Angie Kalousek

Angie Kalousek Ebrahimi leads the vision for Blue Shield of California’s lifestyle medicine offerings as part of the MindBody Medicine team. This includes the operations and growth of a suite clinically proven lifestyle medicine programs for Blue Shield’s members under the Wellvolution brand, as well as health education and cultural and linguistic support for members that are part of the Promise Blue Shield of California health plan (Medi-Cal).. Angie and her team work to drive seamless operations, as well as enrollment and engagement in these personalized interventions by delivering access both digitally and in person. Angie strongly believes that lifestyle medicine can transform the current health care model by introducing clinically effective, cost-effective, and non-invasive lifestyle approaches into the care continuum. She, herself, has incorporated lifestyle medicine into her own life to prevent disease and live in optimal health. Angie is strategically working to forward Blue Shield's philosophy that lifestyle is medicine.

Prior to joining Blue Shield in 2010, Angie worked as the Wellness Program Manager at Visa, Inc. where she created and implemented a new suite of global wellness programs for Visa employees. Part of her role at Visa was to incorporate Visa wellness programming with health plan offerings so that employees had a seamless experience. Prior to her time at Visa, Angie served as the Fitness Director at the Sports Club LA in San Francisco where she oversaw a staff of 60 trainers, nutritionists, and sports coordinators. In her role there, she also managed new member fitness programs, trainer education, and direct private training sales. Angie has also worked in marketing, business planning, and accounting.

Angie holds an MBA from Golden Gate University, a BS in Business from the University of California, Haas School of Business, Berkeley, and is a Certified Holistic Lifestyle Coach.