Florida Executive to Lead Health Insurer's Group

America’s Health Insurance Plans has picked Pat Geraghty to be its board chair for 2024.

As head of AHIP, a major health insurance company trade group, Geraghty will help shape state and federal legislation and regulations affecting about 18% of U.S. gross domestic product, including the rules for Medicare, Medicaid, commercial health insurance, disability insurance and long-term care insurance.

Geraghty is the CEO of GuideWell, the Jacksonville, Florida-based mutual insurance holding company that oversees the Blue Cross and Blue Shield carriers in Florida and Puerto Rico.

What it means: To get through the budget battles in Washington, AHIP has turned to a Florida man.

AHIP: Geraghty succeeds David Holmberg, the CEO of Highmark Health of Pittsburgh, who served as the chair of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association before taking over as the chair at AHIP.

Geraghty arrives as the group is operating under the leadership of Julie Simon Miller, an interim CEO, due to the departure of the previous CEO, Matt Eyles.

In other organizational leadership news: The Society of Financial Service Professionals has named Jesse Dogillo 2023-2024 president.

Dogillo holds the certified financial planner and chartered life underwriter professional designations, along with other designations.

As the principal and founder of Bay Area Financial Advisers, he provides financial advisory services for Silicon Valley residents.