CENTENE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Leadership Team
- Chief Health Officer
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 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.
Transforming the health of the communities we serve, one person at a time.
Job Titles:
- Chief
- Compliance Officer
- Member of the Executive Leadership Team
- Chief Risk, Ethics & Compliance Officer
Ashlee Knuckey serves as Chief Risk, Ethics and Compliance Officer for Centene Corporation. In this role, she is responsible for leading Centene's Risk and Compliance team and driving excellence through a Risk and Compliance department that meets and surpasses the expectations of Centene's government clients, providers and members.
Prior to joining Centene in 2022, Knuckey served as a partner at Locke Lord LLP, where she was Co-Chair of the Health and Managed Care Litigation practice group and a member of the Board of Directors. During her time at Locke Lord, Knuckey served as Lead Regulatory Counsel for WellCare in its merger with Centene.
Knuckey also served as Outside General Counsel for the International Foodservice Manufacturers Association, where she was a trusted advisor to Association leadership, including the CEO, CFO and executive committee.
Knuckey holds a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Juris Doctor degree from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
Job Titles:
- Chief Information Officer
- Member of the Executive Leadership Team
Brian LeClaire, MBA, PhD, serves as Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Centene Corporation. 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, 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.
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
- Member of the Executive Leadership Team
- Secretary
Chris Koster serves as Secretary and General Counsel for Centene Corporation. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, and held the role of Senior Vice President, Corporate Services.
Prior to joining Centene, 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.
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
- Member of the Executive Leadership Team
Drew Asher serves as Chief Financial Officer for Centene Corporation. 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.
Asher joined Centene in January 2020 conjunction with the company's acquisition of WellCare, where he served as Executive Vice President, Specialty. Prior to that, Asher served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of WellCare Health Plans.
Prior to joining WellCare, 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.
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:
- Officer
- Chief Impact Officer
Erika McConduit serves as the Chief Impact Officer of Centene Corporation. McConduit oversees Centene's enterprise-wide approach to engage and deepen relationships with cross-sector stakeholders to drive positive business and community impact. As part of Centene's Growth Office, McConduit leads the local community impact strategy - aligning efforts to drive growth and support business development efforts that enable Centene to deliver access to quality health care for more people in communities nationwide.
Prior to her current position McConduit served as Centene's Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer since joining the company in 2019. She previously served as the President and CEO of the Urban League of Louisiana, where she led its expansion to a statewide entity, distinguishing it among the network of affiliates around the country. She also served as Chief Operating Officer of the YWCA of White Plains and Central Westchester, New York. Earlier in her career, McConduit was a corporate litigation attorney with Frilot, Partridge LLC, and has a media background in corporate communications with MTV Networks, Nickelodeon and VH1 in New York.
She has served as an adjunct faculty member of Dillard University in Louisiana and Monroe College in New York. Her current and past education service also includes the Louisiana Community and Technical College System Board of Supervisors, the New Orleans Advocate newspaper, New Schools for New Orleans, KIPP St Louis Board of Directors, the Data Quality Campaign in Washington, D.C., and the Pahara-Aspen Institute fellowship, among others. McConduit graduated summa cum laude from Howard University with a Bachelor of Arts in communications, and cum laude from Loyola University School of Law in New Orleans, Louisiana, with a Juris Doctorate.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Audit and Compliance Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Quality Committee
- Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of Stewart Information Services Company Former Chief Executive Officer of Hanover Insurance Group, Inc
Job Titles:
- Member of the Audit and Compliance Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Quality Committee
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Chairman of the Governance Committee
- Member of the Audit and Compliance Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Retired Vice Chairman of Deloitte LLP
- Retired Vice Chairman of Deloitte LLP / Chair
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Leadership Team
- Executive Vice President of External Affairs
Jonathan Dinesman serves as the Executive Vice President of External Affairs for Centene Corporation. In this position, he leads Centene's External Affairs office.
Prior to joining Centene in 2008, Dinesman was National Vice President of Government Affairs at UnitedHealth Group overseeing their Medicaid Government Relations Department and served as Senior Policy Advisor at the Arizona House of Representatives.
