Julie M. Anderson

Julie M. Anderson leads the health care wellness initiative within IBM’s Public Sector Global Business Services practice in Washington, DC. Previously, Ms. Anderson worked as an IBM consultant to state and federal government agencies to improve their business processes. Prior to her private sector experience, Ms. Anderson worked as a legislative aide to U.S. Senator J. Robert Kerrey. She also worked as a policy analyst in the Offi ce of the U.S.

LIVING WELL:Transforming America's Health Care

This paper outlines the challenges facing the U.S. health care system, how prevention can help address these challenges, examples of wellness and prevention programs, suggestions for program components and design, and proposed standards for the federal government to adopt to promote quality and effective programs. The Living Well plan brings together the best preventive care knowledge from the public and private sectors and offers the first real opportunity to transform the health of Americans, improve the quality of health care, and slow the growth of health care costs.

Associate Partner, Public Sector
IBM Global Business Services
6710 Rockledge Drive
Bethesda, MD 20817
United States

Julie M. Anderson leads the health care wellness initiative within IBM’s Public Sector Global Business Services practice in Washington, DC. Previously, Ms. Anderson worked as an IBM consultant to state and federal government agencies to improve their business processes. Prior to her private sector experience, Ms. Anderson worked as a legislative aide to U.S. Senator J. Robert Kerrey. She also worked as a policy analyst in the Offi ce of the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, where she led an interagency committee that developed federal policy guidance about budgetary spending on welfare to work initiatives. Ms. Anderson earned a Master of Business Administration from Duke University, a Master of Public Policy from the University of Chicago and is a graduate of Nebraska Wesleyan University. She is a Harry S. Truman Scholar.