Lara Koza

Lara is the Chief Strategy Officer at ITM TwentyFirst and leads the exploration and development of new growth opportunities for the company. Lara brings 11 years of diverse corporate strategy experience to Longevity Holdings including developing and executing both organic and inorganic growth initiatives in small, medium, and large organizations. Prior to joining Longevity, she most recently served as the Chief Strategy Officer at Surest, a UnitedHealthcare company, where she built the strategy function and led the organization’s launch into new health insurance markets. She also previously worked at Optum (a UnitedHealth Group company) developing product strategy in numerous divisions of the business, at Norwest Equity Partners evaluating new private equity investments and working with portfolio companies on strategic growth initiatives, and at Piper Jaffray advising clients looking to raise capital or sell their business. Lara received her MBA from Harvard Business School and her bachelor’s degree in finance from the Carlson School of Management.