Danielle Gray

Danielle Gray serves as Executive Vice President, Corporate & External Affairs at UnitedHealth Group, where she oversees government affairs, enterprise communications, thought leadership initiatives, international relations, and social impact efforts. Danielle also serves as President of the United Health Foundation, a private foundation established by UnitedHealth Group to improve health and health care in communities.

Danielle joined UnitedHealth Group in January 2024 as an executive in residence where she helped the company navigate the evolving health care policy and regulatory landscape before assuming her current leadership role.

Before joining UnitedHealth Group, Danielle was Global Chief Legal Officer of Walgreens Boots Alliance, where she oversaw the company’s legal, compliance, governance, corporate security, and privacy functions. She previously served as Chief Legal and Administrative Officer of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and a litigation partner at O’Melveny & Myers, LLP.

Danielle has held several senior leadership positions in the federal government. From 2009 to 2014, she served in the White House and the U.S. Department of Justice in a variety of policy and legal roles, including Assistant to the President and Cabinet Secretary, Deputy Director of the National Economic Council, and Senior Counsel in the White House Counsel’s Office and the DOJ’s Civil Division.

Earlier in her career, Danielle served as a law clerk to the Honorable Merrick B. Garland on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and to Justice Stephen Breyer on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Danielle received her J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she was an editor of the Harvard Law Review, and her A.B. from Duke University. She serves on the boards of the Brennan Center for Justice and the Duke University Trinity College Board of Visitors and is a member of the American Law Institute.

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