Full Name
Alexandra Drane
Job Title
Co-Founder and CEO
Company
ARCHANGELS
Speaker Bio
Alexandra is co-founder and CEO of ARCHANGELS — a women-owned, public benefit corporation and omni-channel platform shamelessly hustling to make change happen for the 43% of adults across our nation serving as unpaid caregivers. ARCHANGELS engages and supports caregivers across all 50 states through partnerships with employers, consumer brands, health-plans/systems, communities, and states.
Alex co-founded Rebel Health, Eliza Corporation (acquired by HMS Holdings Corp, now Cotiviti), Engage with Grace, and three other companies (all boot-strapped). She believes communities are the frontline of health, that caregivers are our country's greatest asset, and that we need to expand the definition of health to include life.
A strong champion for the power of public-private partnerships, Alex sits on boards where she can help influence policy and advocacy efforts. Her board roles include the Joint Commission Resources Board of Directors, RAND Social and Economic Policy Advisory Board, Vice Chair of the Trustee Advisory Board at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and she is a founding member of the Board of Directors of C-TAC. She also serves on Harvard Medical School's Executive Council of the Division of Sleep Medicine and the Entrepreneurs Council for The United States of Care.
Alex is recognized by many awards including being named to the first ever Care100 list, a Top Women in Healthcare Entrepreneur of the Year, one of Disruptive Women in Health Care's Women to Watch, one of Boston Globe's Top 100 Women Leaders, and the Boston Business Journal's "40 Under 40." She is asked to speak nationally and internationally at venues including Milken Global Conference, TEDMED, HLTH, the National Academies, and in April 2025 she gave the commencement speech at Northeastern University College of Professional Studies. She has co-authored multiple peer-reviewed journal articles, including publications with the CDC, NEJM Catalyst, and the Journal of Affective Disorders.
Outside of healthcare, she enjoys car racing, slicing anything with her Berkel Red deli slicer, and fiercely loving on anyone and everyone she can.
Alex co-founded Rebel Health, Eliza Corporation (acquired by HMS Holdings Corp, now Cotiviti), Engage with Grace, and three other companies (all boot-strapped). She believes communities are the frontline of health, that caregivers are our country's greatest asset, and that we need to expand the definition of health to include life.
A strong champion for the power of public-private partnerships, Alex sits on boards where she can help influence policy and advocacy efforts. Her board roles include the Joint Commission Resources Board of Directors, RAND Social and Economic Policy Advisory Board, Vice Chair of the Trustee Advisory Board at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and she is a founding member of the Board of Directors of C-TAC. She also serves on Harvard Medical School's Executive Council of the Division of Sleep Medicine and the Entrepreneurs Council for The United States of Care.
Alex is recognized by many awards including being named to the first ever Care100 list, a Top Women in Healthcare Entrepreneur of the Year, one of Disruptive Women in Health Care's Women to Watch, one of Boston Globe's Top 100 Women Leaders, and the Boston Business Journal's "40 Under 40." She is asked to speak nationally and internationally at venues including Milken Global Conference, TEDMED, HLTH, the National Academies, and in April 2025 she gave the commencement speech at Northeastern University College of Professional Studies. She has co-authored multiple peer-reviewed journal articles, including publications with the CDC, NEJM Catalyst, and the Journal of Affective Disorders.
Outside of healthcare, she enjoys car racing, slicing anything with her Berkel Red deli slicer, and fiercely loving on anyone and everyone she can.
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