Lauren Leverich Castaldo

Formerly Deputy Chief Financial Officer at MetroPlusHealth, Ms. Leverich Castaldo also served as Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), before being appointed Chief Financial Officer. Her responsibilities now include her CAO functions, as well as complete oversight of all fiscal functions at MetroPlusHealth, including development, interpretation, coordination, and administration of Plan policies on finance, accounting, insurance, financial/accounting systems, internal controls, budgeting, and auditing.

Lauren joined the Finance department of MetroPlus in 2006, gradually assuming additional responsibilities and functions at the health plan. As Deputy Chief Financial Officer, she led the planning, reporting, and analysis of the Finance and Claims divisions. As CAO, since 2019, she has been responsible for financial, regulatory, risk and utilization reporting, health analytics, enrollment and membership, and risk score accuracy.

Prior to joining MetroPlusHealth, Lauren was Associate Staff Analyst at the New York City Police Department (NYPD), Office of the Deputy Commissioner, tasked with preparing the NYPD’s expense budget, and Senior Analyst at the Office of Management and Budget, Office of the Mayor of the City of New York, where, among other responsibilities, she was senior leader for planning, preparation, and implementation for all phases of New York City’s community board budget process.

Lauren is a graduate of St. John’s University where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree.