Aetna Names President Ronald A. Williams to Board of Directors.Business Editors HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 2002 Aetna (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AET AET Aetna, Inc. AET After Extra Time AET Actual Evapotranspiration AET Alliance for Environmental Technology AET Alpha-Ethyltryptamine AET Applied Extrusion Technologies, Inc. ) today announced that company President Ronald A. Williams, 52, has been elected to the company's Board of Directors, bringing the number of directors to 12. "Ron's strong leadership skills and organizational abilities have been critical to Aetna's ongoing turnaround accomplishments," said Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. John W. Rowe, M.D. "He reoriented our Health business to better focus on and serve the needs of our customers. He also directed the development of Aetna HealthFund, our innovative new product that is a leader in the emerging consumer-directed health plans arena. Ron is a seasoned leader and strategic thinker, whose considerable talents and expertise should greatly benefit Aetna's board." Williams joined Aetna in March 2001 as executive vice president and chief of Health operations. He was named president in May 2002, with responsibility for Aetna's Health business, Aetna Group Insurance and National Medical Services. Before joining Aetna, Williams had been group president of the Large Group Division of WellPoint Health Networks and president of WellPoint's Blue Cross of California subsidiary. Earlier in his career, Williams was a senior vice president at Vista Health Corp., a group marketing executive at Control Data Corp., and president and co-founder of Integrative Systems. He also served as an administrative assistant in the office of the governor of Illinois The Governor of Illinois is the chief executive of the State of Illinois and the various agencies and departments over which the officer has jurisdiction, as prescribed in the state constitution. . He is a graduate of Roosevelt University Roosevelt University is a four-year, private institute of higher education with full service campuses in Chicago's Loop and northwest suburban Schaumburg. It also offers classes in communities, schools, and corporations, and has the mission of being a metropolitan university and and holds an M.S. in Management from the Sloan School of Management at MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology . Aetna is one of the nation's leading providers of health, dental, group life, disability and long-term care long-term care (LTC), n the provision of medical, social, and personal care services on a recurring or continuing basis to persons with chronic physical or mental disorders. benefits, serving 14.4 million health care members, 11.9 million dental members and 12 million group insurance customers as of June 30, 2002. The company has an expansive nationwide network of more than 527,000 health care services providers, including over 321,000 primary care and specialist physicians and 3,300 hospitals. |
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