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AS CEO OF CENTENE, SARAH LONDON ’98 CONFRONTS HEALTH CARE’S TOUGHEST MORAL AND FINANCIAL QUESTIONS. Story by Kimberly Ashton Photographs by Brian Cummings The American health care system is a Gordian knot tying together human lives, big business, and the U.S. government. By most measures, it’s the most complicated in the world, bedeviling presidents, baffling economists, and frustrating, well, everybody. It’s no wonder Sarah London ’98 was drawn to it. “The idea of working on something that’s really, really hard and has an impact is incredibly rewarding,” says London, the CEO of Centene, a Fortune 25 company and the...

From Milton’s speech and debate team to the White House to the Chicago Fed, Austan Goolsbee ’87 has spent his career applying economic theory to real-world challenges. By Alexander Gelfand Photograph by Jeff Sciortino Austan Goolsbee ’87, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, would like you to know something about the Federal Reserve System. Actually, he’d like you to know anything about the Federal Reserve System. “In polling, the majority of people say they don’t know what the Fed does, yet an even bigger majority says whatever the Fed does, they think it’s doing a...

How a last-minute decision to attend Milton helped shape Christina Minnis ’83 into a Goldman Sachs leader, champion squash player, and resilient mentor. By Kara Baskin Photographs by Brad Trent When it was time for Christina Minnis ’83 to choose a high school, the plan seemed settled: She would follow family tradition and board at Phillips Academy Andover, her dad’s alma mater. Then, at the last minute, everything changed. The family had recently moved north from Houston, Texas. Her younger brother was still at home. The logistics of boarding school suddenly felt heavier. Her dad looked at her and...