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Insurance 2025: SCHMUDE, MONICA
VIRGINIA PRESIDENT, ANTHEM BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD, RICHMOND
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
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Insurance 2025: SCHMUDE, MONICA
VIRGINIA PRESIDENT, ANTHEM BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD, RICHMOND
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
Schmude was tapped to lead Anthem in Virginia in 2023. Before that, she spent almost 13 years at Cigna in different leadership positions, including serving as president of its mid-Atlantic market, which covered Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C.
Schmude, who has a degree in industrial and organizational psychology with a concentration in women’s studies from the University of Wisconsin- Oshkosh, began her insurance career as a claims examiner for Guardian Insurance Company.
In addition to her regular gig, Schmude traveled around the state this year for her role as co-chair of Blueprint Virginia 2035, the Virginia Chamber’s strategic plan aimed at strengthening and securing the state’s position as the best state for business.
Schmude is the 2025 chair of the Virginia Association of Health Plans. Additionally, she sits on the board of the Choral Arts Society of Washington, D.C., and was a 2020 graduate of Leadership Greater Washington. She calls enrolling in that program “one of the best decisions of my career.”
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