Haleta Belai, MBA

Director, Social Determinants of Health Innovation, Centene Corporation Chair, Social Determinants of Health Subcommittee

About Me:

Haleta Belai is the Senior Director of Social Determinants of Health Innovation at Centene. Centene is a leading healthcare enterprise that delivers government-sponsored and commercial health solutions for over 25 million individuals. Centene is the largest Medicaid managed care organization in the U.S., and a leader in California, Florida, New York and Texas, four of the largest Medicaid states.

Haleta has ten years of experience leading and learning from innovative solutions to large-scale challenges in the healthcare, education, and nonprofit sectors. In her current role at Centene, Haleta leads a team who design strategies and partnerships to address critical socioeconomic barriers that meaningfully impact health outcomes. In prior roles, Haleta has worked on enterprise-wide strategic initiatives at Centene, education reform and public health in high-performing organizations in NYC, and a non-profit skill training program she co-founded in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Haleta holds a BA from Columbia University and an MBA from the USC Marshall School of Business.