With the State Health Plan moving to the State Treasurer Janet Cowell's office the first of the year, the treasurer has announced a 10-member board to oversee the plan.
Cowell appointed Paul Cunningham, the dean and senior associate vice chancellor for medical affairs at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University and David Rubin, professor emeritus of the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Gov. Bev Perdue appointed Virginia Hargett, a physical education teacher at Marshville Elementary School in Union County and G. Genell Moore, vice president of the Carolinas HealthCare System.
Senate leader Phil Berger appointed Noah Huffstetler, managing partner of the Raleigh office of Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, specializing in health care law, administrative law and business and appellate litigation; and Michele Shaw, and officer and general instructor with the Department of Corrections. She is a former officer with the State Employees Association of North Carolina.
House Speaker Thom Tillis appointed Bill Medlin, associate executive director of the Professional Educators of North Carolina and Warren Newton, vice dean for education and chief education officer at the UNC School of Medicine.
Both Cowell and Andy Willis will serve as ex officio members. Willis not will vote, and Cowell will vote only in the case of a tie.
The plan provides health coverage to more than 664,000 teachers, state employees, retirees, state university and community college personnel and their dependents.