Dinesman received a Bachelor of Arts in political science and psychology from the University of Arizona and holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Arizona College of Law.
Transforming the health of the communities we serve, one person at a time.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Leadership Team
- President
Ken Fasola serves as President of Centene Corporation, playing a key role working alongside CEO Sarah London in positioning Centene as a healthcare leader. Prior to serving as President, Fasola was Centene's Executive Vice President of Health Care Enterprises and a member of the Office of the CEO.
Fasola joined Centene through the company's acquisition of Magellan Health Inc., where he served as CEO and a member of the Board of Directors. Prior to his work at Magellan, Fasola was Chairman, President, and CEO of HealthMarkets, Inc., one of the largest health insurance agencies and supplemental insurance companies in the U.S. He also spent nearly 20 years in executive leadership roles at UnitedHealth Group and Humana.
Fasola holds a Bachelor of Science in health planning and administration from Pennsylvania State University and was named an Alumni Fellow in 2010.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Chairman of the Quality Committee
- 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 Governance Committee
- Member of the Quality 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
- Member of the Quality Committee
- Principal Partner for the Chief Information Officer Strategy Exchange
Monte E. 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:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the Audit and Compliance Committee
- Member of the Executive Leadership Team
- Member of the Quality Committee
Sarah London is CEO of Centene Corporation, a Fortune 500 company and leading national healthcare payer that takes a uniquely local approach to providing fully integrated, high-quality, and cost-effective services. Centene focuses on government-sponsored healthcare programs and primarily serves under-insured and uninsured individuals.
London has spent her career at the intersection of health data, technology and healthcare delivery transformation. Before her 2022 appointment to CEO, she was Centene's Vice Chairman, responsible for strategy, technology, ancillary services, enterprise compliance and quality, as well as for Centene's portfolio of independent, non health plan companies. Prior to Centene she was an Operating Partner at Optum Ventures, the venture capital arm of UnitedHealth Group. Previously, she held roles at Optum Analytics, first serving as Vice President of Client Services and then later becoming its Chief Product Officer, where she drove the strategy and commercialization of the company's integrated data solutions for the provider, payer, and life sciences markets. She joined Optum after it acquired Humedica, a clinical analytics start-up, where she led the client services and operations team.
London's career has been driven by her early experiences working to improve health care for people of all backgrounds, holding positions at Accretive Health (now R1 RCM), which works with health systems and providers on their revenue cycle to create greater financial stability and better patient experiences, and at Health Leads, a leading national organization that systemically addresses social determinants of health through data and unique community partnership models.
London graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College where she played Division I tennis. She also holds a Master of Business Administration with High Honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Job Titles:
- Chief Communications Officer
- Member of the Executive Leadership Team
Shannon Susko serves as Chief Communications Officer of Centene Corporation. Susko is responsible for the company's communications function. She leads the development and execution of all internal and external communications, overseeing corporate reputation and advancing communications strategy in support of the company's business objectives.
Prior to joining Centene, Susko served as Managing Director and Co-Head of Strategic Situations and Investor Relations and Head of Healthcare for Edelman Smithfield. Susko guided Boards of Directors and management teams of public and private companies on communications strategy during both normal course and transformative situations.
She previously served as Vice President of Communications at Global Strategy Group, advising clients on strategic communications, mergers and acquisitions, shareholder activism and reputation management. Susko is also the founder of Susko & Co., a consulting firm that advised clients in healthcare and financial service industries. Susko began her career at TriWest Healthcare Alliance, a Department of Defense managed care support contractor responsible for the administration of the military's healthcare program - TRICARE.
Susko earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Business Administration from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Audit and Compliance Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Governance Committee
- Retired President of Capital Guardian Trust Company
- Retired President of Capital Guardian Trust Company / Member
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Executive Chairman
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Governance Committee
- Chairman of Audit and Compliance Committee
- Executive Chairman of Surgery Partners, Inc. Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Anthem, Inc