Dr. Onyinyechi U. Daniel is the Vice President of Data & Analytics Strategy and Partnership at Highmark Health, where she is responsible for development and maintenance of the Data & Analytics Strategy and alignment with enterprise business priorities. She also has accountability for internal and external strategic partnerships, including research relationships with Carnegie Mellon University, Johns Hopkins and other institutions. She is also accountable for developing the enterprise Data/AI Ethics strategy and operationalization plan along with analytics governance. She is passionate about the application of data and analytics to drive evidence-based health outcome improvements and address health inequities and leads the enterprise SDOH and Health Equity data strategy. Prior to Highmark, Dr. Daniel was the Senior Director of Data & Analytics Strategy at Health Care Service Corp. She has also had prior professional experience managing Data Operations at Change Healthcare. 

Dr. Daniel holds Masters degrees in Medical Humanities and Bioethics and Health Policy & Administration from Northwestern University and University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health respectively. She also holds a PhD in Health Policy and Administration with a focus on Public Health Informatics, and Health Economics from the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, where she is also an adjunct instructor. She serves as a member of the Board of Directors for Sinai Health System in Chicago, a network of 4 hospitals, 17 community clinics, 1 community institute, and 1 nationally recognized research institute all serving communities on Chicago’s West and Southwest sides. In addition to board service, she is a member of the Institute of Physician Diversity, an executive group tasked with increasing the number of physicians of color throughout the medical school and physician faculty pipeline. She resides in Chicago, IL with her husband and three young children, where they enjoy cultural activities, outdoors adventures and Premier League football.