Dr. Nicole Saint Clair leads Regence BlueShield’s clinical programs, helping make health care affordable, accessible and effective for the 1.5 million people Regence serves in Washington.
Dr. Saint Clair, who joined Regence in 2022, is a Seattle native whose family has lived in the city for three generations. Her grandfather, Sam Smith, was the first African American elected to the Seattle City Council, serving for 24 years. Dr. Saint Clair received her medical degree from the University of Washington and served in several leadership positions, including in operations and women’s health, at Seattle’s Group Health, which was later acquired by Kaiser Permanente.
Dr. Saint Clair was born and raised in Seattle, attended Garfield High School and now lives in South Seattle with her husband and children. She also serves on the board of Seafair, the nonprofit and multiweek summer festival that was founded in 1950 and is still closely linked to the region’s history and identity.