Allen F. Wise was appointed to the board on May 19, 2006. Mr. Wise replaced Robert Haft, who resigned in November 2005. Wise is chairman of the board of directors of Coventry Health Care, a national managed health care company based in Bethesda, Md. He previously served as a director of Coventry, and for eight years prior to that he served as the company’s president and chief executive officer. Prior to his tenure at Coventry Health Care, he was executive vice president at UnitedHealth Group, Inc., and its predecessor MetraHealth Companies, Inc. Earlier in his career, he served as president and chief executive officer of Wise Health System, a health care investment company; president and chief executive officer of Keystone Health Plan; and served as chief operating officer of Independence Blue Cross. Wise is a director and a member of the audit committee of NCO Group, Inc., a provider of accounts receivable management and other outsourced services.
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