Ryan Craig

Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Elevance Health

Last Reviewed: October 1, 2026

Executive Summary

Ryan Craig has been Elevance Health’s Chief Human Resources Officer since August 2025, after joining in 2024 to lead talent. He has spent his career in people leadership at large consumer and healthcare companies: The Ritz-Carlton, Apple, UnitedHealth Group, where he was chief talent officer, and Ralph Lauren, where he was head of people. Elevance Health ranked No. 18 on the 2026 Fortune 500.

Career Highlights

• Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Elevance Health since August 2025.
• Chief Talent Officer of Elevance Health from January 2024, and interim CHRO in 2025.
• Head of People at Ralph Lauren, 2022 to 2024.
• Chief Talent Officer at UnitedHealth Group, 2018 to 2022.
• Global Senior Director at Apple, 2011 to 2018.

Professional Journey

Craig worked at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company from 1999, as Director of Learning & Development and Talent Acquisition and then Director of Human Resources until 2011. He was a Global Senior Director at Apple from 2011 to 2018.

From 2018 to 2022 he was Chief Talent Officer at UnitedHealth Group, and from 2022 to January 2024 Head of People at Ralph Lauren.

He joined Elevance Health as Chief Talent Officer in January 2024, became interim Chief Human Resources Officer in January 2025 and was named Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer in August 2025.

Education

No first-party source read for this profile states his education.