healthcare executive Chief Executive Officer of The Institute
Halvorson holds a Bachelor of Arts in history, political science and English, from Concordia College (Moorhead), Minnesota. He then took graduate study courses at the University of Minnesota and from the University of Saint Thomas, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
He is a long-time American healthcare executive who served as Kaiser Permanente chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 2002–2013 before retiring from the Chief Executive Officer role on July 1, 2013. The Kaiser Permanente board of directors elected Bernard Tyson to the Chief Executive Officer role upon Halvorson"s retirement. Halvorson was Chief Executive Officer of HealthPartners in Minnesota for 17 years before going to Kaiser Permanente.
Halvorson now also serve as the Chair of the First 5 California Commission for children and families.
Governor Brown appointed Halvorson to a four year term as Chair. The Commission uses money raised from tobacco taxes to provide support and education to children in California from birth to five years old.
Halvorson has been the Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for InterGroup Understanding since June 2012. The Institute works on issues of racism, prejudice, discrimination and InterGroup stress and conflict.
Halvorson has published nine books on health care reform including Health Care Company-Ops in Uganda with the most recent being Ending Racial, Ethnic and Cultural Disparities in American Health Care.
Halvorson has also published four books on instinctive interactions for groups of people (Primal Pathways, The Cusp of Chaos, The Art of InterGroup Peace, Peace in Our Time) and one book on early childhood brain development (Three Key Years). Halvorson was chair of the health governors at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He was also Chair of The International Federation of Health Plans.
He also chaired The Partners for Quality Care and chaired The American Association of Health Plans.
He is an emeritus board member for the International Federation of Health Plans.
Halvorson has been recognized from citations from the American Hospital Association, The American Association of Health Plans, The National Action Movement, Modern Healthcare, AdAge, The American Diabetes Association, The Institute of Medicine, Saint Thomas University, and Canadian College. Halvorson is the Bay Area Council Business Hall of Fame. In 2015, Halvorson was inducted into the Scandinavian-American Hall of Fame, held during Norsk Høstfest.
