Thomas R. Byrd

THOMAS R. BYRD, Senior Vice President and CFO of Trigon Healthcare,
Inc., joined the company in April 1991 as Director of Financial
Analysis. He was promoted to Vice President and Controller in 1992. He
served as Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis from January
1996 until appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
in November 1997. Before joining the company, Mr. Byrd was Senior
Manager with the public accounting firm KPMG LLP. He is member of the
Financial Executives Institute; Virginia Tech Accounting Advisory Board;
Executive Board of the Robert E. Lee Council, Boy Scouts of America;
Trigon representative: Virginia Life, Accident and Sickness Insurance
Guaranty Association. Mr. Byrd received a BS, summa cum laude, from
Virginia Polytechnic Institute.