Holly Benson

Holly Benson recently retired as the EVP, President, and CEO of Health Care Enterprises which is a division of Centene Corporation, and currently serves as a Board member and advisor for several companies. In her role at Centene, she led a portfolio of entrepreneurial acquisitions, including the country’s largest in-home primary care provider (USMM), an 18-clinic primary care group (Community Medical Group), a multi-state third party administrator (HealthSmart), a provider of services to individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (LifeShare), an industry-leading case management software company (Casenet) and a cutting-edge health care analytics company (Interpreta). She was responsible for helping grow those companies, expanding their product offerings to internal and external customers, and integrating core functions into Centene.

Holly joined Centene in March 2011 as Centene’s Senior Vice President of Health Policy. In that role, she was responsible for the development of policy positions for the company and worked with health plan and specialty company presidents to develop Centene’s policy agenda. She also worked with the business development team to craft policy solutions in new markets.