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CVS Health’s New CEO Faces Monumental Vaccination Challenge Amid Healthcare Transformation

CVS Health CEO Karen Lynch brings personal healthcare navigation experience to her role leading one of America’s largest vaccination campaigns. The Fortune 500 company aims to administer millions of COVID-19 vaccines while continuing its transformation from retailer to healthcare provider.

From Personal Tragedy to Corporate Leadership

Karen Lynch’s journey to becoming CEO of CVS Health began with personal healthcare struggles that shaped her professional path. According to reports, Lynch’s experience caring for her Aunt Millie through terminal cancer in the early 1990s exposed her to the complexities of the healthcare system that would define her career. “I was lost in the system,” Lynch recalls in the Fortune profile. “I didn’t want other people to not know how to navigate it.”