10 Humana finance leaders
Humana's Chief Financial Officer and the finance chiefs for Medicare, Medicaid, Humana Military and tech and investments are half of these Humana finance leaders, with a former CFO of Humana Pharmacy Solutions among the rest. Divisional, regional and controller titles, Puerto Rico and Medicare West among them, fill the other spots; eight hold current Humana titles. Health plans, providers and vendors pricing a Medicare or Medicaid deal can ask how segment finance works.
Professionals to explore
Brandon Steinbrook, FSA, MAAA
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Medicare & Specialty Finance Controller, Trend Analytics & Forecasting · Humana
Trend analytics and forecasting sit in Brandon Steinbrook, FSA, MAAA's title: Vice President, Medicare & Specialty Finance Controller, Trend Analytics & Forecasting at Humana since January 2024. Brandon held Regional CFO and VP Operations at Humana from 2020 to 2024, after Director, Finance and Operations (2018-2020) and Strategic Consultant, Finance and Operations (2016-2018).
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Brian Maude
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer, Humana Military · Humana
Chief Financial Officer, Humana Military since February 2026 is Brian Maude's current title, with government programs and enterprise strategy among the areas Brian names. Brian was Chief Financial Officer at Sanford Health Plan (2021-2025), EVP & Chief Financial Officer at Community Health Choice (2017-2020) and Chief Financial Officer at Land of Lincoln Health (2015-2016), and Vice President, Finance at Centene Corporation (2013-2015).
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Celeste Mellet
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Humana
Celeste Mellet has been Chief Financial Officer at Humana since January 2025. Earlier CFO roles were at Global Infrastructure Partners (sold to BlackRock) (2023-2025) and Evercore (2021-2023), and at Fannie Mae Celeste was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (2018-2021) and Senior Vice President, Deputy Chief Financial Officer (2017-2018). Celeste is the call for how Humana's company-wide finance priorities are set.
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Johnathan Chernick
LinkedInExperience: VP, CFO, Medicare · Humana
Medicare finance is Johnathan Chernick's area: VP, CFO, Medicare at Humana since December 2022, after Associate Vice President Medicare Northwest Division CFO (2018-2022). Earlier Humana titles are Actuarial Director - Senior Products Actuarial (2016-2018), Actuarial Director Northern Division (2012-2016) and Director of Forecasting and Pricing (2008-2012). The actuarial and pricing titles suit questions on Medicare bids and forecasts.
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Jose Mercado
LinkedInExperience: Regional VP, Financial Operations (Regional CFO) · Humana Health Plans of Puerto Rico
Jose Mercado has been Regional VP, Financial Operations (Regional CFO) at Humana Health Plans of Puerto Rico since June 2014, and is also Medicare Segment Leader there. Jose was Vice President of Finance at MMM Holdings LLC (2008-2013), Senior Manager at RG Premier Bank (2006-2008) and held audit titles at KPMG (1996-2006). Jose suits questions on running health plan finance in Puerto Rico.
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Mark McCullough
LinkedInExperience: Former VP and CFO - Humana Pharmacy Solutions · Humana
Mark McCullough was VP and CFO - Humana Pharmacy Solutions (2007-2019) and also VP and COO -- Humana Pharmacy Solutions (2015-2017). Mark later held COO CFO at Geisinger (2020-2023) and was President -Kindred Pharmacy Services at Kindred (2000-2007). Mark's LinkedIn profile cites 25 years in pharmacy, pharmacy benefit management and managed care, so pharmacy finance questions fit, with Mark's Humana view dating to 2019.
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Patrick Szydlowski
LinkedInExperience: Associate Vice President Divisional CFO · Humana
Two current Humana titles describe Patrick Szydlowski: Associate Vice President Divisional CFO since November 2022 and Director Medicaid Market CFO since August 2019. Patrick was Finance and Accounting Manager - Medicaid (2014-2018) and Consultant - Financial Operations-Senior Products (2011-2014) there. Ask Patrick about market-level Medicaid finance.
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Ravi Ohri
LinkedInExperience: CFO Tech and Investments · Humana
Ravi Ohri holds CFO Tech and Investments at Humana since January 2023. Other titles include Chief Financial Officer - Product and Tech at GEICO (2023), Corporate FP&A at Amazon (2022-2023), and SVP COO and CFO, Enterprise Operations and Technology Division (2020-2022) and VP and CFO, Information Technology Division (2019-2020) at Freddie Mac. Technology budgets and investment cases are the topics for Ravi.
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Tom O'Bryan
LinkedInExperience: VP, CFO, Medicaid · Humana
Tom O'Bryan is VP, CFO, Medicaid at Humana since September 2022, after AVP, Controller, Medicaid (2018-2022). Tom's other Humana titles are Financial Process Manager (2015-2018), Financial Consultant (2013-2015) and Financial Analyst (2012-2013). The controller-to-CFO path in Medicaid makes Tom a fit for questions on Medicaid close, reporting and planning.
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Zach Kosky
LinkedInExperience: Former Medicare West Division CFO · Humana
Zach Kosky was Medicare West Division CFO at Humana from August 2025 to March 2026, and Region President at Humana (2021-2024). Since March 2026, Zach has been SVP CFO Government Programs at Kaiser Permanente, where Zach was also Manager of Southern Colorado Finance and Performance (2011-2013). Zach can compare Medicare division finance at Humana with government programs finance elsewhere.
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Choose the right perspective
Company-wide questions on capital and guidance belong with Celeste Mellet. For segment economics, Johnathan Chernick (Medicare), Tom O'Bryan and Patrick Szydlowski (Medicaid), Brian Maude (Humana Military) and Ravi Ohri (tech and investments) hold the matching CFO titles. Brandon Steinbrook covers trend analytics and forecasting; Jose Mercado, Zach Kosky and Mark McCullough add Puerto Rico, Medicare West and pharmacy views, with Zach and Mark now outside Humana.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does Humana's Medicare finance team use medical cost trend forecasts in pricing and planning?
- 02What does a Medicaid CFO at Humana track month to month that a Medicare segment CFO does not?
- 03How does Humana's finance organization decide how much to spend on technology and investments versus segment operations?
About this directory
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