Mike Bavaro

Mike Bavaro serves Option Care Health as the Chief Human Resources Officer and Chief Diversity Officer with over 20 years of human resource leadership experience.

Prior to joining Option Care Health in 2016, Mike served as divisional Vice President at Blue Cross Blue Shield of IL, TX, NM, MT & OK, a health insurance company with 22,000 employees where he was responsible for all talent acquisition and workforce strategies and served as the company’s interim Diversity and Inclusion Officer. He also served in senior HR roles at Career Education Corporation and United Airlines. Additionally, Mike is an active duty and reserve Navy veteran and is currently an Air Force Reserve Officer where he serves as the Equal Opportunity Officer for 1,500 military personnel at Grissom Air Reserve Base in Indiana.

Mike holds a bachelor’s degree in Nuclear Engineering Technology from Thomas Edison State University as well as an MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management at DeVry University.