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Michael Stocker, MD has served as a director since 2007. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield from 1994 until 2005. Empire converted to a for-profit company in 2002 and traded on the NYSE under the name Wellchoice (symbol WC) until its acquisition by Wellpoint in 2005. At the time of the acquisition, Wellchoice had annual revenues of $6.5 billion and served more than five million members. Most recently, Dr. Stocker has served as President of Wellpoint’s East Region. Dr. Stocker is a recent (2005) former Chairman of America’s Health Insurance Plans, a national trade association representing nearly 1,300 member companies providing health benefits to more than 200 million Americans. Prior to joining Empire, Dr. Stocker had served as President of Cigna Healthplans and as General Manager of U.S. Healthcare for its New York market. Board Certified in internal medicine and family practice, Dr. Stocker was educated at the University of Notre Dame, and received his MD from the Medical College of Wisconsin and MPH in Public Health from the University of Michigan. | 