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DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) SVP and global chief communications officer Aaron Radelet is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. He will be replaced by Beth Leonard, effective June 1, who is joining WBA from the EmblemHealth Family of Companies.
Walgreens is taking this opportunity to restructure its communications function, merging it with public affairs to create an integrated corporate affairs function headed by SVP and global chief public affairs officer Chuck Greener. Leonard will serve as CCO and report to Greener.
At Emblem, Leonard headed internal and external communications, employee engagement, marketing, public relations, government relations, public policy, corporate philanthropy and community impact, digital strategy and social media.
Prior to her time at EmblemHealth, Leonard was EVP, public affairs and strategic initiatives at America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP). While there, she led the full spectrum of communications and public affairs functions that elevated AHIP as the go-to voice on healthcare policy during debate and passage of the Affordable Care Act.
She also has a background in government relations at the American Cancer Society and extensive national political campaign experience, and early on was a White House press intern.
