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OWINGS MILLS, MD (Jan. 25, 2008) - CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst) today announced the re-election of 18 individuals to the Boards of CareFirst, Inc., and its Maryland (CareFirst of Maryland, Inc.) and National Capital Area (Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc.) affiliates. At the recent annual meeting of the Boards, the following individuals below were re-elected to a full term on the Board:

CareFirst, Inc.

• Larry D. Bailey, CPA - President, LDB Consulting, Inc.
• Gregory V. Billups - President & CEO, Systems Maintenance & Technology, Inc.
• Trena Taylor Brown - Human Resources Consultant, FBR Capital Markets Corporation
• N. Thomas Connally, M.D. - Medical Director, The Arlington Free Clinic
• C. James Lowthers - President, United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 400
• Robert L. Sloan - President & CEO, Sibley Memorial Hospital

Maryland Affiliate (CareFirst of Maryland, Inc.)

• Andrea M. Amprey - MSW, LCSW-C; Executive Vice President and Co-Owner, Amprey and Associates
• Barbara Blount Armstrong - President, Armstrong Enterprises
• Gregory V. Billups - President & CEO, Systems Maintenance & Technology, Inc.
• James A. D’Orta, M.D. - Chairperson, Consumer Health Services, Inc.

National Capital Area Affiliate (Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc.)

• Larry D. Bailey, CPA - President, LDB Consulting, Inc.
• N. Thomas Connally, M.D. - Medical Director, The Arlington Free Clinic
• Linda W. Cropp - Former Chair, Council of the District of Columbia
• Michel L. Daley - Managing Member, Zanzibar on the Waterfront, LLC
• Faye Ford Fields - President & CEO, Integrated Resource Technologies, Inc.
• Elizabeth O. Lisboa-Farrow - Chairperson and CEO, The Oliver Group, Inc.
• Natalie O. Ludaway, Esq. - Managing Member, Leftwich & Ludaway, LLC
• Carlos Rodriguez, Ph.D. - Principal Research Scientist, American Institute for Research
• Ralph J. Rohner - Professor, Catholic University of America School of Law
• Robert L. Sloan - President & CEO, Sibley Memorial Hospital
• James Wallace, CPA - President, The Wallace Group
• Robert M. Willis, Esq. - President & CEO, McCarran Ferguson Captive Management Co., Inc.

In its 71st 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 and administrative services to 3.2 million individuals and groups in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Northern Virginia. Through its CareFirst Commitment initiative and other public mission activities, CareFirst supports efforts to increase the accessibility, affordability, safety and quality of health care throughout its market areas.

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