Cleve
L.
Killingsworth
CREF Overseer since 2007
Cleve L. Killingsworth, 56, is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts; from 2005 to 2007 he served as President and CEO and from 2004 to 2005 he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the same firm. From 1998 to 2004, Mr. Killingsworth was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Health Alliance Plan (HAP) in Detroit, where he also served as the Senior Vice President of Insurance and Managed Care for the Henry Ford Health System. He is also a faculty member of the Harvard School of Public Health and serves on the Harvard Medical School Board of Fellows. He serves on the boards of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, Carroll School of Management at Boston College, Jobs for Massachusetts, National Center for Healthcare Leadership, National Institute for Health Care Management, The United Way of Massachusetts Bay and The Travelers Companies, Inc. Mr. Killingsworth is a trustee of Babson College and Boston University and an overseer of The Museum of Fine Arts. He is a founding member of the Executive Leadership Council. He holds a B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master of Public Health degree from Yale University.
