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David Klein

Chair at Commonwealth Care Alliance

David Klein is a corporate director and advisor with deep experience and expertise in healthcare delivery and payment. He is the president of Klein Solutions Group, LLC, which provides advice on policy, strategy, operations, and finance to healthcare delivery and payer organizations. Mr. Klein also serves as a special advisor to the CEO of the University of Rochester (UR) Medical Center, a professor of public health sciences in the UR School of Medicine and Dentistry, and an executive professor of healthcare management in the UR Simon Business School. Mr. Klein was most recently the chief executive officer of The Lifetime Healthcare Companies, a family of companies that provide health coverage and healthcare services to more than 1.5 million people. Mr. Klein had been a senior executive with The Lifetime Healthcare Companies and its predecessor companies since 1986, serving as CEO from 2003 until 2012. Mr. Klein previously was an executive with the national Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and Health Care Service Corporation. He served as director of the national Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) and America’s Health Insurance Plans.

Mr. Klein currently serves as a director of CTG, a NASDAQ-listed information technology services and solutions company. He is also a director of the following privately held companies: Landmark Health, Avalon Healthcare Solutions, Cogito, NextHealth Technologies, PNT, Excel Partners Venture Fund, Transparent Health Marketplace, CompanionMx, and Orthometrics. Mr. Klein is a member of the Cressey & Company private equity fund Distinguished Executives Council. He serves as an advisor to Health Catalyst Capital Management, LLC private equity fund, and as non-executive chair of the New York eHealth Collaborative which operates New York State’s health information exchange. Mr. Klein is a member of Johns Hopkins University Carey School of Business Health Care Advisory Board and has chaired United Way of Greater Rochester and an American Cancer Society Capital Campaign to establish a new Rochester Hope Lodge.

Mr. Klein received a Bachelor of Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and his Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago.

Timeline

  • Chair

    Current role

  • Co-Vice Chair