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CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield's D.C. Affiliate Elects Four to Board of Trustees |
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OWINGS MILLS, MD (January 5, 2005) – The Board of Trustees of Group Hospitalization
and Medical Services, Inc. (GHMSI), which does business in the Washington, D.C.-area
as CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, and is an affiliate of CareFirst, Inc., has
elected four new members to the Board, effective January 1, 2005.
The new Board members are:
Larry D. Bailey, President and CEO of LDB Consulting, Inc., a financial
and tax consulting firm. Bailey began his career 31 years ago as an
agent for the Internal Revenue Service. A Certified Public Accountant
(CPA), he subsequently served as a tax partner at KPMG Peat Marwick, and then
as a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where his responsibilities included
national and international marketing as well as serving as Partner-In-Charge
of the Africa Desk for the firm. Bailey, a resident of the District, also
serves on the Board of Directors of Broadcap Investment Company (SBIC), and
is President of the Black MBA Association as well as an instructor at the
Community Wharton Evening Program.
Elizabeth Lisboa-Farrow is President and CEO of LISBOA, Inc., a multi-media
communications, management and production consulting company, which she founded
in 1979. Lisboa-Farrow also served as the Washington representative
of the University of the Virgin Islands, as well as Executive Director of
the Variety Club, a non-profit international children’s charity.
She has been listed in theWho's Who in America since 1997 and in the Who's
Who of American Women since 1983. Lisboa-Farrow is the immediate Past
Chair of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. She is Vice Chair of
the Hispanic College Fund, and is a Board member of both the NEA Foundation
for the Improvement of Education and Comcast Cable of Washington, D.C.
Lisboa-Farrow is a resident of the District.
Natalie O. Ludaway, Managing Member of the law firm Leftwich and Ludaway,
LLC, started with the firm as an associate in 1986. With a focus on
civil litigation and regulatory matters, including telecommunications, employment
and family law. She has bar memberships in courts in both the District
of Columbia and in the Federal Court in Maryland, as well as the U.S. Supreme
Court. Ludaway is the Chair of the District of Columbia Chamber of Commerce,
as well as the Chair of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce Political Action Committee.
She also serves on the Boards of both the Girl Scout Council of the Nation's
Capital and Cultural Tourism D.C. Ludaway lives in Washington, D.C.
James Wallace, a CPA, founded The Wallace Group, a health care consulting
firm, in 1995, upon retiring from a 28-year career at Arthur Andersen, LLC
as a senior partner in the firm’s health care practice. Since
1996, Wallace has also been the interim CEO for the Hospital for Sick Children
and AARP Services, Inc., as well as the Chief Financial Officer for Loudoun
Healthcare, Inc., George Washington Health Care Plan and the Country of Bermuda
Healthcare System. Wallace serves on the Board of Directors for both
the Holy Cross Health System and AARP Services, Inc., the for-profit division
of AARP. He is a resident of the District.
"We are very fortunate to be joined by four individuals so respected in our
community," said Edward J. Baran, Chairman of the GHMSI Board of Trustees.
"The Board will benefit tremendously from the variety of experiences the new
members bring with them."
In its 70th year of service, CareFirst, an independent licensee of the Blue
Cross and Blue Shield Association, is a not-for-profit health care company which,
through its affiliates and subsidiaries, offers a comprehensive portfolio of
health insurance products, direct health care and administrative services to
more than 3.2 million individuals and groups, and provides community support
in Northern Virginia, the District of Columbia, Maryland and Delaware.
To learn more about CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, see our web site at http://www.carefirst.com
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