CENTENE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chief Health Officer
- Executive Leadership
Alice Hm Chen, MD, MPH, serves as Chief Health Officer (CHO) for Centene Corporation. Dr. Chen is responsible for Centene's strategies, policies, and programs in support of improving population health for Centene's more than 26 million members.
Prior to joining Centene, Dr. Chen was Chief Medical Officer at Covered California, the state's health insurance marketplace, where she was responsible for healthcare strategy focused on quality, equity and delivery system transformation. She previously served as Deputy Secretary for Policy and Planning and Chief of Clinical Affairs for the California Health and Human Services Agency, where she led signature health policy initiatives on affordability and access, and played a leadership role in the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Chen was also a professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, based at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, where she served as its Chief Integration Officer and founding director of the eConsult program.
Dr. Chen received a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Biology from Yale University and has a Doctor of Medicine from the Stanford University School of Medicine. She also has a Master of Public Health in Health Care Management and Policy from Harvard School of Public Health. A primary care internist by training, she provides clinical care at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.
Job Titles:
- CEO
- Senior Advisor
- Executive Leadership
- Senior Advisor to the CEO
Brent Layton has more than 30 years of experience with increasing responsibility in the healthcare and public policy sectors, with particular expertise in creating, scaling, and operating business in a highly regulated environment. Mr. Layton most recently served as President and Chief Operating Officer for Centene Corporation where he oversaw the company's healthcare offerings, including 30 State Medicaid Health plans, the nation's largest Exchange provider, Ambetter Health, and the Wellcare brand of Medicare products, and was a member of the Office of the CEO. Since joining Centene in 2006, he has overseen the development and implementation of new health plans in more than 25 states, provided strategic guidance to state governments to help them develop effective Medicaid solutions, and developed new business contracting with providers and health systems where he led the company's effort in value-based purchasing.
Mr. Layton received his bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia.
Job Titles:
- Chief Information Officer
Brian LeClaire, MBA, PhD, serves as Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Centene Corporation. Mr. LeClaire is responsible for Centene's information technology strategy, ensuring its alignment with the Company's business strategy, and delivering secure, differentiated technology-enabled experiences to members.
Prior to joining Centene, Mr. LeClaire was Director, Technology, for the healthcare team at Arsenal Capital Partners, a private equity firm specializing in investments in healthcare and industrial growth companies. At Arsenal, he led informational technology due diligence, advisory and oversight for the firm's healthcare sector, and aided portfolio companies in the development and delivery of their technology strategy and value capture initiatives. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Humana, where he spent more than two decades in various technology and operational leadership roles. Prior to that, he was a Vice President of Product Development at Alltel, a wireless service provider acquired by Verizon Wireless and AT&T.
Mr. LeClaire received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Ripon College; a Master of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh; and a PhD in Management Information Systems, with a minor in Computer Science, from Oklahoma State University.
Job Titles:
- General Counsel
- Secretary
- Executive Leadership
Mr. Koster serves as Secretary and General Counsel. From February 2020 to January 2022, he served as Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel and held the role of Senior Vice President, Corporate Services from 2017-2020. Prior to joining Centene, Mr. Koster served as Missouri Attorney General for eight years. Before he was elected Attorney General, he served in the Missouri Senate for four years, and Prosecuting Attorney in Cass County for 10 years.
Mr. Koster received a Bachelor of Liberal Arts from the University of Missouri, his Juris Doctorate from the University of Missouri, and his Master of Business Administration from Washington University.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Member of the Audit and Compliance Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Executive Leadership
Drew Asher serves as Chief Financial Officer for Centene Corporation, a diversified healthcare enterprise that provides a portfolio of services to government sponsored healthcare programs, focusing on under-insured and uninsured individuals. Mr. Asher's responsibilities include overseeing Centene's Accounting, Treasury, Capital Markets, Tax, Actuarial Services, Health Economics, Financial Planning, Investor Relations, and Procurement. He has held this position since May 2021.
