Staff

Caraline Coats serves as Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Humana Foundation. She is Vice President of Humana’s Venture Investing, Provider Alliances, where she oversees the strategy and execution of Humana’s value based primary care provider alliance relationships.  Prior to this role, Caraline served as Humana’s VP of Bold Goal and Population Health Strategy, leading Humana’s mission to help improve the health of the communities it serves by making it easier for people to achieve their best health.

Soojin Conover, Ph.D. serves as Data Scientist at Humana Foundation, where she focuses on utilizing data-driven analytics to further the mission of the foundation. Soojin’s career includes extensive experience in public health research and data analytics, often incorporating geospatial information to guide evidence-based decision making and implement place-based approaches to promote health equity. Prior to joining Humana Foundation, Soojin held analytical roles at non-profit organizations including RAND Corporation, UNESCO, and most recently Boston Medical Center, where she developed data tools and dashboards, led program evaluation eff...

Brittany Forshee, MBA joined the Humana Foundation in January 2020 and serves as its Operations Leader. She manages the operations of the Foundation along with the associate programs, finance and budgets, and strategy planning and execution. 

Brittany began her accounting career at one of the “Big Four” accounting firms within their audit practice. She worked over 4 years within the Corporate Accounting Department at Humana prior to transitioning to Humana Foundation. 

Brittany has a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting and a master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) both from Bellarmine University.

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Ariel Bright joined the Humana Foundation in December 2020 and serves as the Grants Administrator.  She joins the team with experience managing and overseeing complex grant portfolios.  Her background is grounded in designing, implementing, and managing domestic and international grant programs where she worked as a philanthropic intermediary on behalf of Fortune 500 companies and private Foundations. She has helped ensure recipient organizations are performing charitable work in a transparent and accountable manner that complies with local requirements and meets grantmaking standards.

Juanita Pryor, MBA joined The Humana Foundation in July 2020 and serves as the Foundation Analyst. She helps manage Foundation operations, communications, the Strategic Community Relations Program, the Community Partners Program, the disaster philanthropy program, and is helping manage the Foundation's financial due diligence with current and potential community partners. Her efforts are positively impacting each of our eight focus communities and have increased our capability of expanding our work to improve and sustain positive health outcomes.  

Juanita earned her MBA from the University of ...

Heather Hyden (She/her)  joined the Humana Foundation in January 2021 and serves as a Portfolio Officer. She has a twelve year career in Community Development with over a decade of experience organizing communities and developing new policies and systems towards a more equitable food system. She has worked in multiple sectors including local government, non-profits, academia and most recently with the Kentucky Cooperative Extension system. She is a trained community organizer with lobbying and strategic planning experience in food policy at the local and state level. She is a member of the R...