Leadership

PRESIDENT
J Pegues
President and Chief Executive Officer
Coventry Health Care of Louisiana

VICE PRESIDENT
George Bucher
Chief Executive Officer
Amerigroup

SECRETARY-TREASURER
Jeff Fernandez
Market President, Senior Products
Humana

Committee Chairs

COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
Ansley Zehnder
Regional Marketing Consultant
Humana

EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Doug Layman
Executive Vice President/Chief Sales and Marketing Officer
Gilsbar

LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Michele Calandro
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Blue Cross and Blue Shield

MEDICAL DIRECTOR FORUM
Ronald Ritchey, MD
Chief Medical Officer
eQHealth Solutions

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Milam Ford, RPh, MBA, MPH
Vice President, Pharmacy Services
Blue Cross and Blue Shield

REGULATORY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Brooke Flaherty Tiner
Director of Government Relations, Southeast Region
Aetna

Directors

David Gandy
Senior Vice President, Network Development
MultiPlan

Glen Golemi
Chief Executive Officer, Gulf States Region
UnitedHealthcare

Don Hidalgo
Chief Executive Officer
Health Associates

Lyle Luman
President, Louisiana
WellCare

Sonia Madison
Senior Vice President of Public Policy & Special Assistant to the President
AmeriHealth Mercy

Warren Murrell
Chief Operating Officer
Peoples Health

John Price
Market President, Southeast Markets
Aetna

Ronald Ritchey, MD
Chief Medical Officer
eQHealth Solutions

Carol Solomon
Chief Executive Officer
Peoples Health