Mr. Schmidt has served as Principal of Schmidt & Associates, a consultancy practice that focuses on strategic planning and implementation in the healthcare industry, since January 2011. From April 2015 through May 2019, Mr. Schmidt also served as the Chief Executive Officer of the TPG-International Health Academy, a company that organizes trade missions to expose senior health plan and health system executives from the United States to other countries health systems. From August 2002 to December 2010, he served as the Chief Executive Officer and member of the board of directors of SCAN Health Plan, a provider of Medicare Advantage plans. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Schmidt served as Chief Executive Officer of Medicheck, a firm that provided Internet-based financial service management to healthcare organizations, which was sold to Passport Health Communications. He served on Passport Health Communications board of directors from 2002 to 2006. From 1992 to 1998, he was the Senior Vice President of Sales and Customer Services for Care America/Blue Shield Health Plan and Regional Vice President for FHP Healthcare. He received a bachelor s degree in economics from UCLA and a Master of Business Administration from The Anderson School of Management at UCLA. Prior to his healthcare experience, he held senior management roles in manufacturing companies including Avery Dennison. He also served on the board of Beacon Healthcare Systems and was a founding board member of the SCAN Foundation, a 501(c)(3) corporation focused on long-term care in the U.S. Mr. Schmidt s qualifications to serve on the Board include his over 40 years of experience in the healthcare industry, including his years of experience as a principal with the healthcare consulting firm Schmidt & Associates and his lengthy tenures as Chief Executive Officer of various healthcare service providers, including TPG-International Health Academy, SCAN Health Plan, and Medicheck.