Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> November 8, 2004
MICHAEL B. MCCALLISTER, as President and CEO of Humana Inc., has led the
Fortune 200 company to a leadership position within the health-benefits
industry. During his tenure, Humana, based in Louisville, Ky., has
gained a reputation as the nation's premier health benefits innovator,
leveraging new products, processes and technology to solve the
employer's cost dilemma through a consumer-centric value proposition.
Under Mr. McCallister's direction, Humana is defining a new world of
health benefits featuring consumer-choice health plans that empower
employees to choose and use their health benefits with confidence. Mr.
McCallister has an extensive history with Humana, having joined the
company in 1974 as a finance specialist. From 1975 to 1980, he served
successively as an administrator and Associate Executive Director for
Humana hospitals in Louisiana, Mississippi and California. He became
Executive Director of Humana Hospital-Huntington Beach (California) in
1980 and served as CEO for Humana hospitals in California and Arizona
for the next nine years. He was promoted to Vice President in 1989 with
responsibility for the integrated operations of Humana's hospitals and
health plans in Arizona. From 1992 to 1996 he served in the same
capacity in Texas, becoming responsible for Humana's health plan
operations exclusively after the company spun off its hospitals in 1993.
He was a Division President, in charge of Humana's Texas, Florida and
Puerto Rico operations, from 1996 to 1997. For the three years prior to
being named President and CEO in February 2000, he had senior management
responsibility for health plan operations throughout the company. He
plays a leadership role in key industry advocacy organizations. He is on
the Board of the Business Roundtable (BRT) and in August was named
Chairman of the BRT's Task Force on Health and Retirement. He is also a
member of the Board of Directors of America's Health Insurance Plans,
the health benefits industry's principal trade association. He also
serves on the College of Administration and Business Advisory Board of
Louisiana Tech University. In his community, Mr. McCallister is a Board
member of the Greater Louisville Fund for the Arts and a former
Executive Committee member of Greater Louisville, Inc. (the metro
chamber of commerce). He holds an MBA degree from Pepperdine University
in Malibu, California, and a Bachelor's degree from Louisiana Tech
University in Ruston, Louisiana. Profile
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Mr. McCallister: Humana has over the last year or two separated itself
from much of our competition
