Alexandra Drane
Alexandra Drane
Co-Founder and CEO - ARCHANGELS
Alexandra Drane is co-founder and CEO of ARCHANGELS — a women-owned, public benefit corporation and omnichannel platform that engages and supports caregivers across all 50 states through partnerships with employers, consumer brands, health-plans/systems, communities, and states.
Alex previously co-founded other companies including Rebel Health, Eliza Corporation, and Engage with Grace (all-bootstrapped). She believes communities are the frontline of health, that caregivers are our country’s greatest asset, and that we need to expand the definition of health to include life.
Her board roles include the Joint Commission Resources Board of Directors, RAND Social and Economic Policy Advisory Board, Vice Chair of the Trustee Advisory Board at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and she is a founding member of the Board of Directors of C-TAC. She serves on Harvard Medical School’s Executive Council of the Division of Sleep Medicine, the Board of Advisors for Boston Children’s Hospital Innovation and Digital Health Accelerator, Lake Nona Impact Forum, OpenNotes Lab, and the Entrepreneurs Council for The United States of Care. She also spent 7 years as a Governor-appointed member of the Executive Committee for the Board of Directors for Massachusetts Technology Collaborative.
Alex’s honors include being named to the 1st ever Care100 list, a VNA Care Hero, a Top Women in Healthcare’s Entrepreneur of the Year, one of Disruptive Women in Health Care’s Women to Watch, one of Boston Globe’s Top 100 Women Leaders, and the Boston Business Journal’s “40 Under 40.” She is also an inventor on numerous patents and has co-authored multiple peer-reviewed journal articles, including publications with the CDC, the Journal of Affective Disorders, and NEJM Catalyst. She joined Prudential Financial as their national host and wellness expert for a national ad campaign “The State of US.”
Outside of healthcare, she enjoys car racing, fiercely loving on family, friends, neighbors (and sometimes even strangers – because what’s a stranger!?), and living into the joyful belief that ‘the adventure begins when it all goes wrong’ (Yvonne Chouinard).
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