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leadership

CAREFIRST, INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

MICHAEL R. MERSON
CHAIRMAN OF CAREFIRST, INC.
President
Michael Merson, LLC

EDWARD J. BARAN
VICE CHAIRMAN OF CAREFIRST, INC.
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
BCS Financial Corporation

MAX S. BELL , JR.
Retired Partner
Richards, Layton & Finger, PA

GREGORY V. BILLUPS
President and Chief Executive Officer
Systems Maintenance & Technology, Inc.

TRENA TAYLOR BROWN
Human Relations Consultant
Friedman Billings Ramsey

WILLIAM F. BRUTHER, M.D. P.C.
(Non-Voting Member)
Anne Arundel County Ophthalmologist

WILLIAM J. BYRON, S.J.
Research Professor
Sellinger School of Business and Management
Loyola College in Maryland

JOHN M. COLMERS
Senior Program Officer
The Milbank Memorial Fund
Former Executive Director
Maryland Health Care Commission

MICHEL L. DALEY
Chief Operating Officer
Zanzibar on the Waterfront
Allian International

BERNARD J. DANEY, C.P.A.
Business Consultant

MICHAEL J. KELLY, PH.D., LLB
President and Chairman
The Center for Applied Research
Former Dean University of Maryland
School of Law

ELIZABETH ST. J. LOKER
Director and Co-Founder
Acumen Global, Inc.
Former Vice President
The Washington Post

C. JAMES LOWTHERS
President
United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 400

FLORETTA D. MCKENZIE, ED.D.
Senior Advisor
American Institute for Research

KEVIN G. QUINN
President
Wye River Group, Inc.

ROBERT F. RIDER
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
O.A. Newton & Son Company

WAYNE L. ROGERS
(Non-Voting Member)
President
Synergics, Inc.

GIUSEPPE SAVONA
Former Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
UnitedHealth Group
Government Programs

LORETTA L. SCHMITZER, ESQ.
Vice President
Government Affairs
The Boeing Company

CLEMON H. WESLEY
President and Chief Executive Officer
TEXCOM, Inc.

KATHLEEN M. WHITE, PH.D., R.N.,
CNAA, BC
Associate Professor
The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing

GEORGE B. WILKES, III
Former Chairman of the Board
Healthcare Council of the National Capital Area

ROBERT M. WILLIS, ESQ.
President and Chief Executive Officer
McCarran Ferguson Captive Management Company, Inc.

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CAREFIRST OF MARYLAND, INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

JOHN M. COLMERS
CHAIRMAN OF CAREFIRST OF MARYLAND, INC.
Senior Program Officer
The Milbank Memorial Fund
Former Executive Director
Maryland Health Care Commission

ANDREA M. AMPREY, MSW, LCSW-C
(Independent Member)
Executive Vice President
and Co-Owner
The KimKeli Group, Inc.

MICHAEL J. KELLY, Ph.D., LLB
President and Chairman
The Center for Applied Research
Former Dean University of Maryland School of Law

ELIZABETH ST. J. LOKER
Director and Co-Founder
Acumen Global, Inc.
Former Vice President
The Washington Post

LORETTA L. SCHMITZER, ESQ.
Vice President
Government Affairs
The Boeing Company

CLEMON H. WESLEY
President and Chief Executive
Officer
TEXCOM, Inc.

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BCBSD, INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

MAX S. BELL, JR.
CHAIRMAN OF BCBSD, INC.
Retired Partner
Richards, Layton & Finger, PA

BEN CORBALLIS, M.D.
VICE CHAIRMAN OF BCBSD, INC.
Chairman Emeritus
Department of Emergency Medicine
Christiana Care Hospital

THOMAS E. ARCHIE
Retired Business Manager
Laborers International Union of North America, Local 199

BERNARD J. DANEY, C.P.A.
Business Consultant

GARRETT B. LYONS, D.D.S.
General Dentistry Practice
Dental Director
A.I. duPont Hospital for Children

ROBERT F. RIDER
Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
O. A. Newton & Son Company

FRANCES M. WEST, ESQ.
Former President
Better Business Bureau of Delaware, Inc.
Former Secretary of Community Affairs
and Director of Consumer Affairs
State of Delaware

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GROUP HOSPITALIZATION AND MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES

EDWARD J. BARAN
CHAIRMAN OF GHMSI AND
VICE CHAIRMAN OF CAREFIRST, INC.
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
BCS Financial Corporation

NATALIE O. LUDAWAY, ESQ.
VICE CHAIRMAN OF GHMSI
(Independent Member)
Managing Member
Leftwich & Ludaway, LLC

LARRY D. BAILEY
(Independent Member)
President
LDB Consulting, Inc.

