Dennis G. Wilson

As a proven health and benefits leader for more than three decades, Dennis Wilson has proudly served as President and CEO of Delta Dental of New Jersey and Connecticut since 2013.

Dennis’ commitment to building high performing enterprises and support for healthier communities has led him to take on diverse corporate and community board appointments. These directorships include Delta Dental Plans Association Board of Directors and Executive Committee; Chair of DeltaUSA’s Board of Trustees; Chair of the Board of Encara, Inc.; and Vice Chair of Healthentic Inc. He serves as Vice President and Trustee of the Delta Dental of New Jersey Foundation and holds a board appointment with the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce.

Dennis currently serves as Chair of the Community Foundation of New Jersey, which educates and engages the people of New Jersey on the power charitable giving has on positively effecting change in communities.

In July 2019, Dennis was appointed to the Board of Managers of Paradigm Oral Surgery, a subsidiary of InTandem Capital Partners (private equity), which works to revolutionize and reinvent implant surgery through ongoing technology and digital advancements. He serves as an investor and strategic advisor.

As former President of Coventry Health Care (an Aetna Company), Dennis managed five states with the highest contribution to earnings among all Coventry regions nationwide. He also served as President and CEO of Lovelace Health Plan, where he led a 250,000-member statewide health plan generating over $1 billion in annual revenues, and previously as Segment President of Cigna Healthcare where he drove 40 percent growth of the company’s profitable enrollment. Dennis has also held leadership roles with Pilgrim Health, Preferred Group, Inc., Investors Life Group, Independence Blue Cross, and Partners in Care Corp.

His holistic view on the link between oral health and overall well being is helping to lead Delta Dental through an era of renewed oral healthcare leadership, transformation, and enterprise modernization, while continuing the organization’s 50-year legacy of serving families, businesses, dental professionals, and the community.

Dennis’ exemplary leadership, commitment to excellence, drive for focused disruptive innovation, and passion for community advocacy has been lauded across the region. In 2019, he received the Exemplary Private Sector Leader Award from the Morris County Chamber and Business Advocate of the Year from the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce. Dennis was also honored with the 2017 NJBIZ ICON Award and received the William P. Huber Award for Outstanding Community Leadership by the Morris County Chamber of Commerce in 2016. He was also recognized with the 2015 Leon J. Warshaw Leadership in Healthcare Award by the Northeast Business Group on Health, which marked the first time a dental benefits leader received the honor.

A Massachusetts native, Dennis Wilson received a bachelor's degree in marketing from the University of Massachusetts and credits his family’s military experience and his love for sports for his work ethic, drive, and approach to leadership. A devoted husband and mentor, Dennis is a proud survivor of quintuple bypass surgery and continues to share his personal health story to encourage others to embrace preventative healthcare.