Anne C. Beal, M.D., M.P.H.

Anne Beal is president of the Aetna Foundation, the independent charitable and philanthropic arm of Aetna Inc. The foundation helps build healthy communities by promoting volunteerism, forming partnerships, and funding initiatives that improve the health and quality of life across the United States. As a physician who specializes in pediatric care and public health, Dr. Beal brings to the foundation a unique combination of clinical and policy experience. Dr. Beal joined the foundation in July 2009 from The Commonwealth Fund, where she directed the fund’s program to improve health care quality for low-income and minority patient populations. Prior to that, she was an attending physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Beal is a recognized authority in health disparities, quality of care, and children’s health—topics on which she has published several articles in the medical literature, as well as the book The Black Parenting Book: Caring for Our Children in the First Five Years. Dr. Beal has been a pediatric commentator and medical correspondent for Essence Magazine, The American Baby Show, ABC News, and NBC News. She earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Brown University, a medical degree from Cornell University Medical College in, and a master of public health from Columbia University.