{"id":92052,"date":"2021-01-06T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-dr-myechia-minter-jordan-joins-blue-shield-of-californias-board-of-directors\/"},"modified":"2021-01-06T12:03:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T16:03:34","slug":"la-dra-myechia-minter-jordan-se-incorpora-a-la-junta-directiva-de-blue-shield-of-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/la-dra-myechia-minter-jordan-se-incorpora-a-la-junta-directiva-de-blue-shield-of-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Myechia Minter-Jordan Joins Blue Shield of California&#8217;s Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prngen2{\nBORDER-TOP:black 0pt; BORDER-RIGHT:black 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: BOTTOM; BORDER-BOTTOM:black 0pt; PADDING-LEFT:0.50em; BORDER-LEFT:black 0pt; PADDING-RIGHT:0.50em\n}\n.prnsbt0{\nBORDER-TOP:0pt\n}\n.prnsbr0{\nBORDER-RIGHT:0pt\n}\n.prnbcc{\nBORDER-COLLAPSE: COLLAPSE\n}\n.prnsbl0{\nBORDER-LEFT:0pt\n}\n.prnsbb0{\nBORDER-BOTTOM:0pt\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">OAKLAND, California<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Jan. 6, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> today announced <span class=\"xn-person\">Myechia Minter-Jordan<\/span>, M.D., MBA, has joined its board of directors, making the governing body of the nonprofit health plan a majority of women for the first time in its 82-year history.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg6660left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg6660left\" title=\"Dr. Myechia Minter-Jordan \" border=\"0\" alt=\"Dr. Myechia Minter-Jordan \" align=\"middle\" imagelabel=\"General\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1395073\/Blue_Shield_of_California_Dr_Myechia_Minter_Jordan.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Dr. Minter-Jordan is president and CEO of DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement and Catalyst Institute, a nonprofit organization working to improve overall health of individuals, families and communities through better oral health. She also co-founded the Community Care Collaborative, the nation&#8217;s largest Medicaid Accountable Care Organization comprised of 19 Federally-Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) in <span class=\"xn-location\">Massachusetts<\/span> serving over 100,000 patients.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My passion lies with community health and the key role it plays in the American health system, which is also at the heart of Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California&#8217;s<\/span> nonprofit mission,&#8221; Dr. Minter-Jordan said. &#8220;I&#8217;m honored to join Blue Shield&#8217;s board of directors and help transform our healthcare system into one that delivers high-quality care that&#8217;s sustainably affordable for everyone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Her appointment follows last fall&#8217;s election of <span class=\"xn-person\">Kristina (Kris) Leslie<\/span> as the first woman to chair the health plan&#8217;s board. Blue Shield&#8217;s board of directors is now comprised of seven women and six men.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s an exciting time to join an innovative company like Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>,&#8221; Leslie said. &#8220;Dr. Minter-Jordan&#8217;s expertise and knowledge will help us greatly, and we all look forward to working with her to transform health care in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> and beyond.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining DentaQuest in 2019, Dr. Minter-Jordan spent 12 years at Dimock Community Health Center, including serving as president and CEO. Dimock is the second-largest health system in the <span class=\"xn-location\">Boston<\/span> area. She graduated from <span class=\"xn-org\">Brown University<\/span> School of Medicine and the <span class=\"xn-org\">Johns Hopkins University<\/span> Carey School of Business, where she also worked as an attending physician and instructor of medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> is a leader in diversity and gender equity, with four of the five standing board committees now being led by women. The health plan also achieved pay equity for its employees across gender and ethnicity in 2018, has a balanced representation of women and men in leadership roles (Director and above), and it was recently selected as one of America&#8217;s Best Companies for Women to Advance by Parity.org.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>About Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span><\/b><br \/>Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> strives to create a healthcare system worthy of its family and friends that is sustainably affordable. Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> is a tax paying, nonprofit, independent member of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association with over 4 million members, 6,800 employees and more than <span class=\"xn-money\">$20 billion<\/span> in annual revenue. Founded in 1939 in <span class=\"xn-location\">San Francisco<\/span> and now headquartered in <span class=\"xn-location\">Oakland<\/span>, Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> and its affiliates provide\u00a0health, dental, vision, Medicaid and Medicare healthcare service plans in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>. 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