Candace Jodice joins Sword as Head of Benefits Strategy

Sword Health is welcoming Candace Jodice as our new Head of Benefits Strategy. Candace joins Sword as a former Fortune 4 benefits leader and she will serve as a market-facing executive partner to the Enterprise eXcellence Organization and enterprise buyers.

Candace brings 30 years of experience in the strategic development and financial management of comprehensive employee benefits programs. Most recently, she spent two decades at CVS Health, serving as Vice President of Benefits. In that role, she led the design and financial management of benefit programs for approximately 300,000 colleagues, with an annual expense exceeding $3.4B. A key architect of large-scale transformations, Candace led the total rewards redesign and harmonization of the CVS Health and Aetna benefit programs post-merger, a project for which she received the CEO Award.

In her new role at Sword, Candace will advise enterprise partners on complex AI healthcare strategies while helping unlock and accelerate pipeline growth. Internally, she will also lead Sword’s own benefits strategy, ensuring our programs remain at the forefront of innovation.

Josh Greenwald, Sword’s SVP & Chief People Officer, said:

We are delighted to welcome Candace to Sword Health. Her extensive experience, including her leadership role at CVS and her advisory work with innovative health tech companies, provides the peer-to-peer credibility and deep insight essential for advising our clients and accelerating our mission.

Candace is a recognized expert in influencing C-suite support for total rewards investments and has unique expertise in pharmacy pricing and PBM contracting. Beyond her corporate leadership, she served as a Board Member of the Cost & Delivery Institute at the Business Group on Health (BGH) and on Client Advisory Boards for organizations including Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, and Caremark.

AI is fundamentally restructuring how healthcare is delivered and financed. For benefits leaders, this requires navigating extraordinary change while managing costs and improving the member experience. With Candace’s deep domain expertise and history of disrupting the status quo to deliver high-quality results, Sword is better positioned than ever to help our clients navigate this transition and provide world-class care to their workforces.