Cleve L. Killingsworth is a nationally-recognized leader in health care management as well as a thoughtful advocate for intelligent reform within the health care system.

As a leader, Cleve served as chairman, president and chief executive officer of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, one of the largest independent, not-for-profit Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in the country.

In this position, he led the company’s efforts to elevate the quality of services and care delivered to its three million members as he simultaneously worked collaboratively with a variety of health care stakeholders to reform and improve the health care delivery system.

Previously, Killingsworth was president and CEO of Health Alliance Plan (HAP) in Detroit, one of Michigan’s largest, most experienced managed care companies. Under Killingsworth’s leadership, HAP provided value to its more than 500,000 members by fostering patient-centered relationships between health care delivery systems, practitioners and health plans to improve quality. In addition to his HAP leadership, Killingsworth also served as the senior vice president of insurance and managed care for Henry Ford Health.