Errol Pierre, DBA, MPA

Errol Pierre is the Senior Vice President of State Programs at Healthfirst, Inc., the largest non-profit health plan in New York State serving nearly 2 million members. In this role, he is accountable for growth, profit/loss, and sales and retention for the Medicaid and Long Term Care product portfolios.

Prior to Healthfirst, Errol spent over 12 years at Empire BlueCross BlueShield, the largest for-profit health plan in New York State. Throughout his tenure, he held various leadership roles in Sales and Strategy until leaving the company as the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in 2019.

A Bronx, New York resident, Errol graduated from Fordham University with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance, New York University with a master’s degree in Health Policy and Financial Management, and Baruch College with a doctoral degree in Business Administration with a focused on Health Economics. He is the author of The Way Up – Climbing the Corporate Mountain as a Professional of Color, published by Wiley in 2022.

In his spare time, Errol volunteers for various non-profit organizations. He serves as a board member of the Arthur Ashe Institute of Urban Health, He is a member of the national 100 Black Men Health & Wellness Committee. Lastly, he mentors both high school students and Fordham undergraduates in the Bronx.