Patty Fontneau

Patty Fontneau
CEO, Reach out and Read Colorado

Patty Fontneau is a senior executive with a proven track record in the Health Care, Legal, Technology, Insurance, and Finance industries. She is an experienced board chair and board member of private, industry and not-for-profit boards. As a versatile, strategic business executive, Ms. Fontneau has demonstrated the ability to develop and lead organizations of all sizes and diverse industries. She has consistently demonstrated fiscal success and operational efficiency while achieving transformational change. 

Most recently Ms. Fontneau developed and served as president of the national Benefit Exchange and Technology Solutions health plan business at Cigna, generating over $1 billion/year in revenue in US commercial health insurance. She also led the prioritization and execution of over $50M in technology infrastructure investments through 26 agile teams. 

Prior to Cigna, as the CEO of the technology start-up Connect for Health Colorado, Ms. Fontneau led the successful development and implementation of Colorado’s public health benefit exchange - navigating federal, legislative, stakeholder agendas and grant requirements to launch one of the most successful state exchanges in the nation. Strong strategic partnerships throughout the state allowed the Exchange to exceed all sales and financial goals during Ms. Fontneau leadership. Ms Fontneau also ran the operations of Holme Roberts and Owen, a regional law firm. She managed the partnership through an economic downturn, reducing expenses by $10M and improving revenue per attorney by 13%, during difficult economic times. 

In addition to her accomplishments in business, Ms. Fontneau has devoted years to civic leadership, with a passion for Colorado. Samples of her civic engagement are below.