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NADP Board Elects Officers
Members of the National Association of Dental Plans (NADP) Board of Directors recently elected the following officers:
- Chair: Donna Hunter, United Concordia Dental
- Vice Chair: Richard Jones, The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
- Treasurer: Stacia Almquist, Unum
- Secretary: Amy Miller, BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina
Hunter is vice president, Strategic Business Development at United Concordia Dental and is responsible for overseeing corporate strategy; business insights and advanced analytics; corporate communications; and community outreach. She joined United Concordia Dental in 1997 and held numerous positions within Finance and Sales before moving into her current role. Prior to joining United Concordia, she worked at both Sprint and Pennsylvania Blue Shield in Finance, where she developed cost management models. Knowing that an organization’s culture is key to overall success, she has worked in these roles with leaders at all levels to align strategy and organizational health. With more than 25 years of experience in the insurance industry, she holds a Master of Business Administration from Mount Saint Mary’s University and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Shippensburg University.
Richard Jones is vice president for state affairs at The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. He manages a multi-state legislative and regulatory agenda primarily in support of Guardian’s Group Benefits business unit. Prior to joining Guardian, he held executive positions at GE Capital, Mastercard and several global public relations consultancies. He holds a master’s degree in journalism and a bachelor’s degree in communications, both from Ohio University. In 2020, he received the NADP Don Mayes Leadership Award for effectively directing the association’s state advocacy program.
Almquist joined Unum in July 2020 as the vice president of network and market development and has over 15 years of experience in the dental and vision industry. She leads the strategic efforts related to Unum’s dental and vision network growth, product development, and as the dental and vision practice leader, she works closely with sales and underwriting on market development. She manages a team specifically overseeing Unum’s product marketing and strategy, dental and vision network development and recruiting (DHMO, PPO, and vision), dental and vision network operations, Unum’s Dental HMO plan in California, and dental and vision clinical management.
Miller is the principal business operations advisor – specialty markets at BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC), providing oversight and coordination of departmental strategic planning, business and workforce plan development, business relationship management, reporting, data and/or budget analysis and special projects as assigned. Her focus is dental and vision. Prior to joining Blue Cross NC in early 2024, Miller held the dental product sales director position at BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina. Prior to that she held dental and behavioral health network management positions at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee for 15 years.
In addition, Immediate Past Chair Jeremy Hedrick, Careington International, serves as a non-voting ex-officio member of the Board’s executive committee.
Brad Peak of Sun Life U.S. was recently elected to a three-year term on the Board and joins the following members to complete the board of Directors:
The NADP Board of Directors includes nine voting representatives from dental plan members. Additional
- Molly Imming, Aetna / CVS Health
- Crystal McElroy, MetLife
- James Mullen, Delta Dental of California, New York, Pennsylvania & Affiliates
- Mike Trebold, Ameritas Life Insurance Corp.