President and CEO Health Alliance Plan, and Executive Vice President Insurance and Managed Care, Henry Ford Health System – Detroit, Michigan
Cleve Killingsworth became president and CEO of Health Alliance Plan and executive vice president of Insurance and Managed Care for Henry Ford Health Systems in January 1998. Health Alliance Plan (HAP) is Michigan’s largest, most experienced managed care company. A non-profit subsidiary of the Henry Ford Health System, HAP serves more than 550,000 members enrolled in commercial and governmental programs. Mr. Killingsworth was previously the president of three regional divisions of Kaiser Permanente, another health care organization. Prior to that, he was senior vice president of health care operations for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rochester where he headed operations for Blue Choice, the IPA-model HMO of that organization. Mr. Killingsworth served as an assistant professor for the School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Rochester Medical Center. He also served as adjunct professor in health services administration for the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and as a guest lecturer at Yale University’s School of Epidemiology and Public Health. He is a founding member of the Executive Leadership Council in Washington, D.C., a national public policy, economic and business advisor group comprised of African-American executives. Mr. Killingsworth holds degrees from M.I.T. and Yale. He is the father of three children.
