Stephanie Lagos — chief of staff for First Lady of New Jersey Tammy Murphy and deputy chief of staff to Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy — plans to join Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey’s board, according to…
Executive Moves
AHIP’s board of directors has elected Humana President and CEO Jim Rechtin as board chair effective Jan. 1. Mr. Rechtin succeeds Pat Geraghty, who announced his retirement after leading GuideWell and Florida Blue for 14 years. AHIP also named Patrick…
Humana’s insurance segment president, George Renaudin, will retire by the third quarter of 2026 following a nearly 30 year career at the company. He will serve as a strategic advisor to the company through at least the end of next…
Coming into 2025, health insurance industry leadership encountered overwhelming uncertainty. Despite this, 2025 proved to be a year of executive mobility. Here are 19 payer CEO moves from this past year: 1. Krista Nelson will lead Optum Health as CEO. …
Amy Schulman will join Elevance Health’s board as an independent director Jan. 12, 2026, according to a Dec. 10 news release. She will serve on the audit and finance committees. Ms. Schulman is currently a managing partner at the venture…
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Kate Walsh has been elected to the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts board of directors. Most recently, Ms. Walsh served as the secretary of Health and Human Services for the Healey administration to the Blue Cross board. Prior to…
Premera Blue Cross named Rajat Puri as COO, according to a Dec. 4 news release. Mr. Puri will focus on managing the insurer’s technology and operations teams to improve member experience across customer service, billing, claims processing, information technology and…
Gold Coast Health Plan appointed Suma Simcoe as COO, effective Oct. 15, according to an Oct. 30 news release. Ms. Simcoe joined GCHP from L.A. Care Health Plan and was previously at Molina Healthcare. She has a record of launching…
Blue Shield of California has named Gary Culp as senior vice president of government markets and Greg Siebert as senior vice president for provider partnerships and network management. Mr. Culp will lead Blue Shield’s government health programs, including Medicare, Medi-Cal,…
Former U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, has been named to UnitedHealth Group’s board of directors. Dr. Gottlieb served as FDA commissioner from 2017 to 2019, “where he became known for promoting transparency, strengthening patient safety and…