Mr. Asher joined Centene in conjunction with the closing of the WellCare acquisition in January 2020 where he served as Executive Vice President, Specialty. At WellCare, Mr. Asher served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of WellCare Health Plans beginning in October 2014. Mr. Asher joined WellCare in August 2014 as Senior Vice President.
Prior to joining WellCare, Mr. Asher was the Chief Financial Officer of Aetna's local and regional businesses, a position he held since May 2013 when his former employer, Coventry Health Care, was acquired by Aetna. He was with Coventry for 15 years, most recently as Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance. He started his career with Deloitte & Touche LLP, where he spent five years as an auditor and accountant serving clients, including managed care.
Mr. Asher holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Florida and a master's in taxation from the University of Central Florida.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Audit and Compliance Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Governance Committee
- President and Chief Executive Officer of Stewart Title Guaranty Company
- President and Chief Executive Officer of Stewart Title Guaranty Company / Member
Job Titles:
- Member of the Audit and Compliance Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Chairman of the Centene Board of Directors, Retired Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Medtronic
- Chairman of the Centene Board of Directors, Retired Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Medtronic / Member
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Chairman of the Governance Committee
- Member of the Audit and Compliance Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Value Creation Committee
- Retired Vice Chairman of Deloitte LLP
- Retired Vice Chairman of Deloitte LLP / Chair
Job Titles:
- Chief Operating Officer
- Chief Transformation Officer
- Executive Leadership
Jim Murray most recently served as Centene's Chief Transformation Officer, where he led Centene's Value Creation Office and its Behavior Health business and was a member of the office of the CEO. Previously, he was President and COO for Magellan Health where he oversaw the Magellan Behavioral and Specialty Health and Magellan Complete Care business segments. Prior to his roles at Magellan, Mr. Murray served as President of PrimeWest Health, a Dallas-based company which supports physician shift to value-based care and Chief Executive Officer of LifeCare HealthPartners, a Dallas-based hospital system. Murray also served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Humana and held other significant leadership roles over a career spanning nearly three decades.
Mr. Murray received his bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Dayton and is a certified public accountant.
Job Titles:
- Executive Vice President of External Affairs
Job Titles:
- Member of the Audit and Compliance Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Chairman and CEO of Life
Kenneth A. Burdick, Chairman and CEO of LifeStance Health Group, Inc.; Former Executive Vice President of Products and Markets of Centene Corporation; Former Chief Executive Officer of WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Audit and Compliance Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Governance Committee
- Retired United States Air Force General
- Retired United States Air Force General / Member
Job Titles:
- Member of the Audit and Compliance Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Principal Partner for the Chief Information Officer Strategy Exchange
Monte Ford, Principal Partner for the Chief Information Officer Strategy Exchange (CIOSE); Former Chief Executive Officer for Aptean; Former Chief Information Officer for American Airlines
Job Titles:
- Member of Audit and Compliance Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Value Creation Committee
- Retired Chairman and Corporate Vice President of Emerging Businesses for Microsoft Corporation
- Retired Chairman and Corporate Vice President of Emerging Businesses for Microsoft Corporation / Member / Audit and Compliance Committee
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Chief Executive Officer and President of Gephardt Group, LLC Former Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Chief Executive Officer and President of Gephardt Group, LLC Former Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives / Member
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the Audit and Compliance Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors
Job Titles:
- Member of the Audit and Compliance Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Retired President of Capital Guardian Trust Company
- Retired President of Capital Guardian Trust Company / Member
Job Titles:
- Executive Chairman
- Member of Audit and Compliance Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Governance Committee
- Executive Chairman of Surgery Partners, Inc. Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Anthem, Inc
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Audit and Compliance Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Chairman of Audit and Compliance Committee
- Retired Chief Financial Officer, Director, and Executive Vice President of YRC Worldwide Retired Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of H & R Block