Senior vice president, public and health affairs

As senior vice president of public and health affairs, Kathy Mock is responsible for public relations, internal communications, policy and legislative affairs, the Center for Prevention, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation, the Minnesota Institute for Public Health (MIPH), community affairs and marketing communications.

Mock leads the forward-looking prevention efforts and provides the synergy of having all market-facing communication functions aligned under her leadership. As a Blue Cross executive leader, Mock is a frequent presenter on a wide range of health care topics at civic and industry meetings.

A licensed attorney, Mock has more than two decades of experience in law and public policy. Before joining Blue Cross in 1992, she served as government affairs counsel and director of administration and research for the Insurance Federation of Minnesota.

Mock is chair of the board for the Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association and serves as the president of the Minnesota Council of Health Plans. She also serves on the boards of the Citizens League, the Minnesota Council of Health Plans, Comprehensive Managed Care and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation. She also served as a 2004-2005 policy fellow with the Humphrey Institute Policy Forum. In 2008, Mock was selected as one of 25 Industry Leaders by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.

Mock is a graduate of the William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul and the College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota.