AVISTA CORP (AVA)
Sector: Utilities
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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Sector: Utilities
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Director information for AVA
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVA | Independent Director Nominee | 59 | ["More than 25 years of executive experience in health care service and technology-enabled health care companies", "Operating Partner with Varsity Healthcare Partners", "Former CEO of Acorn Health", "Former President and CEO of Kids Care Dental", "Former Executive Vice President and Chief Executive of Blue Shield of California", "Former COO of Health Net's dental and vision subsidiaries", "Recognition as one of the 'Most Influential Women in the Bay Area' by the San Francisco Business Journal"] | ["Finance", "Governance (Chair)"] | 2026 |
Biography sourced from the proxy statement filing.
MS. WIDMANN has more than 25 years of executive experience in health care service and technology-enabled health care companies. She is an Operating Partner with Varsity Healthcare Partners and previously served as the CEO of Acorn Health, a national provider of services to children with autism, and president and CEO of Kids Care Dental, a pediatric dental, orthodontic and oral surgery company. Ms. Widmann was executive vice president and chief executive of Blue Shield of California, a national health plan where she had overall profit and loss responsibility for $15 billion in annual revenue and 3.5 million members. Ms. Widmann began her career at Health Net, eventually serving as the COO of its dental and vision subsidiaries. Ms. Widmann has been consistently named one of the Most Influential Women in the Bay Area by the San Francisco Business Journal. Ms. Widmann holds a B.S. in Health Administration from California State University, Northridge and an M.A. in Health Administration from the University of Southern California.