Clover Health Investments, Corp. announced the appointment of Carladenise Armbrister Edwards, Ph.D., to the Company's Board of Directors. Dr. Edwards is an accomplished healthcare executive with nearly three decades of healthcare, nonprofit and government experience.

Currently the Henry Ford Health System's Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, she leads the system's strategic planning efforts and partnership ventures, business development and transformation initiatives, government affairs strategy, as well as Henry Ford Innovations, the health system's multi-disciplinary team responsible for product design and commercialization, technology transfer, licensing agreements and international programs. Prior to Henry Ford, Dr. Edwards was Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer for Providence St. Joseph Health, a $24 billion Catholic health system comprising 51 hospitals and more than 800 clinics across seven states. Dr. Edwards' experience includes several additional executive leadership roles, including Chief Administrative Officer for Providence Health & Services' Population Health division and Chief Strategy Officer for Alameda Health System.

An expert in the intersection of healthcare and technology, Dr. Edwards also served as Founding President and CEO of Cal eConnect Inc., a nonprofit corporation that governed California's electronic Health Information Exchange. She additionally held technology based leadership roles in Georgia's Department of Community Health. Dr. Edwards earned a Ph.D. in Medical Sociology from the University of Florida, and a master's degree in Education and Psychological Services and a bachelor's degree in Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Edwards also studied neuroscience at the University of Leuven in Belgium and gerontology at the University of California, Los Angeles.