Senior leadership
Our senior leaders bring a range of experience from across the health care industry to drive the company’s vision of being a national leader in consumer health.
Dana Erickson
President and CEO, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota
Monica Engel
Senior vice president, president of government markets
Christopher Fanning
Senior vice president, provider relations and president, commercial markets
Julie Loosbrock
Senior vice president, chief human resources officer
AJ McDougall
Chief strategy officer and senior vice president, marketing communications and customer experience
Carey Smith
Senior vice president, chief operating officer
Mark Steffen, MD, MPH
Senior vice president, medical management and chief medical officer
John Uribe
Senior vice president, chief financial officer
Bukata Hayes
Vice president, racial and health equity and chief equity officer
Nash Shaikh
Director, chief of staff to president & CEO
Miaja Cassidy
Chief legal officer and senior vice president
Board of Trustees
We operate under the governance and guidance of a corporate board of trustees composed of some of Minnesota's most accomplished and diverse leaders in business, nonprofits and healthcare.
Dana Erickson
President and CEO, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota
Pamela J. Moret
President and CEO, brightpeak financial (retired)
Jan K. Angell
Vice President, Total Rewards, 3M Company (retired)
Melissa Barra
Executive Vice President, Chief Sales and Services Officer, Sleep Number
Teddy Bekele
Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Land O’Lakes, Inc.
Paul J. Gam
Chairman and CEO of Zurich Medical Inc.
Jasmine Jirele
President and CEO, Allianz Life
Michael S. Jones
Senior Executive Vice President, Huntington National Bank
Jeffrey Kang, M.D.
Founding CEO of WellBe Senior Medical
Patrick Milan
Chief Insights Officer, Tunheim
Jim Pekarek
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Agiliti (retired)
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
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.