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OFFICERS AND SENIOR MANAGERS

Officers of CareFirst, Inc.

William L. Jews
President and
Chief Executive Officer

G. Mark Chaney
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

Gregory A. Devou
Executive Vice President,
Chief Marketing Officer and
President, NCAS Administrators

Leon Kaplan
Executive Vice President
Operations

John A. Picciotto, Esq.
Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Sharon J. Vecchioni
Executive Vice President
and Chief of Staff

David D. Wolf
Executive Vice President,
Medical Systems and Corporate Development

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Senior Managers of CareFirst
Affiliated Companies

Christine L. Alrich
Vice President, Corporate Marketing
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware

Eric R. Baugh, M.D.
Senior Vice President and
Chief Medical Officer

Sam Bennet
Vice President,
IT Operations

Livio R. Broccolino, Esq.
Vice President and
Deputy General Counsel

Janice E. Carman
Vice President,
FEP Systems Support

Booker T. Carter, Jr.
Vice President,
Claims and D.C. Operations

Timothy J. Constantine
President
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware

Rita A. Costello
Senior Vice President,
Strategic Marketing

Ted R. DellaVecchia
Senior Vice President and
Chief Information Officer

Pamela S. Deuterman
Vice President,
Federal Programs

Frances P. Doherty
Vice President,
Government Affairs

M. Bruce Edwards
Senior Vice President,
Networks Management

Jay Emerson
Vice President,
IT Strategic Architecture

George H. English, Jr.
Vice President, Operations
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware

Michael J. Felber
Senior Vice President,
Sales

Andrew J. Fitzsimmons
Vice President,
Financial Planning and Data Management

Ann T. Gallant
Vice President,
Corporate Communications

Mary Anne Heckwolf
Vice President,
Dental

Susan E. B. Homar
Vice President,
NCIA Insurance Agency

Robert J. Huber
Vice President,
Underwriting

Jeffrey S. Joy
Vice President,
Operations Support Services

Jeanne A. Kennedy
Vice President
and Corporate Treasurer

William E. Kirk, III
Vice President, General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware

Mary Jane Konstantin
Vice President,
Business Systems Integration

Patricia A. Malone, R.N.
Vice President,
Care Management

Maynard McAlpin
Vice President,
Strategic Planning

Michael A. McShane
Vice President,
Human Resources

Bryan Munchel
Vice President,
IT Applications

Jack Nelson
Vice President,
Service

Edward W. O’Neil
Senior Vice President
and Chief Actuary

Kevin C. O’Neill
Vice President,
Project Management Office

Joseph G. Rampone
Senior Vice President,
Operations

Gwendolyn D. Skillern
Senior Vice President
and General Auditor

William V. Stack
Vice President
and Corporate Controller

Michael Thompson
Vice President,
NCAS Administrators

T. Michelle Twohig
Vice President,
Operations
CASCI

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Board of Directors, CareFirst, Inc. as of 1/1/05

Michael R. Merson
(Chairman of CareFirst, Inc.)
Former President
MedStar Health

Edward J. Baran
(Vice Chairman of CareFirst, Inc.)
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
BCS Financial Corporation

Max S. Bell, Jr.
Retired Partner
Richards, Layton and Finger

Gregory V. Billups
President and CEO
Systems Maintenance and Technology, Inc.

Trena Taylor Brown
Former Vice President
AT&T Government Solutions

William F. Bruther, M.D., P.C.
(Ex officio)
Anne Arundel County Ophthalmologist

William J. Byron, S.J.
Research Professor
Sellinger School of Business
Loyola College Maryland

John M. Colmers
Program Officer
Milbank Memorial Fund;
Former Executive Director
Maryland Health Care Commission

Michel L. Daley
Co-Owner,
Zanzibar on the Waterfront
Chief Operating Officer
Allian International

Bernard J. Daney, C.P.A.
Business Consultant

Sister Carol Keehan, R.N., M.S.
Chair of the Board of Directors
Sacred Heart Health System

Michael J. Kelly, Ph.D., LL.B.
Consultant
Center for Applied Research;
Former Dean
University of Maryland School of Law

Elizabeth St. J. Loker
Director and co-founder
Acumen Global, Inc.;
Former Vice President
The Washington Post

C. James Lowthers
President, Local 400
United Food and Commercial Workers Union

Floretta D. McKenzie, Ed.D.
Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer
The McKenzie Group, Inc.

