Extend Health adds two senior executives to the leadership team

Extend Health announced that Richard Wheeler, former managing partner of Prescription Benefits, Inc., and Cathy Donahoe, former Director of Human Resources at Omniture, Inc., are joining Extend Health’s executive management team. Mr. Wheeler joins Extend Health as Senior Vice President for Public Sector Accounts. Ms. Donahoe joins as Vice President of Human Resources. Commenting on the additions to the executive team, Extend Health President and CEO Bryce Williams said, “Dick and Cathy will be excellent additions to our team and are ready to make critical contributions to the next stage of Extend Health’s growth as the nation’s leading provider of retiree health care solutions to the Fortune 1000 and now states, counties, municipalities and school districts.”

Before joining Prescriptions Benefits, Inc., Mr. Wheeler previously led United Healthcare’s national public sector sales group. Prior to his role in public sector sales, he held various sales and leadership positions at United Healhcare in Chicago and the Midwest during his eight (8) year career at United Health Group. Prior to United, Mr. Wheeler was at Humana, Inc. for twenty years in various sales leadership and operational roles. Ms. Donahoe led recruiting at Omniture and, during her five year tenure, helped the company grow from 80 US-based employees to over 1,000 employees in 20 countries.

Commenting on the addition of Mr. Wheeler, Extend Health’s Executive Vice President of National Accounts Noel Obourn said, “Dick is a seasoned professional with three decades of impressive leadership results at major institutions like Humana and United Healthcare. During his tenure leading United Healthcare’s public sector initiatives, Dick grew the segment to nearly 3.6 Million members. We welcome Dick to the Extend Health team.”

Extend Health, Inc. is the nation’s leading provider of account-based retiree health care solutions to retirees of the Fortune 1000. Extend has assisted dozens of private and public sector employers, and hundreds of thousands of retirees, make the transition from legacy group plans to individual Medicare plans personalized to each retirees’ lifestyle, health status and prescription drug needs. Extend Health built and manages the largest individual Medicare plan exchange in the US. The company provides expert assistance to retirees in making a truly personal choice from over 50 of America’s leading health insurance companies’ Medicare plans including Medicare Supplement, Medicare Advantage and Part D (Rx) plans. The company estimates that its clients, which include GM, Ford, Dole Foods, Chrysler, Eastman Chemical and others, are saving a combined $500 million per year while providing their retirees with equal or better Medicare plan coverage than previously provided on a company sponsored group plan.

Privately held and founded in 1999, Extend Health is based in Burlingame, California. Extend Health’s Technology and Retiree Service Center is located in Salt Lake City, Utah. Extend Health also has regional offices in New York City, Hartford, Atlanta, Orlando, Chicago and Dallas.