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Christopher D. Butler

Christopher D. Butler was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Independence Blue Cross, January 26, 2005. Since 1995 he held the position of Chief Marketing Officer of Independence Blue Cross and its subsidiaries, including Keystone Health Plan East and the AmeriHealth Companies. Mr. Butler also serves on the Board of Directors for AmeriHealth Administrators, AmeriHealth Agency, AmeriHealth Insurance Company of New Jersey, Comp Services Inc., and he is Vice Chairman of Inter County Health Plan. He also serves on the Board of Directors of NaviMedix, a technology company dedicated to providing web based services to the provider community.

Prior to his appointment as Chief Marketing Officer, he had been serving since 1991 as Senior Vice President of Marketing for Keystone Health Plan East, a subsidiary Health Maintenance Organization of Independence Blue Cross.

Before joining Keystone, Mr. Butler was Vice President, Major Accounts for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Ohio. Before joining the Ohio Plan, he had served since 1974 in a variety of managerial and executive positions with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey. This service included:

  • President, NASCO of New Jersey, Inc., a subsidiary formed to develop and implement a national claim administration capability. He simultaneously served as Vice President of National Accounts with full responsibility for the Plans’ large multi-state accounts.
  • Vice President, Consumer Division, managing direct mail/direct response marketing, underwriting, customer service, billing, claims and membership processing for individual health insurance business.

Mr. Butler serves on the Board of Directors for the Wilma Theater. He is active in fund raising activities for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Red Cross and United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania and he was honored as United Way Co-Chairman of the Year for the Philadelphia region in 1998.

Mr. Butler, who has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Saint Francis University, Loretto, PA is married and lives in Wayne, Pennsylvania with his wife, Lisa, and their two children.