Kevin G. Quinn
President
Wye River Capital, Incorporated

Robert F. Rider
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
O.A. Newton & Son Company

Wayne L. Rogers
(Ex officio)
Founder and Chairman
Synergics’ Companies

Guiseppe Savona
Past Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
UnitedHealth Group Government Programs

Loretta L. Schmitzer, Esq.
Vice President
Government Affairs
The Boeing Company

Clemon H. Wesley, M.S., LL.B.
President and CEO
TEXCOM, Inc.

Kathleen M. White, PhD, RN
Associate Professor/ Director Faculty Practice
The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

George B. Wilkes, III
Past Chairman of the Board
Healthcare Council of the National Capital Area

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The following CareFirst, Inc. Directors
completed service during 2004

William R. Brody, M.D., Ph.D.
President
The John Hopkins University

Beverly B. Byron
Former Member
U.S. House of Representatives

Geneva Cannon
Former Supervisor of Instruction
Worcester County Public Schools

James M. Dale
President
James Dale, Inc.

Anne Osborn Emery, Ph.D.
Osborn/Emery Associates, Inc.

Ernest R. Grecco
President
Metropolitan Baltimore Council
AFL-CIO Unions

J. Richard Lilly, M.D.
Founding Partner
The Doctors Community Hospital
Past President
MedChi (Maryland Medical Society)

Patricia E. Lund, Ed.D., R.N.
President
Lund Associates

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Board of Directors, CareFirst of Maryland, Inc.
as of 1/1/05

John M. Colmers
(Chairman of CareFirst of Maryland, Inc.)
Milbank Memorial Fund
Former Executive Director
Maryland Health Care Commission

Andrea M. Amprey
Executive Vice President and co-owner
The KimKeli Group, Inc.

Michael J. Kelly, Ph.D., LL.B.
Consultant
Center for Applied Research;
Former Dean
University of Maryland School of Law

Elizabeth St. J. Loker
Director and co-founder
Acumen Global, Inc.;
Former Vice President
The Washington Post

Loretta L. Schmitzer
Vice President,
Government Affairs
The Boeing Company

Clemon H. Wesley, M.S., LL.B.
President and CEO
TEXCOM, Inc.

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The following CareFirst of Maryland, Inc. Directors
completed service during 2004

Geneva Cannon
Former Supervisor of Instruction
Worcester County Public Schools

James M. Dale
President
James Dale, Inc.

Ernest R. Grecco
President
Metropolitan Baltimore Council
AFL-CIO Unions

J. Richard Lilly, M.D.
Founding Partner
The Doctors Community Hospital
Past President
MedChi (Maryland Medical Society)

Patricia E. Lund, Ed.D., R.N.
President
Lund Associates

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Board of Directors, BCBSD, Inc.
as of 1/1/05

Max S. Bell, Jr.
(Chairman of BCBSD, Inc.)
Retired Partner
Richards, Layton and Finger

Thomas E. Archie
Retired Business Manager
Laborers International Union of North America, Local 199

Ben Corballis, M.D.
Retired Chairman
Doctors for Emergency Services, Inc.;
Chairman Emeritus
Department of Emergency Medicine, Christiana Care Hospital

Bernard J. Daney, C.P.A.
Business Consultant

Garrett B. Lyons, D.D.S.
Practicing General Dentistry
Dental Director
A.I. du Pont Hospital for Children

Robert F. Rider
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
O. A. Newton & Son Company

Frances M. West, Esq.
Past President
Better Business Bureau of Delaware, Inc.

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Board of Trustees
Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc.
as of 1/1/05

Edward J. Baran
(Chairman of GHMSI)
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
BCS Financial Corporation

Larry D. Bailey*
President
LDB Consulting

William J. Byron, S.J.
Research Professor
Sellinger School of Business
Loyola College Maryland

Michel L. Daley
Co-Owner
Zanzibar on the Waterfront;
Chief Operating Officer
Allian International

Sister Carol Keehan, R.N., M.S.
Chair of the Board of Directors
Sacred Heart Health System

Elizabeth Lisboa-Farrow*
President and Chief Executive Officer
LISBOA, Inc.

Natalie O. Ludaway, Esq.*
Managing Member
Leftwich & Ludaway, LLC

Floretta D. McKenzie, Ed.D.
Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer
The McKenzie Group, Inc.

George B. Wilkes, III
Chairman of the Board
Healthcare Council of the National Capital Area

James Wallace*
Retired Partner of Arthur Anderson
Currently President of the Wallace Group

Robert M. Willis, Esq.
Attorney
Former Commissioner
Washington, D.C. Department of Insurance and Securities Regulation

* Joined the GHMSI Board of
Trustees in January 2005

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