Brad Wilson is chief operating officer of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina. He is responsible for Commercial and Government Operations, Information Services, Healthcare, the company's Enterprise Project Office, and Government Affairs. Before being named chief operating officer in November 2006, Wilson served as executive vice president, chief administrative officer and corporate secretary. He joined the company in 1995 as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary.
Wilson has broad experience in the practice of law, government, legislative, higher education, and regulatory affairs and business. He practiced law for 14 years before serving as general counsel to North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt. As general counsel to the governor, Wilson managed the legal department within the governor's office and was the chief legislative strategist for the governor's legislative program. He also served as acting secretary of the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety.
In 1997, Wilson was elected to the University of North Carolina Board of Governors and served as chair from 2002 to 2006. He also served as chair of the Meredith College Board of Trustees from 2001 to 2002.
Wilson has a Juris Doctor degree from the Wake Forest University School of Law and a bachelor's degree from Appalachian State University. |