Martha Temple

Martha Temple joined Optum Consumer Solutions Group in 2015 as Senior Vice President, Optum Behavioral Health (OBH), a leading mental health and substance abuse services provider to more than 35 million members. Martha is responsible for the overall profitability of the business, including ensuring the highest quality and clinical effectiveness and driving growth within commercial, Medicaid, Medicare and payer markets.

Prior to joining Optum, Martha cultivated a 25-year career at Aetna, Inc. An actuary by training, she received her Fellowship in the Society of Actuaries in 1994. She spent the majority of her career in executive management positions after successful roles in underwriting, reserving and operations. Martha created Aetna Global Benefits and under her leadership grew the business into the industry’s largest provider of expat benefits. Martha served as President of Aetna’s New England Market from 2010 to 2015.

Martha is an active community member, having served on the boards of the Middlesex United Way, among other education and arts related boards.

Martha graduated from the Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics. She is based in Hartford, Connecticut.