Mirela Albertsen

Mirela Albertsen serves as the Sr. Director of Medical and Behavioral Health Utilization Management at Blue Shield of California since January 2020. Prior to this role, Mirela held several key positions at Adventist Health, where contributions included serving as System Director for both Population Health and Medical Devices, focusing on stewardship of physician preference items. At CareFusion, responsibilities spanned from Director of Business Transformation, driving process improvements and operational effectiveness, to Manager of Operational Excellence, implementing Lean Six Sigma methodologies for large-scale enhancements. Mirela's career began at Cardinal Health as Clinical Analytics Manager, overseeing analytics teams and supporting medical device development through data management. Mirela holds a Master's degree in Information and Decision Systems from San Diego State University and a Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems from the University of West Florida.