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InformedDNA: Paul Danao, Jacqueline Kosecoff

Feb 28, 2020
Genetic services provider InformedDNA has named Paul Danao as chief growth officer, and appointed Jacqueline Kosecoff to its board as an independent director. Danao previously held senior leadership roles at several healthcare technology and service companies including BlueCross BlueShield Association, AIM Specialty Health, and Healthcare Payment Specialists. Kosecoff is a managing partner at Moriah Partners, and senior advisor at Warburg Pincus. Previously she served as a senior executive with UnitedHealth Group-PacifiCare, where she was CEO of OptumRx. She also was founder, president, and COO of Protocare, and prior to that served as professor of medicine and public health at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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