Wellpoint Appoints Linda Jimenez as Staff Vice President of Diversity Leadership

“-WellPoint, Inc., the largest U.S. health benefits company, announced that Linda Jimenez has been selected as Staff Vice President of Diversity Leadership.

As Staff Vice President of Diversity Leadership at WellPoint, Jimenez will be responsible for diversity management strategies and programs nationwide including providing strategic guidance around talent management and acquisition, multicultural marketing, diversity metrics and external branding as a national leader in diversity management.

Prior to the position, Jimenez served as President & CEO of her own consulting firm, Diversity & People Dynamics, where she developed and implemented custom-designed human relations processes, diversity training, management and leadership coaching and development programs, and assessment tools.

Jimenez has also held diversity positions within Accor North America, Ross Products (a division of Abbott Laboratories) and H-E-B Grocery Company with titles ranging from Director to Vice President of Diversity and Human Resources.

A native of San Antonio, Texas, Jimenez attended the University of Texas at Austin where she received her bachelor’s degree in sociology and history with honors. She also received a Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law, Austin. Jimenez currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Hospitality and Diversity Institute at the University of Houston and on the Diversity Advisory Board for the School of Hospitality Management at Penn State University. In addition, she is a contributing member of the Minorities in Franchising Committee of the International Franchising Association.

About WellPoint, Inc.
WellPoint’s mission is to improve the lives of the people it serves and the health of its communities. WellPoint, Inc. is the largest health benefits company in terms of commercial membership in the United States. Through its nationwide networks, the company delivers a number of leading health benefit solutions through a broad portfolio of integrated health care plans and related services, along with a wide range of specialty products such as life and disability insurance benefits, pharmacy benefit management, dental, vision, behavioral health benefit services, as well as long term care insurance and flexible spending accounts. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, WellPoint is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and serves its members as the Blue Cross licensee for California; the Blue Cross and Blue Shield licensee for Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri (excluding 30 counties in the Kansas City area), Nevada, New Hampshire, New York (as Blue Cross Blue Shield in 10 New York City metropolitan and surrounding counties and as Blue Cross or Blue Cross Blue Shield in selected upstate counties only), Ohio, Virginia (excluding the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.), Wisconsin; and through UniCare. Additional information about WellPoint is available at www.wellpoint.com. “

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