Brandy Balco

Brandy Balco is a marketing professional with extensive experience in the healthcare sector, currently working at Optum as a Marketing specialist focused on Patient Growth & Retention since July 2025. Prior to this role, Brandy served as Senior Director of Marketing at DarioHealth, a digital health company specializing in chronic condition management, from July 2024 to May 2025. Additional experience includes a position as Marketing Director at DayTwo, a microbiome-based precision health company, and as Associate Director of Patient Acquisition Marketing at Optum from March 2021 to May 2022. Brandy's career also encompasses significant roles at Humana, where responsibilities included leading Physician & Provider Marketing and Member Marketing. Brandy holds a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication and a Master of Science in Integrated Marketing Communications, both from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Roosevelt University, respectively.