Senior leadership
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota senior leaders bring a range of experience from across the healthcare industry to drive the company’s vision of being a national leader in consumer health.
Dana Erickson
President and CEO
Miaja Cassidy
Chief Legal Officer
Christopher Fanning
Chief Growth Officer
Bukata Hayes
Chief Community Health Officer
David Im
Chief Operating Officer
Julie Loosbrock
Chief Human Resources Officer
AJ McDougall
Chief Strategy Officer
Nash Shaikh
Chief of Staff to President & CEO
Carey Smith
President of Xcelerate Health, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer
Mark Steffen, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer
John Uribe
Chief Financial Officer
Board of Trustees
We operate under the governance and guidance of a corporate board of trustees composed of some of Minnesota's most accomplished leaders in business, nonprofits and healthcare.
Jan K. Angell
Vice President, Total Rewards, 3M Company (retired)
Melissa Barra
Executive Vice President, Chief Product and Enterprise Strategy Officer, Sleep Number
Teddy Bekele
Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Land O’Lakes, Inc.
Dana Erickson
President and CEO, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota
Paul J. Gam
Chairman and CEO of Zurich Medical Inc.
Jasmine Jirele
President and CEO, Allianz Life
Michael S. Jones
Managing Partner and Founder, 952 Capital Partners
Jeffrey Kang, M.D.
Founding CEO of WellBe Senior Medical
Jan Malcolm
Former Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Health
Patrick Milan
Chief Insights Officer, Tunheim
Pamela J. Moret
President and CEO, brightpeak financial (retired)
Jim Pekarek
Chief Financial Officer, AirLife
Bryan Phillips
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, and Chief Compliance Officer for Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.
Emily Piper, JD
Chief Legal, Advocacy & Compliance Officer, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
Brian Thun
Chief Operating Officer, Maurices
About the Board of Trustees
The board views its role as assuring that it fulfills Blue Cross' purpose as a nonprofit health service plan corporation. The board also assures that the organization works with its various stakeholders: members, regulators, legislators, providers and the general public. Board members strive to set an example of integrity for nonpublic companies.
The Blue Cross board of trustees has adopted a number of financial best practices relating to governance, including:
- The audit, governance and human resources committees are composed of only outside directors who have no material financial relationships with Blue Cross. This standard is more stringent than the one required by Sarbanes-Oxley.
- The audit committee is composed of individuals with significant financial expertise. An outside auditor is present at all audit committee meetings.
- The outside auditor does not provide Blue Cross with any general consulting services.