Guy Boyer Named to Chair Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont Board of Directors

Guy Boyer Named to Chair Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont Board of Directors.
Berlin - Guy Boyer has been elected to chair the Board of Directors of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont.
Mr. Boyer joined the BCBSVT Board in 2003 and will succeed Deborah Granquist as its chair. Ms. Granquist, who has served as chair since 2004, remains on the Board.
Mr. Boyer is president and chief executive officer of Factory Point Bank in Manchester Center, Vermont. He is past president of the Schuylkill (PA) Chamber of Commerce and the Schuylkill County Bankers Association.
He has served on the Boards of the United Way, the Economic Development Council, the Boy Scouts of America, Burr and Burton Academy, and currently serves on the Board of Maple Street School and the Vermont Bankers Association. A certified public accountant, he is a member of the American Institute of CPAs.
He holds a BA degree from Pennsylvania State University, and also is a graduate of the Pennsylvania Trust School at Bucknell University, the National Trust School at Northwestern University, and the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at the University of Delaware.
"As an independent, Vermont-based non-profit company in an industry dominated by large regional or national health plans, the challenges Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont faces have never been greater," said Mr. Boyer.
"Our Board looks forward to guiding the Plan through the difficult environment in health care to serve our subscribers and customers, meet the challenges and opportunities ahead and to preserve Blue Cross and Blue Shield as a locally focused, Vermont company."
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont is the state's only Vermont-based health insurer and is the largest private health plan in Vermont.
It employs more than 350 people and provides health care benefits for more than 160,000 Vermonters. The company offers benefits and services to virtually all Vermont populations through its array of indemnity and managed care products and through its partner companies, The Vermont Health Plan (TVHP) and Comprehensive Benefits Administrators. BCBSVT and TVHP were recently named by U.S. News and World Reports as two of the top 50 health plans in the United States.
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont Board of Directors comprises 14 men and women from all corners of Vermont and all walks of life.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont is an independent corporation operating under a license with the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, an association of independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans.