As senior vice president of regulatory affairs and reform initiatives, Bechtold is responsible for health care reform initiatives and strategic development at OneDigital. She advises, educates and supports OneDigital’s overall corporate tactics and client support issues. She joined OneDigital in 2005 as vice president of operations and was later promoted to senior vice president of operations and strategic development before taking on her current role.
Prior to joining OneDigital, Bechtold has held other sales, operations management, and executive positions with Member Insurance Agency in Illinois and Georgia and John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance in Illinois. She was named "Employee Benefit Adviser of the Year" by Employee Benefit Adviser magazine in 2010.
A graduate of the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, Bechtold earned a bachelor’s degree in finance, specializing in insurance and risk management. She’s a certified insurance counselor (CIC) and a Chartered Healthcare Consultant (ChHC). She is licensed in life, health, property and casualty. She is a past president of the Atlanta Association of Health Underwriters (AAHU), immediate past president and federal legislative chair of the Georgia Association of Health Underwriters (GAHU), and is immediate past chair of the legislative council and a member of Compliance Corner, Principal’s Council, and the Futures Taskforce for the National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU).