William George serves as Chairman of the Foundation Board, as well as Health Partners’ President and Chief Executive Officer. In this capacity, he has overall responsibility for leading one of Southeastern Pennsylvania’s largest health maintenance organizations, whose operations focus on a nationally recognized Medicaid managed care plan and the region's newest CHIP program, KidzPartners.

Mr. George has more than 30 years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial and regulatory reporting, financial management and planning, and systems development and is responsible for all corporate financial affairs. Prior to joining Health Partners, Mr. George was with US Healthcare in financial operations for three years. Mr. George also spent 12 years at Arthur Young & Company (predecessor to Ernst & Young), an international accounting firm, where he served various private and public HMO, insurance, retailing and real estate investment trust (REIT) clients. Two of Mr. George's HMO clients were US Healthcare and Health Partners. During Mr. George’s employment with Arthur Young, he completed a one-year residency program in that firm’s East Region office, where he was trained in reporting and disclosure requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Mr. George serves on the boards of a number of not-for-profit organizations in Philadelphia, including The Fund for the Water Works and the Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust. In addition, he serves on the Board of Directors for the Health Plan Alliance. He is also a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council for the Drexel School of Public Health.

Judy B. Harrington currently serves as President of the Health Partners Foundation, and Senior Vice President for Business Development at Health Partners, where she oversees the following areas:

1. Corporate Communications & Public Affairs, which supports corporate initiatives such as a major campaign to prevent domestic violence, as well as ongoing efforts to improve health outcomes for plan members.
2. Community Education and Wellness, which coordinates employee and community wellness efforts; and provides free workshops hosted by community organizations throughout our service area, including innovative computer classes that integrate health education information into the curriculum.
3. Marketing for the KidzPartners CHIP plan, which sponsors community events promoting improved health for area children, with a special focus on areas including nutrition, fitness and dental health.

Ms. Harrington also serves on the Boards of Delaware Valley Community Health and the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging. She was a Board member of Covenant House Community Health Center for over 10 years and President for four years. She is or has been involved in fundraising efforts for several organizations including the Dawn Staley Foundation, the Jonathan Lax Treatment Center, and Maria De Los Santos Health Center Capital Campaign.

Prior to joining Health Partners, Ms. Harrington held senior management positions with the University of Pennsylvania Health System; Tenet Health System; Allegheny Health, Education and Research Foundation; Aetna Health Plans of Pennsylvania and Omni Health Plan. Before beginning her career in health care, she worked for the Houston Chronicle.

She received her MBA in Health Administration from Temple University's Fox School of Business and Management, where she received the Mindy Wolen Outstanding Student Award. Ms. Harrington also graduated Summa Cum Laude from Temple's undergraduate BA in Communications program, and has served as an adjunct faculty member for the Temple MBA program.

Claudia Tucker-Keto began her career at Health Partners as an Education Specialist for Community Affairs. She is currently Manager of Community Education in the organization's Business Development unit, where she supervises community education and outreach. As Executive Director of the Health Partners Foundation, Claudia's responsibilities include coordinating the Foundation's education programs, such as the “Be There” Perfect Attendance program and the “Make Dreams Reality” Scholarship program.

Prior to her arrival at Health Partners, Claudia developed, implemented and piloted the "Success Equals Employment" program over a three-year period at the Camden County Correctional Facility. The program helps equip incarcerated women with the necessary skills to job search upon release. She also spent six years as a lead business clerical instructor with Management and Training Corporation at the Philadelphia Job Corps center, where she developed and implemented a business clerical curriculum for young adults seeking to complete their education or move into employment through a non-traditional learning process.,

Claudia is a long-time advocate for children and families. She was an original Board member of the New Jersey Women’s Summit and a former chairwoman for the Camden County Commission on Women. Currently, she serves as President of the Board of Directors for the Community Women’s Education Project (CWEP) in Philadelphia. She is also a George Washington Carver Science Fair Committee Member.

A graduate of Temple University, where she earned a BA in Administration of Justice, Claudia has also pursued post-baccalaureate studies in Adult Continuing Education and Organizational Management.

John Sehi brings more than twenty years of financial management experience to Health Partners. As Vice President of Finance for the past eight years, John oversees financial operations, the annual budget and monthly variance reporting, as well as strategic planning, and the assessment of potential new business ventures.

Before coming to Health Partners, John held leadership positions at Albert Einstein Medical Center, The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, St. Mary Hospital, Mercy Health Corporation of Southeastern PA, QualMed Plans for Health.

His responsibilities over the years have included oversight of accounts payable and receivable, member services, information systems, provider recruitment and claims management. John is well versed in the areas of strategic financial policy development, underwriting, research/grant and investment reporting, bond issue management, construction and property accounting, and the preparation of financial statements for restricted funds.

John holds both a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and a Master's in Business Administration from Drexel University.

John is an Advanced Member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), a member of the St. Frances Cabrini Men's Association and Treasurer/Secretary of the Health Partners Foundation.

Johnna has been an attorney for over 15 years, specializing in corporate counsel for health insurers and managed care organizations since 1994. She has worked for one of the largest health insurers in the United States and also has experience working for and creating start-up organizations, including entities such as Foundations, Third Party Administrators, and various partnerships.

In her current role as General Counsel/Vice President of Legal Affairs, Johnna is responsible for overseeing a three-unit department that includes Complaints/Grievances, Special Investigations, and Law. In this capacity, she manages outside litigation; drafts, reviews and negotiates a variety of contracts; and serves as Risk Management Officer and chairperson of the Policies & Procedures Committee. She also provides legal advice and guidance on all corporate matters, including member and provider complaints and appeals, fraud and abuse, contracting, product development, licensing, terminations, regulatory and government matters, reimbursement, leasing, real estate, intellectual property, and other commercial and corporate issues.

Johnna has also served as Legal Counsel on a number of Boards and has been a Board Secretary as well. She received her law degree from Widener University and was a magna cum laude graduate of West Chester University.

Karen brings a wealth of diversified experience in accounting and treasury services. Working as Health Partners’ treasurer since 2005, she oversees cash management, investment management, debt management and insurance functions. She is responsible for the company’s overall cash position and the implementation of new treasury-related services.

Karen is the company’s primary liaison with banks, investment consultants, custodians and managers, and insurance brokers. She also serves as treasurer of the Health Partners Political Action Committee and served on the Foundation Scholarship Committee before joining the Board of Directors.

Prior to joining Health Partners, Karen spent ten years as assistant treasurer for SPS Technologies, Inc. A certified public accountant, she began her career as an auditor at KPMG, one of the Big Four auditors and world’s largest professional services firms.

Karen received her Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Master’s in Business Administration from Drexel University. She is a member of the Philadelphia Association for Financial Professionals, the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Impact100 Philadelphia and Women for Greater Philadelphia, and serves as a volunteer at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Constitution Center.

Malik is the Manager of Specialty Programs at Health Partners. In this capacity, he oversees and manages all of the organization’s subcontracted provider relationships. A proven healthcare leader, Malik also has a passion for community change and development and was an active Foundation supporter long before he joined the Board of Directors.

Malik began his career at Health Partners as a provider services helpline representative, where he investigated claims issues, kept providers apprised about health plan benefit updates, resolved non-participating provider issues and developed a new call tracking system for the department. Advancing quickly, he was promoted to network specialist in the specialty programs department, where in addition to analyzing data trends and developing monitoring tools to measure regulatory compliance, he was instrumental in cultivating a key vendor relationship, which led to significant company savings.

Prior to joining Health Partners, Malik worked for the Mellon Financial Corporation, where he was responsible for retaining and growing the company’s private wealth client base as well as developing strategies to target new business opportunities.

Malik earned his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Delaware State University and a Master’s in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix.

Ramesh brings to Health Partners a broad range of health care and managed care knowledge and experience. Throughout his career, he has demonstrated high standards of performance in product and program development, account, formulary, financial, and data management.

Since 2001, Ramesh has served as Director of Pharmacy Services at Health Partners, responsible for the oversight and management of day-to-day department operations, formulary contracting, regulatory compliance, and formation and operational implementation of clinical criteria for Medical Exception/Prior Authorization.

Guiding his department with excellent strategic and analytical skills, Ramesh has focused on utilization and outcomes development, financial modeling, encounter data, benefit design, clinical program management and network development and operations. He was instrumental in the establishment of Health Partners’ Medicare Part D benefit design in compliance with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)

Before joining Health Partners, Ramesh served in a number of leadership roles and as a clinical pharmacist, designing patient therapy plans with physicians, filling prescriptions, counseling and educating patients.

Ramesh received his Bachelor of Science and Doctorate degrees from Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science and is currently working on his Master's in Business Administration at LaSalle University.