led a broad expansion of services to fully leverage its role as the No. 1 private insurer in the state, including the development of a statewide payor/provider system. Prior, Mary Ann was President and Chief Executive Officer of Visiting Nurse Service of New York (2012-2014) and Visiting Nurse Association Health Group of New Jersey (2001-2011), the largest community-based nonprofit home care and hospice
organizations in the nation.

Mary Ann has a Master of Science in Nursing from Seton Hall University and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (summa cum laude) from Fairfield University. She was awarded honorary doctoral degrees from Fairfield University and Monmouth University.