Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Mariel Walker moved with her family to the United States at age seven. After growing up in Kansas City, she attended Kansas State University, where she attained a degree in human nutrition and studied biology and gerontology.

Walker started her career as an insurance producer and spent five years specializing in individual and Medicare products. She managed a book of business with over 500 policies across all products. Then she spent over two years as an internal recruiter for a Fortune 500 financial firm, onboarding 22 new recruits to the business in that time.

In her current role as Sales Director for UnitedHealthcare, Walker is accountable for driving Medicare portfolio sales including Medicare supplements, Medicare Advantage, and prescription drug plans in the market. Her passion for her work in the Medicare industry is driven by her “member first” mentality and her drive to help agents build successful businesses.

Walker’s passion for investing in and advancing women in the insurance and finance industry has led her to serve on the board of the Women in Insurance and Finance Services Kansas City chapter as the membership chair. During her free time, she also enjoys spending time with her husband, Jake, and her son, JJ. When she’s not traveling to a beach destination, you can find her working out at her Pure Barre studio or golfing with the women in her Driving Pursuits league.