Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated announced that Jennifer Schneider, M.D., M.S., has been elected to its Board of Directors as an independent director. Dr. Schneider has more than two decades of experience in the health care industry as a physician, scientist and health care executive. She co-founded and serves as Chief Executive Officer of Homeward Health.

Prior to founding Homeward in 2022, Dr. Schneider served as President and Chief Medical Officer of Livongo Health. While there, she led the company through the larger consumer digital health Initial Public Offering in history and the industry?s larger merger between Livongo and Teladoc Health. She also served as Chief Medical Officer of Castlight Health.

Prior to her industry roles, Dr. Schneider conducted research in health services at Stanford University and worked as a physician in internal medicine at various hospitals. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Jasper Health and Maven Health. Dr. Schneider holds a Bachelor of Arts in biology from the College of the Holy Cross, a Doctorate in Medicine from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and a Master of Science in health services research from Stanford University.

The addition of Dr. Schneider brings Vertex?s board of directors to 11 members, nine of whom are independent and 45% of whom are women.