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Board of Directors
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| OmniCare Health Plan |
President |
Current |
| Coventry Health Care, Inc. |
President |
Current |
| HealthAmerica Pennsylvania, Inc. |
President |
Current |
| Coventry Health Care of Delaware, Inc. |
COO |
Current |
| HealthAmerica Pennsylvania, Inc. |
COO & Executive Vice President |
Former |
Shawn M. Guertin was elected Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Coventry in Janaury 2005. Prior to that, he held the position of Senior Vice President of our Company, beginning in February 2003. Mr. Guertin has served as President of Coventry Health and Life Insurance Company since February 2002. From April 1998 to February 2003, he was Vice President of Finance of our Company. Prior to that date, he was Vice President of Finance of Coventry Corporation from January 1998. From October 1995 to January 1998, he was a Vice President of UnitedHealth Group, Incorporated, a diversified health and well being company. Prior to that time, from 1993 to 1995, he served as a Vice President for The MetraHealth Companies, Inc., a Connecticut managed health care company, and for The Travelers, a Connecticut insurance company.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Parasol International, LLC. |
Senior Claim and Reimbursement Specialist |
Current |
| Coventry Health Care, Inc. |
|
Current |
| Aapc |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Aapc |
Active Member |
Current |
Allen F. Wise has been a director of our Company since October 1996 and has been Chairman of the Board since January 2005. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of our Company from October 1996 to December 2004. He is a director and a member of the audit committee of NCO Group, Inc., a provider of accounts receivable management and other outsourced services.
Dale Crandall has served as a director of our company since December 2008. Mr. Crandall founded Piedmont Corporate Advisors, Inc., a private financial consulting firm, in 2003 and currently serves as its President. From March 2000 to June 2002, Mr. Crandall served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals. From June 1998 to March 2000, Mr. Crandall served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals. Mr. Crandall also serves as a director for Ansell Limited, Coventry Health Care, Inc. and Metavante Technologies, Inc. Mr. Crandall earned a B.A. from Claremont McKenna College, an M.B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley and is a certified public accountant.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Polymer Laboratories, Ltd. |
Principal, Hunter Partners, Llc |
Current |
| Principal Financial Group, Inc. |
Principal, Hunter Partners, Llc |
Current |
| IntegraMed America, Inc. |
Chairperson |
Current |
| Varian, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Immunicon Corporation |
Chair |
Former |
| Principal Financial Group, Inc. |
Chair, Audit Committee |
Former |
| Meredith Corporation |
Director |
Current |
| Polymer Laboratories, Ltd. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Principal Financial Group, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Biotechnology Council of New Jersey, Inc |
Director |
Current |
| Coventry Health Care, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Immunicon Corporation |
Director |
Former |
| Immunotope, Inc |
Director |
Current |
| Principal Financial Group, Inc. |
Committee Member |
Current |
| Varian, Inc. |
Committee Member |
Current |
| Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. |
Principal |
Former |
| Varian, Inc. |
Principal |
Former |
| Immunicon Corporation |
Principal |
Former |
| IntegraMed America, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| University of Nottingham |
B.Sc. |
Former |
| Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| University of Nottingham |
Degrees In Mathematics |
Former |
Emerson D. Farley, Jr., M.D. has been a director of the Company since December 1994. He became a Trustee serving on the Board of Trustees of Fork Union Military Academy in April 2003. From 1998 to December 2003, he served as a Trustee on the Board of Trustees of First Baptist Church of Ashland, Virginia. From 1972 to 2002, Dr. Farley was engaged in the private practice of medicine in Richmond, Virginia and has been self-employed since July 1997. From 1989 until September 1997, he was the Medical Consultant for Signet Bank in Richmond, Virginia. From 1991 to March 2002, Dr. Farley was the Vice-Chairman of Doctors Insurance Reciprocal Risk Retention Group (“DIR”), which provided medical malpractice insurance coverage to physicians. On January 31, 2003, DIR was placed in receivership, with DIR’s consent, by the Chancery Court of Davidson County, Tennessee, due to the financial instability of DIR’s reinsurer, Reciprocal of America.
