Leadership & Legacy:

Kendra
Witt-Doyle

As the Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health continues to celebrate its 25th anniversary, it would be impossible to imagine where we’d be today without the contributions and leadership of Kendra Witt-Doyle. She started as an intern while attending graduate school and became the first full-time employee of the Foundation in 2008. As the years passed, Kendra’s influence and accountability rose. She became the Foundation’s first executive director, a position she held until she left our organization to found her own leadership coaching and development company.

We are highlighting Kendra’s impact on this webpage and videos as a way to thank her for 17 years of service to the Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health.

  • “The way I approach things is I want to understand the system first. I wanted to understand the complexity and really process where did the Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health fit. What was our role within  the system and who do we want to partner with because you can’t do anything alone. You have to go work with partners and other organizations to get the topic done.”

    Kendra Witt-DoyleFormer Executive Director, Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health

How It All Started

Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health Executive Director Courtney Frost asks her former boss about her early days at the organization.

 

Key Partnerships

Kendra Witt-Doyle recalls how a partnership with the City of Boise laid the groundwork for the Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health’s future work with other Idaho communities.

 

When the Mission Came to Life

Kendra Witt-Doyle says the Foundation’s work regarding health professions Career Technical Education programs was a shining example of how the Foundation works.

 

 

Her Impact on the Foundation

Kendra Witt-Doyle shares what she thinks was her biggest contribution to the Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health.

 

Kendra’s Impact in Their Words

  • You are a gifted entrepreneur committed to a career that expands the common good and our societal well-being across Treasure Valley, Idaho, and the USA. With your 18 years of leadership and hard work on behalf of the Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health, you delivered tangible gains for Idaho in education, healthcare and community-building.

  • The transformation you’ve led for the Foundation has been remarkable. You truly grew it from a small, two-cubical idea to something that has and will continue to make lasting impacts everywhere.

  • I’m truly amazed at the incredible impact you have had in Idaho through your diligent effort, creative strategic thinking, and authentic kindness as you have led the development of BCIF from the ground up.

  • You have been an incredible role model for an untold number of people that have worked with you, or that you have interacted with over your career.

  • You have accomplished some amazing things at the Foundation. Blue Cross of Idaho and the people of Idaho are better off because of you and your team’s work.

Thanks for your leadership!