Leela Chilamkurthy

Why a GMP, now

Duke Fuqua · General Management Program · 2026

01 / The program

Duke General Management Program

An accelerated general-management program for senior professionals. Finance, strategy, leadership: taught dense, taught fast, taught alongside a full-time role. Completed 2026.

02 / Why now

From analyst to leader

Sixteen years of strategy and analytics gave me a clear “what.” The GMP was for the “how”: leading teams, owning P&Ls, and the vocabulary to do both at scale.

03 / Sector

Healthcare, still

Twelve years inside a major non-profit payer has only made me more interested in it. Targeting strategic-leadership roles in health insurance, digital health, and provider economics.

04 / Sharpening

Finance & strategy

The quant and strategy core has been the most useful classroom time of my career. Bringing the toolkit home to real work each week.

05 / Cohort

Community & network

Half the reason I’m here. Always game for coffee with a Duke classmate, a Fuqua alum, or anyone working an interesting healthcare problem.

06 / Next

Open for ideas

Looking for the next problem worth a decade of attention, ideally at the intersection of healthcare, strategy, and a team I want to grow with.