ATLANTA, Aug. 19, 2004 /PRNewswire/ -- CIGNA HealthCare today announced new leadership for the delivery and servicing of CIGNA medical benefits, dental coverage, behavioral health coverage, and pharmacy benefits for employers based in the Southeast.
Dieter Freer has been named President and General Manager for CIGNA HealthCare in Georgia and Alabama, responsible for the company’s mid-size customer operations, and Keith Millner has been appointed Senior Vice President and National Accounts Market Leader responsible for the company’s largest customers throughout the Southeastern region (GA, FL, TN, KY, AL, AR, LA, MS and Puerto Rico). Both are based in Atlanta.
CIGNA HealthCare is committed to growing our presence throughout the Southeast, and we see tremendous opportunity in the area, especially in Georgia,” said David Cordani, Senior Vice President, Customer Segment and Marketing. “I am confident that with Dieter and Keith’s leadership, we will be able to build our business in the area and better fulfill the needs of our customers and members.”
Freer recently joined CIGNA HealthCare and brings more than 18 years of experience in the managed care industry. He most recently served as director of sales for Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey. He has held sales leadership positions at Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, Community Health Plan and WellCare of New York. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the State University of New York.
Millner joined CIGNA in 2002 with more than 18 years of strategic marketing and business development experience. He recently held the positions of Senior Vice President of Segment Marketing and Communications for all CIGNA HealthCare’s market segments and Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of CIGNA Information Management. His prior marketing management experience includes leadership roles at Assurant Group (Fortis, Inc.) in Atlanta, Nations Bank, Kraft, Inc. and Bristol-Myers. He also served on the board of directors of the Decatur-DeKalb YMCA.
Millner received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Guilford College in Greensboro, NC and a Master of Business Administration in Marketing from the Kenan-Flager School of Business at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. In addition, Millner completed the executive program in Business Strategy and E-Commerce at Tias Business School at the University of Navarra in Barcelona, Spain.
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CIGNA HealthCare, headquartered in Bloomfield, Connecticut, provides medical benefits through managed care and indemnity health care plans, dental coverage, behavioral health coverage, and pharmacy benefits. “CIGNA HealthCare” refers to various operating subsidiaries of CIGNA Corporation. Products and services are provided by these operating subsidiaries and not by CIGNA Corporation.
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