John H. Austin, M.D. has been a director of the Company since January 1988. He served as Chairman of the Board from December 1995 to December 2004. Dr. Austin has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Arcadian Management Services, Inc., a company that owns and manages rural health care provider networks and Medicare health maintenance organizations, since June 1997. From October 1994 through March 1997, he was President of the Professional Services Division of Unihealth, a voluntary non-profit health care network. From July 1992 to October 1994, Dr. Austin was a self-employed health care consultant and from 1987 to 1992 was Executive Vice President of Health Plan of America, a California HMO.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Metavante Corporation |
Chair |
Current |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. |
President |
Current |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. |
Chief Operating Officer |
Current |
| Coventry Health Care, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Covad Communications Group, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Metavante Technologies, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Union Bank of California |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Captara Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Ansell Limited |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Apl Limited |
Chief Financial Officer |
Former |
| Apl Limited |
Executive Vice President |
Former |
| Apl Limited |
Treasurer |
Former |
Lawrence N. Kugelman has been a director of the Company since August 1992. He has been a director of Arcadian Management Services, Inc., a company that owns and manages rural health care provider networks, since July 2001, and a director since October 2002 of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (formerly ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), a global, research-based pharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures, distributes and sells pharmaceutical, research and diagnostic products. Since 2003, he has been a Director of AccentCare, Inc., a company which provides in-home health care and support services. Since March 2005 he has been a director of LABONE, Inc., a diagnostic services provider. Mr. Kugelman has been a private investor and business consultant since October 1996. Prior to that, Mr. Kugelman served as the Company’s interim Chief Executive Officer and President from December 1995 to September 1996.
Rodman W. Moorhead, III has been a director of the Company since May 1997. He is a general partner of Warburg Pincus and a Managing Director and Senior Advisor of Warburg Pincus LLC, where he has been employed since 1973. From June 1998 to present he has served as a director of Scientific Learning Corporation, a computer-based special education training company. From 1992 to present he has served as a director of Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company. He is also a director of 4GL School Solutions, a data management company for schools.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Abs Capital Partners |
co-founder |
Current |
| Abs Capital Partners |
General Partner |
Current |
| NeuStar, Inc. |
Observer |
Current |
| Workscape Inc. |
Investment Banker |
Current |
| The Cobalt Group, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Brandywine Senior Care, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| NeuStar, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Avondale Partners LLC |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Workscape Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Coventry Health Care, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| The Advisory Council |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania |
Member |
Current |
| Denison University |
Member |
Current |
| University of Pennsylvania |
Member |
Current |
| Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated |
Managing Director |
Former |
| Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated |
founder of Capital Markets Group |
Former |
| Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated |
investment banker |
Former |
| U.S. Healthcare, Inc. |
Board member |
Former |
| Meridian Health, Inc. |
Board member |
Former |
| The Johns Hopkins University |
NA |
Former |
| Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania |
NA |
Former |
| The Johns Hopkins University |
Member |
Former |
Dr. Michael Stocker joined Empire as its President and Chief Executive Officer in 1994. In this role, he oversees the largest health insurance company in New York, based on total PPO and HMO membership. Dr. Stocker was Associate Chairman of the Department of Family Practice at Cook County Hospital in Chicago from 1975 to 1980. From 1980 to 1985, he was Medical Director of the Anchor Organization for Health Maintenance at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago. Prior to joining Empire, Dr. Stocker worked at U.S. Healthcare as Vice President and Medical Director for the greater New York market. He was Executive Vice President and General Manager for U.S. Healthcare for the New York market and served as President of CIGNA Healthplans. Dr. Stocker was educated at the University of Notre Dame and received his MD from the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1968. He received his postgraduate training at the Mayo Clinic and the University of California and is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Family Practice. Dr. Stocker also received a Master's degree in Public Health from the University of Michigan in 1987.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Empire Blue Cross & Blue Shield |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
Current |
| HMS Holdings Corp. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Albert Einstein College |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| The Arthur Ashe Institute |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Nyscf |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Coventry Health Care, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| WellChoice, Inc. |
Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| WellPoint, Inc. |
President, East Region & CEO, East Region |
Former |
| Empire Healthchoice Assurance, Inc. |
President & CEO |
Former |
| U.S. Healthcare, Inc. |
President |
Former |
| WellChoice, Inc. |
President |
Former |
| U.S. Healthcare, Inc. |
Executive Vice President and General Manager |
Former |
| Rush Presbyterian - St. Luke's Medical Center |
Medical Director |
Former |
| Cook County Hospital |
Medical Director |
Former |
| America's Health Insurance Plans |
Chairman |
Former |
| Cook County Hospital |
Associate Chairman of the Department of Family Practice |
Former |
| Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center |
Director |
Former |
| Medical College of Wisconsin |
Md |
Former |
| University of Michigan |
Mph In Public Health |
Former |
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