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10 Premera Blue Cross executives
These ten current and former Premera Blue Cross executives have held chief executive, executive vice president, senior vice president and chief officer titles there, including executives with chief financial officer titles. A reader can learn how executives build and run their teams at Premera Blue Cross.
Professionals to explore
01—10Barbara Magusin
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President Human Resources · Premera Blue Cross
Former Senior Vice President Human Resources at Premera Blue Cross (January 2002 to January 2014), based in Mountlake Terrace, Washington; the profile says the role carried responsibility for workforce planning, all components of Human Resources and Facilities, with special emphasis on Benefits & Compensation.
Bill Akers
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing · Premera Blue Cross
Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing at Premera Blue Cross since January 2004, alongside Senior Vice President, Sales and Market Solutions and Vice President and General Manager rows there from 2004. The profile also lists District Administrator, Executive Director of Network Operations at Group Health Cooperative (1991–2003).
Cecily Hall
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President · Premera Blue Cross
Executive Vice President at Premera Blue Cross since December 2013, with Senior Vice President and Director rows there as well; the profile headline reads Executive Vice President of Employee Experience at Premera Blue Cross. The profile also lists former roles as Executive Vice President at MedEncentive (2012–2013) and Business Strategist at Cecily Hall Consulting (2011–2012).
Chad Murphy, BS, PharmD
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President Chief Clinical Officer · Premera Blue Cross
Senior Vice President Chief Clinical Officer at Premera Blue Cross since June 2019; the profile headline describes the role as Senior Vice President; Clinical & Provider Operations and Pharmacy. Other Premera roles listed include Vice President, Pharmacy and Strategic Programs (since 2017), Vice-President, Pharmacy, Contracting, and Consulting (2014–2016) and Director, Pharmacy (2011–2013).
David Braza
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President, CFO & Chief Actuary · Premera Blue Cross
Executive Vice President, CFO & Chief Actuary at Premera Blue Cross since July 2017, with a Chief Actuary row there since 2009; the profile says the role covers all financial and analytic functions, overseeing Finance, Actuarial, Underwriting, Health Care Economics, Business Intelligence and Data Science. The profile also lists Senior Vice President of Healthcare Informatics and Chief Actuary at Premera (2012–2017).
Gubby Barlow
LinkedInExperience: CEO (Retired 2014) · Premera Blue Cross
Former CEO of Premera Blue Cross (January 2000 to September 2014), listed as a C-level general management role in Seattle according to the profile. The profile also lists board seats at Sutter Health since 2017 and Implantable Provider Group since 2014, and Operating Partner at Havencrest Capital Management since 2017.
Hans Schumacher (he / him)
LinkedInExperience: SVP, Enterprise Planning & Execution · Premera Blue Cross
SVP, Enterprise Planning & Execution at Premera Blue Cross since July 2026. Former Premera roles listed include VP, Capability Product Management and Program Management (2023–2026) and VP, Enterprise Architecture and Capability Product Management (2020–2023). The profile says the person led digital transformation initiatives in the aerospace industry at The Boeing Company.
Jim Grazko
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Washington and Alaska Group Markets · Premera Blue Cross
Senior Vice President, Washington and Alaska Group Markets at Premera Blue Cross since October 2022. Former Premera roles listed include President, Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alaska (2014–2022) and Senior Vice President Underwriting (1999–2022). The profile also lists Director of Underwriting at Health Net (1995–1999).
Romilla Batra, MD, MBA
LinkedInExperience: Chief Medical Officer · Premera Blue Cross
Chief Medical Officer at Premera Blue Cross since April 2024; the profile describes 20+ years leading clinical strategy, operations and transformation across payers and providers, including a Chief Medical Officer role at SCAN Health Plan. The profile also lists Professor of Medicine at UC Irvine since 2006 and Lecturer, Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine since 2011.
Talha R. Ashraf
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial, Strategy & Investment Officer · Premera Blue Cross
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial, Strategy & Investment Officer at Premera Blue Cross since August 2024. The profile also lists former roles as Senior Advisor Partner at McKinsey & Company (2021–2024), Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer at US Anesthesia Partners (2020–2021) and Chief Financial Officer The US Oncology Network & Specialty Health at McKesson (2017–2020).
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- 02How do finance, actuarial and clinical leaders at a health plan work together when medical costs shift?
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