March 7, 2002
Contact:IHA (925) 746-5100
bcarter@iha.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
IHA
NAMES HEALTH PLAN CEOS TO BOARD
Leona Butler is CEO of Santa Clara Family Health Plan, responsible for solidifying a strong Medi-Cal managed care program and the Healthy Families program for low-income children. The community selected Santa Clara Family Health plan to establish and administer a groundbreaking new program – Healthy Kids – designed to cover those low-income children who are not eligible for Medi-Cal or Healthy Families. Butler was formerly CEO of the Health Plan of San Joaquin, the local health plan established by the Board of Supervisors to provide managed care to the Medi-Cal population under the State’s “Two Plan Model” program. Her long career in health care includes virtually every sector – as vice president for provider affairs at Blue Cross of California, where she created the first Prudent Buyer Plan; as the chief legislative staff member for Medi-Cal during a period of major reform; and as organizer and administrator of a large San Francisco medical group (now known as California Pacific Medical Group).
As head of CIGNA HealthCare’s West Coast Region, Bud Volberding has
overall responsibility for the California, Washington and Oregon markets, with a
combined managed care enrollment of more than 1.5 million members. Volberding
joined CIGNA HealthCare in February 1997, having previously been president and
CEO of both United HealthCare of California and MetraHealth of California.
He is a board member and officer of the California Association of Health
Plans; a member of ABL, a business coalition; member of the Health Care
Management Board of Advisors, UC Irvine; advisor for the College of Health and
Human Services, CSU Long Beach; board member of INROADS/Southern California,
Inc., a national organization that recruits and trains talented minority youth
in business and industry; board member of California Health Decisions; member of
the Forum for Corporate Directors; and a trustee of the National Health
Foundation. He holds an MBA in Finance and a BS in Business Management/Marketing
from Wayne State University, Detroit.
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