Blue Cross Foundation Welcomes New Board Members
Published In: Health, Minnesota 
Monday, March 2, 2009 4:30 PM
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EAGAN, Minn., March 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation welcomes Colleen Connors, Lori Hough and Jan Malcolm to its board of directors. Connors joined Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota as senior vice president of human resources and facilities in November 2008. Hough serves as vice president of consumer health for Blue Cross. Malcolm is the CEO of Courage Center in Minneapolis. The Foundation board directs the state's largest grantmaking foundation dedicated exclusively to improving health in Minnesota and includes five community representatives.

"Lori and Colleen demonstrate a strong commitment to healthy communities and will add their skills and knowledge to our board at this time of great opportunity and challenge for philanthropy and for all sectors that impact health," said Pat Geraghty, Foundation board chair, and president and CEO of Blue Cross. "Jan's depth and breadth of experience in the health field as well as her recognition of the importance of social, economic and environmental influences on health will be an enormous asset to our organization."

Connors is responsible for all functions within Blue Cross's human resources department, including organizational development; learning and knowledge management; human resource consulting; diversity; compensation; benefits and human resources information systems; and also for facilities management, including the onsite child care center and the Blue2Green environmental efforts.

Prior to joining Blue Cross, Connors served as senior vice president and global head of talent strategy at The Bank of New York Mellon. Connors' career also includes human resources leadership positions for Aetna Healthcare and Prudential Healthcare. Connors holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois, Chicago and a law degree from Loyola University of Chicago School of Law. She is certified in behavioral interviewing and training.

Hough oversees health management operations for case and utilization management, all contracts for disease management program providers, clinical design and performance, data analysis and reporting, and provider and account relations for health management.

Prior to joining Blue Cross in 2006, Hough served as senior director of clinical operations and outcomes at Healthways (formerly American Healthways). She has also held leadership positions at Fraser, UnitedHealth Group and the Minneapolis Children's Medical Center.

Malcolm brings a history of progressive leadership in health policy to her position as CEO of Courage Center, a nonprofit rehabilitation and resource center. From 1999-2003 she served as Commissioner of Health for the state of Minnesota. Highlights included establishing new strategic directions for the agency, passage of major budget initiatives in tobacco prevention and elimination of health disparities and implementation of cutting-edge strategies in those areas, and strengthening relationships between MDH and local public health agencies.

She currently serves on the boards of the Hennepin County Medical Center and the Bush Foundation and has served on many other boards in the health and public health sectors during her career. Malcolm received her bachelor's degree in philosophy and psychology from Dartmouth College.

For more information on the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation, visit us on the Web at www.bcbsmnfoundation.org or call (651) 662-3950 or toll free 1-866-812-1593.

The Blue Cross Foundation's purpose is to look beyond health care today for ideas that create healthier communities tomorrow. By addressing key social, economic and environmental factors that determine health -- including early childhood development, safe and affordable housing, environmental quality and social connectedness -- the Foundation's work extends beyond the traditional reach of the health care system to improve community health long-term and close the health gap that affects many Minnesotans. The Foundation has become the state's largest grantmaking foundation to exclusively dedicate its assets to improving health in Minnesota, awarding more than $25 million since it was established in 1986.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, with headquarters in the St. Paul suburb of Eagan, was chartered in 1933 as Minnesota's first health plan and continues to carry out its charter mission today: to promote a wider, more economical and timely availability of health services for the people of Minnesota. A nonprofit, taxable organization, Blue Cross is the largest health plan based in Minnesota, covering 2.9 million members in Minnesota and nationally through its health plans or plans administered by its affiliated companies. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, headquartered in Chicago. Go to bluecrossmn.com to learn more about Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.



SOURCE Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation


 
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