Leadership

Steve Hamman

President

Steve Hamman was appointed president of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) in July 2019.

As president, he is responsible for the overall financial performance, long-term growth strategy and strategic planning of the state’s largest health insurance company, which serves more than 8 million members.

Steve joined BCBSIL in 1991 and has served in a variety of management roles within the company during his tenure at BCBSIL and at Health Care Service Corporation — which operates Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans in Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. He most recently served as senior vice president, Enterprise Network Solutions and Provider Partnerships, for Health Care Service Corporation.

He currently serves on the boards of Innovista Health, and non-profits Eikon Group and New City Church while also actively participating on advisory councils for the Heritage Group and Madison Dearborn Partners. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Special Olympics Illinois, a nonprofit organization that offers year-round training and competition in various sports for athletes with intellectual disabilities and young athletes ages 2-7 with and without intellectual disabilities.

Steve holds a bachelor's degree in Economics and Mathematics from Colorado College, and a master's in Business Administration in Information Systems from the Quinlan School of Business at Loyola University in Chicago.

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Derek J. Robinson, M.D., MBA, FACEP, CHCQM

Vice President and Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Derek J. Robinson is vice president and chief medical officer for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL). Dr. Robinson is responsible for care management operations, clinical leadership and strategic oversight in providing high value health care to more than 8 million members. Robinson is also the founding chair of the Health Equity Steering Committee, which was established to develop health equity strategies across markets and lines of business.

For nearly two decades, Dr. Robinson has led community efforts to promote diversity and inclusion in undergraduate and post-graduate education at the local, state, and national level. He is a member of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion advisory committee at the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Additionally, Dr. Robinson is vice-chairman of the board of trustees at Xavier University of Louisiana.

Prior to his current role, Dr. Robinson was vice president for Enterprise Quality and Accreditation at Health Care Service Corporation where he was responsible for clinical quality performance, health plan accreditation, and related operations across multiple states. He served as a physician executive at the Illinois Health and Hospital Association and is the former chief medical officer for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Chicago Regional Office.

Dr. Robinson is clinically active, board certified in emergency medicine, and holds degrees from Xavier University of Louisiana, Howard University, and the University of Chicago. He is an adjunct faculty member at Northwestern University.

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KRISHNA G. RAMACHANDRAN

Vice President, Provider Performance

Krishna G. Ramachandran currently serves as vice president of Provider Performance at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL). In this role, he is responsible for consulting and collaborating with health care providers to enable the adoption of enhanced reporting, analytics, and data exchange capabilities to improve health outcomes, reduce costs, and enhance the quality of care for BCBSIL’s 8 million members.

In his prior role, Ramachandran led the Network Solutions team for Health Care Service Corporation, where he was responsible for developing and executing strategy and operations for company-wide initiatives such as value based care, health data exchange and provider analytics and reporting.

Prior to joining the company, he served as chief administrative officer of DuPage Medical Group (DMG) and its subsidiary Boncura Health Solutions. He was responsible for the analytics and operations of value based care, revenue cycle, and practice management for DMG and other health system clients.

Ramachandran holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Birla Institute of Technology and Science (India); a Master of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago; and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Ramachandran is also an instructor in The University of Chicago’s Master of Science in Biomedical Informatics program, teaching the Big and Little Data in Health Care course.

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Brian Snell

Divisional Senior Vice President, Illinois Group Markets

Brian Snell leads sales and account management for all Illinois group market segments and works to ensure that BCBSIL continues to deliver customer-first operational excellence by anticipating customer needs and offering data-driven solutions.

Prior to assuming his current position, Brian served as vice president, Sales. In this role, he led new business growth in the small, middle, large and national/major account segments. He also had account management responsibility in the middle and large group segments in Chicago.

Brian is an accomplished leader with more than 25 years of experience with BCBSIL, having previously served in roles in underwriting, account management and sales.

Brian currently serves on the Board of Directors for Envision Unlimited, a nonprofit organization that provides care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Illinois and an MBA from DePaul University.

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HARMONY HARRINGTON

Vice President, Government and Community Relations

Harmony Harrington has more than 20 years of experience in public affairs, including leadership roles in Illinois state government and with national health care corporations. She currently serves as vice president of Government and Community Relations for BCBSIL. In this role, she leads the company’s advocacy efforts for accessible, affordable and quality health care for BCBSIL members and its work to improve community health across the state.

She also oversees BCBSIL’s community investments and communications activities. She previously led corporate affairs efforts for Humana, Inc. in the Midwest region; setting and executing legislative advocacy efforts supporting all Humana lines of business.

Harmony has extensive experience managing regional, state and local government, advocacy and media relations efforts. Prior to her work at Humana, she served as director of State Government Relations for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois as well as manager of State Government Relations for the northeast, mid-Atlantic and southern regions at Walgreen Co. Prior to her corporate government affairs experience, Harmony served in various roles in Illinois state government including staff attorney for the Illinois House of Representatives, and leadership roles within the Office of Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn and the Office Lieutenant Governor Corinne Wood.

Harmony earned her J.D. from Loyola University Chicago College of Law. She serves as a commissioner at the Park Ridge Park District, elected to a four-year term in 2017. She also serves on the Board of Directors at Haymarket Center as well as the Illinois Chamber of Commerce.

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