Kristen Gil — Board Member Accountability Profile
Category: Private Citizen — Corporate Director Role: Independent Director, UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH) Board Tenure: 2022 – present Committee Memberships: Audit and Finance Committee Profile Type: Board Member Accountability — Anchor B (Documented Organizational Leadership)
Basis for Inclusion: Kristen Gil holds a documented governance role as an independent director and Audit and Finance Committee member at UnitedHealth Group Inc., which made documented political donations to Trump-aligned entities. This profile documents the factual governance relationship, not the subject’s personal political views.
Subject Classification: Private Citizen / Corporate Director. Board membership is a matter of public record (SEC filings, proxy statements). This profile documents only the governance role and its connection to documented corporate political activity.
Biographical Overview
Kristen Gil served as Vice President and Business Finance Officer at Alphabet Inc./Google, where she held finance leadership responsibilities over multiple major Google business units. Her Alphabet career was preceded by consulting and finance roles at McKinsey & Company and Marketron, a broadcast advertising technology company.
Gil joined the UnitedHealth board in 2022. Her background in large-scale technology company finance — specifically Google’s analytics-driven business model — brings relevant data and technology finance expertise to the Audit and Finance Committee of a healthcare technology and insurance company increasingly dependent on AI-powered analytics, such as those operated through Optum’s health data platforms.
Board Role and Governance Authority
- Company: UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH)
- Board tenure: 2022 – present
- Committee assignments: Audit and Finance Committee
Parent Corporate Donor Profile
This profile is a governance-accountability companion to the UnitedHealth Group corporate donor profile, which documents the corporation’s political spending and regulatory relationships under the Trump administration.
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Investigative trail pointers (public records)
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| Channel | Starting points |
|---|---|
| Federal courts | CourtListener / PACER party and attorney searches (spelling variants) |
| Campaign finance | FEC + OpenSecrets for committees and donors tied to documented roles |
| Corporate / LLC | State secretary of state; OpenCorporates for cross-border shells from reporting |
| Sanctions / PEP | OpenSanctions when international business context is already sourced |
| Contracts / grants | USAspending.gov for named entities from investigations |
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Sources
- UnitedHealth Group Inc. DEF 14A Proxy Statement, filed April 21, 2025; SEC EDGAR (CIK 731766)