Martha Temple

Martha Temple is a 30-year health insurance veteran where she ran several business units. 

Martha was the CEO of Optum Behavioral Health, a division of United Health Group, a position she held until 2020. Prior to that, she spent 25 years in various leadership roles at Aetna, with the last five as President of the New England Market, managing sales and provider relationships for the six New England states. In addition, she spent nine years building and growing Aetna Global Benefits, the expatriate arm of Aetna, including an international acquisition and opening offices in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. 

Currently, Martha is working as an advisor and board member within the industry. In addition to serving as an EIR at .406, she serves on several boards in the behavioral health space including Alma, Inc, Cortica in the autism sector, InStride Health for child and adolescent anxiety, Vanna focusing on people with severe mental illness, and education and connection platform PsychHub where she is the Board Chair. Martha is also on the board of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island where she is Chair of the Finance Committee, and is on the board of One Mind, a nonprofit focusing on research for brain health. 

Martha received a BS in Mathematics from Pennsylvania State University and is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries.