agilon health, inc. announced that Silvana Battaglia has been named as an independent board director. Battaglia brings more than two decades of business leadership experience in global human resources, shaping high-performance cultures, talent, and succession management, and driving organizational transformation within the pharmaceutical, healthcare and business services sectors. Battaglia currently serves as executive vice president and chief human resources officer for AmerisourceBergen, a leading global healthcare company that fosters a positive impact on the health of people and communities around the world by advancing the development and delivery of pharmaceutical and healthcare products.

Prior to her current role, Battaglia worked at Aramark, most recently as senior vice president of global compensation, benefits, labor relations, and HR services; previously, she was senior vice president of global human resources. Battaglia has also served as chief human resources officer for Day & Zimmerman, and held leadership roles of increasing responsibility at Merck. She gained early human resources experience at Wyeth Pharmaceutical and Colorcon, a division of Berwind Pharmaceuticals.

Battaglia graduated from Temple University with a B.A. in Marketing and received an M.S. in Human Resources from Widener University. Battaglia has also served as adjunct faculty member at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia.