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10 Humana finance leaders
These ten current and former Humana finance leaders include Humana's CFO and finance heads for Humana's Medicare, Medicaid, military and pharmacy businesses and its technology investments. Readers can learn how Humana runs finance for government health programs, forecasts cost trends and budgets for technology spending.
Professionals to explore
01—10Brandon Steinbrook, FSA, MAAA
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Medicare & Specialty Finance Controller, Trend Analytics & Forecasting · Humana
Vice President, Medicare & Specialty Finance Controller, Trend Analytics & Forecasting at Humana since January 2024. His profile lists two stints as Regional CFO and VP Operations at Humana (August 2020 to December 2022 and December 2022 to January 2024), and he was Director, Finance and Operations at Humana from 2018 to 2020.
Brian Maude
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer, Humana Military · Humana
Chief Financial Officer, Humana Military at Humana since February 2026, a C-level Finance & Accounting role. He 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).
Celeste Mellet
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Humana
Chief Financial Officer at Humana since January 2025, a C-level Finance & Accounting role. She was Chief Financial Officer at Global Infrastructure Partners (sold to BlackRock) from 2023 to 2025 and at Evercore from 2021 to 2023, and Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer at Fannie Mae from 2018 to 2021.
Johnathan Chernick
LinkedInExperience: VP, CFO, Medicare · Humana
VP, CFO, Medicare at Humana since December 2022. He was Associate Vice President Medicare Northwest Division CFO at Humana from 2018 to 2022 and held Actuarial Director and Director of Forecasting and Pricing roles at Humana between 2008 and 2018. His profile cites experience in payer operations and managing P&L.
Jose Mercado
LinkedInExperience: Regional VP, Financial Operations (Regional CFO) · Humana Health Plans of Puerto Rico
Regional VP, Financial Operations (Regional CFO) at Humana Health Plans of Puerto Rico since June 2014; his headline also names him Medicare Segment Leader there. He was Vice President of Finance at MMM Holdings LLC from 2008 to 2013 and worked at KPMG from 1996 to 2006 in a role listed as Senior Audit Manager Manager Senior Staff.
Mark McCullough
LinkedInExperience: VP and CFO - Humana Pharmacy Solutions · Humana
Former VP and CFO - Humana Pharmacy Solutions at Humana (2007 to 2019); he was also VP and COO -- Humana Pharmacy Solutions from 2015 to 2017. He was COO CFO at Geisinger from 2020 to 2023 and President -Kindred Pharmacy Services at Kindred from 2000 to 2007.
Patrick Szydlowski
LinkedInExperience: Associate Vice President Divisional CFO · Humana
Associate Vice President Divisional CFO at Humana since November 2022; his profile headline describes the role as AVP/Medicaid Divisional CFO. He also lists Director Medicaid Market CFO at Humana since August 2019 and was Finance and Accounting Manager - Medicaid at Humana from 2014 to 2018.
Ravi Ohri
LinkedInExperience: CFO Tech and Investments · Humana
CFO Tech and Investments at Humana since January 2023, a C-level Finance & Accounting role. He was SVP COO and CFO, Enterprise Operations and Technology Division at Freddie Mac (2020–2022) and VP and CFO, Information Technology Division at Freddie Mac (2019–2020), and worked in Corporate FP&A at Amazon (2022–2023).
Tom O'Bryan
LinkedInExperience: VP, CFO, Medicaid · Humana
VP, CFO, Medicaid at Humana since September 2022, based in Louisville. He was AVP, Controller, Medicaid at Humana from December 2018 to September 2022, and held Financial Process Manager, Financial Consultant and Financial Analyst roles at Humana from 2012 to 2018.
Zach Kosky
LinkedInExperience: Medicare West Division CFO · Humana
Former Medicare West Division CFO at Humana (August 2025 to March 2026), a C-level Finance & Accounting role, and former Region President at Humana in Centennial, Colorado (June 2021 to January 2024). He has been SVP CFO Government Programs at Kaiser Permanente since March 2026.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does Humana's finance team forecast medical cost trends for its Medicare Advantage business?
- 02What does a Medicaid market CFO at Humana track when a new state contract starts?
- 03How does Humana decide how much to invest in technology and measure the return?
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