Pat Geraghty

$2.2M Raised for American Heart Association

$2.2M Raised for American Heart Association

The 2024 Heart of the First Coast Heart Ball, made possible by Life is Why sponsor Florida Blue, raised a record-breaking $2.2 million to fuel the American Heart Association’s (AHA) mission advancements across Northeast Florida. Pat and Inger Geraghty served as the chairpersons for the March 2, 2024, event, alongside the AHA’s Executive Leadership Cabinet […]

Leadership Jacksonville honors three outstanding community leaders

Leadership Jacksonville honors three outstanding community leaders

Leadership Jacksonville, a nonprofit organization that educates, connects, and inspires diverse leaders to build and strengthen their communities, recently hosted Celebration 2022 to honor three outstanding community leaders. The honorees were Patrick (Pat) Geraghty, Julia (JuJu) Taylor, and Dr. Leon Haley (posthumously). Geraghty, President and CEO of GuideWell and Florida Blue is past chair of […]

Local leaders launch project Opioid JAX

Local leaders launch project Opioid JAX

About 200 area Jacksonville health and business leaders recently gathered for the kickoff of Project Opioid JAX. While the COVID pandemic has pushed opioids off the front pages, the number of drug overdose deaths in Jacksonville continues to rise. Florida Blue CEO Pat Geraghty said the COVID epidemic has been a setback for the Opioid […]