Currently serves as the President and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama ( BCBSAL ), a not-for-profit, independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and the largest provider of healthcare benefits in Alabama Serves on the Board of Directors of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, for which he served as Chairman from November 2021 to November 2023, and now serves as the Chair of the Compensation Committee, and a member of the Organization and Governance Committee and the Health Policy and Advocacy Committee Served as BCBSAL s President and Chief Operating Officer from November 2017 through March 2018 before being named its President and CEO in April 2018 Held BCBSAL s Executive Vice President position from March through November of 2017 Served as BCBSAL s Chief Administrative Officer from August 2012 through March 2017 Serves as Vice Chair of the Board and the Governance and Nominating Committee, Chair of the Strategy and Risk Committee, and a member of the Finance, Compliance and Audit Committee of Prime Therapeutics LLC, a pharmacy benefit management company owned jointly by several Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans, including BCBSAL Worked in banking for over five years after graduating college Remains very active in the community through his involvement with multiple nonprofit and charitable organizations, including service on the boards of the Birmingham Business Alliance, Leadership Birmingham, Economic Development Partnership of Alabama, Prosper, Business Council of Alabama, and Mercy Deliverance Ministries Serves as honorary trustee for the board of trustees at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama; previously served as Chair Possesses an extensive understanding of operating a large company within a highly regulated industry