Background
Schaeffer, Leonard David was born on July 28, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of David and Sarah (Levin) Schaeffer.
health insurance company executive
Schaeffer, Leonard David was born on July 28, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of David and Sarah (Levin) Schaeffer.
Bachelor, Princeton University, 1969.
Management consultant Arthur Andersen & Company, 1969—1973. Deputy director management Illinois Mental Health/Development Disability, Springfield, 1973—1975. Director Illinois Bureau of Budget, 1975—1976.
Vice president Citibank, N.A., New York City, 1976—1978. Assistant secretary management and budget Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, 1978, administrator HCFA, 1978—1980. Executive vice president, chief operating officer Student Loan Marketing Association, 1980—1982.
President, Chief Executive Officer Group Health, Inc., Minneapolis, 1983—1986. Chairman, Chief Executive Officer Blue Cross of California, Woodland Hills, 1986—1996, WellPoint Health Networks Inc., Thousand Oaks, 1992—2004. Chairman WellPoint Inc., 2004—2005.
Senior advisor Texas Pacific Group, since 2006. Board directors Allergan, Inc., Irvine, California, since 1993, Applied Molecular Genetics Inc., Thousand Oaks, since 2004, Quintiles Transnational Corporation, since 2008. Board councilors University Southern California School Policy, Planning & Development, since 1988.
Board directors, executive committee Blue Cross-Blue Shield Association, Chicago, 1986—2004. Member Congressional Prospective Payment Assessment Commission, 1987—1993, Pew Health Professions Committee, Philadelphia, 1990—1993. Chairman board trustees National Health Foundation, Los Angeles, 1992—2001.
Chairman board directors National Institute Health Care Management, 1993—2006. Co-chair advisory council department health care policy Harvard Medical School, 1998—2003, board fellows, since 2003. Founding chairman Coalition for Affordable and Quality Healthcare, 2000.
Regents lecturer University California, Berkeley, California, 2005—2006. Senior advisor Texas Pacific Group, since 2006. Chairman Surgical Care Affiliates, Birmingham, Alabama, since 2007.
Judge Robert Maclay Widney chair and professor University Southern California, 2008.
Board governors Town Hall, Los Angeles, 1989—2006. Trustee The Brookings Institute, National Health Museum, since 2000. Advisory council Department Economics Princeton University, New Jersey.
Advisory group Council on Health Care Economics and Policy. Member of American Association Health Plans (board directors 2001-2004), Health Insurance Association American (chairman 1999), Institute Medicine National Academy of Sciences, Regency Club, Princeton Club, Cosmos Club.
Married Pamela Lee Sidford, August 11, 1968. Children: David, Jacqueline.