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Maureen Kelley O'Connor is chief administrative officer, general counsel and corporate secretary of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina. She is responsible for Law and Regulatory Affairs, Corporate Governance, Compliance and Ethics, Audit and Risk Management, Human Resources, Corporate Communications, and Strategic Development. O’Connor joined BCBSNC in 2000 as vice president and deputy general counsel and later assumed the roles of chief compliance officer and general counsel.
O'Connor has more than 20 years experience in corporate and health care law, regulatory affairs and business. Before joining BCBSNC, O'Connor was senior regional counsel with CIGNA, senior vice president and general counsel of Healthsource North Carolina and was in private practice with Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett & Jernigan in Raleigh, N.C. O’Connor currently serves on the boards of Meredith College, Elon University Law School, the North Carolina Association of Health Plans, American Lung Association of North Carolina, RTP Chapter of Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association, and the Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation. She is past president of the North Carolina Association of Health Plans and the North Carolina Society of Health Care Attorneys and past chair of BCBSNC’s United Way Campaign.
O'Connor received a JD, cum laude, from Suffolk University Law School in 1983 and a bachelor's degree in literature from College of the Holy Cross in 1976. | 