JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida's (BCBSF) philanthropic affiliate, recently elected four new officers and two new members to its 11- member board of directors.
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New board members are: Chip Kenyon, director, product line management, elected for a two-year term, and Melvyn Fletcher, M.D., vice president, field medical programs, elected for a one-year term. Bruce Bagni has retired and Susan Wildes has rotated off the board.
The foundation elected new officers: Randy Kammer, president; Patrick McCabe, vice president; Deanna McDonald, treasurer; and Tony Jenkins, secretary. All four are vice presidents at BCBSF.
Through strategic grant making, The Blue Foundation supports programs that increase access to quality health-related services for uninsured and underserved Floridians. The Blue Foundation annually awards up to $1 million in grants.
The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida is a separate, philanthropic affiliate of BCBSF, incorporated in the state of Florida. The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida, and its parent, BCBSF, are independent licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, an association of independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies. For more information concerning The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida, please visit its website at http://www.bluefoundationfl.org/ .
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