WILLIAM J. BYRON, S.J.
Research Professor
Sellinger School of Business and Management
Loyola College Maryland

MICHEL L. DALEY
Chief Operating Officer
Zanzibar on the Waterfront
Allian International

ELIZABETH LISBOA-FARROW
(Independent Member)
President & Chief Executive Officer
LISBOA, Inc.

FLORETTA D. MCKENZIE, ED.D.
Senior Advisor
American Institute for Research

GEORGE B. WILKES, III
Former Chairman of the Board
Healthcare Council
National Capital Area

JAMES WALLACE
(Independent Member)
President
The Wallace Group
Retired Partner
Arthur Andersen, LLC

ROBERT M. WILLIS, ESQ.
(Independent Member)
President and Chief Executive Officer
McCarran Ferguson Captive Management Company, Inc.

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Leadership as of 12/31/05

 
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executives and senior management

EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT

WILLIAM L. JEWS
President and
Chief Executive Officer

G. MARK CHANEY
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

GREGORY A. DEVOU
Executive Vice President and
Chief Marketing Officer,
President, National Capital
Administrative Services, Inc.
(NCAS) and President, National
Capital Insurance Agency, Inc.
(NCIA)

LEON KAPLAN
Executive Vice President
Operations

JOHN A. PICCIOTTO, ESQ.
Executive Vice President
General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary

SHARON J. VECCHIONI
Executive Vice President
and Chief of Staff

DAVID D. WOLF
Executive Vice President
Medical Systems and Corporate
Development

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SENIOR MANAGEMENT

CHRISTINE L. ALRICH
Vice President, Corporate Marketing
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware

ERIC R. BAUGH, M.D.
Senior Vice President and
Chief Medical Officer

SAMUEL L. BENNET
Vice President
IT Operations

LIVIO BROCCOLINO, ESQ.
Vice President
and Deputy General Counsel

JANICE E. CARMAN
Vice President
FEP Systems Support

BOOKER T. CARTER, JR.
Vice President
Claims and DC Operations

TIMOTHY J. CONSTANTINE
President
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware

RITA A. COSTELLO
Senior Vice President
Strategic Marketing

DENNIS A. CUPIDO
Vice President
Operations Support Services

TED R. DELLAVECCHIA
Senior Vice President and
Chief Information Officer

PAMELA S. DEUTERMAN
Vice President
Federal Programs and President,
Capital Area Services Company,
Inc. (CASCI)

FRANCES P. DOHERTY
Vice President
Government Affairs

M. BRUCE EDWARDS
Senior Vice President
Networks Management

GEORGE H. ENGLISH, JR.
Vice President, Operations
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware

MICHAEL J. FELBER
Senior Vice President
Sales

ANDREW J. FITZSIMMONS
Vice President
Financial Planning and Data
Management

ANN T. GALLANT
Vice President
Corporate Communications

MARY ANNE HECKWOLF
Vice President
Dental

SUSAN E. B. HOMAR
Vice President
National Capital Insurance Agency,
Inc. (NCIA)

ROBERT J. HUBER
Vice President
Underwriting

JEANNE A. KENNEDY
Vice President
and Corporate Treasurer

WILLIAM E. KIRK, III
Vice President, General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware

MARY JANE KONSTANTIN
Vice President
Business Systems Integration

PATRICIA A. MALONE, R.N.
Vice President
Care Management

MAYNARD G. MCALPIN
Vice President
Strategic Planning

MICHAEL A. MCSHANE
Vice President
Human Resources

JACK J. NELSON
Vice President
Service

EDWARD W. O’NEIL
Senior Vice President
and Chief Actuary

KEVIN C. O’NEILL
Vice President
Project Management Office

JOSEPH G. RAMPONE
Senior Vice President
Operations

JON P. SHEMATEK, M.D.
Vice President
Quality and Medical Policy

GWENDOLYN D. SKILLERN
Senior Vice President
and General Auditor

WILLIAM V. STACK
Vice President
and Corporate Controller

MICHAEL A. THOMPSON
Vice President
National Capital Administrative
Services, Inc. (NCAS)

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Executives and Senior Management as of 12/31/05