Date: 09/11/2015
Final
Update on C4HCO CEO Search and Next Open Enrollment
HEALTH CARE EXCHANGE
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09:01 AM
Senator Roberts called the meeting to order and requested that the committee members observe a moment of silence in remembrance of the events of September 11, 2001.
09:03 AM -- Update on Connect for Health Colorado CEO Search and Next Open Enrollment
Sharon O'Hara, Chair, Connect for Health Colorado Board of Directors, Adela Flores-Brennan, member, Connect for Health Colorado Board of Directors, Steven ErkenBrack, Vice-chair, Connect for Health Colorado Board of Directors, and Kevin Patterson, Interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Connect for Health Colorado came to the table.
Ms. O'Hara explained that the initial Connect for Health Colorado (the exchange) CEO resigned in July 2014. Following the resignation, the board conducted a search for a new CEO during which time the board engaged Gary Drews as interim CEO through June 2015. She explained that the board suspended the search for the CEO to focus on the 2015-16 open enrollment period and hired Kevin Patterson to replace Gary Drews as interim CEO. She explained that the agenda for the September 14, 2015, board meeting includes a discussion about how to proceed with the CEO search.
09:05 AM
Mr. Erkenbreck stated that he has been involved in the CEO search from the beginning and told the committee that the search was suspended because four of the board members' terms ended July 1, 2015, and the board needed to focus on the next open enrollment period. He told the committee that there were two new board members appointed and that two members were reappointed in July. He explained that the board will be moving forward with the CEO search, but the members have not yet discussed how to proceed with the search.
In response to committee questions about the board utilizing the executive management search firm which had previously assisted the board in the CEO search, Ms. O'Hara responded that the contract with the firm remains in place until a permanent CEO is found, but since the search is suspended, the board is not actively working with the firm. Mr. Erkenbreck explained that Mr. Drews was not interested in the permanent CEO position, but Mr. Patterson has expressed interest in the position. He explained that the board will discuss its options related to the CEO search at its next meeting. Committee discussion followed about whether the Subcommittee Concerning Executive Director Appointment should reconvene. It was decided that the subcommittee would not reconvene.
09:18 AM
The committee members asked whether the CEO search would need to be reopened if it was decide that Mr. Patterson would be hired as the permanent CEO. Ms. O'Hara told the committee that the board is not required to reopen the search, but there must be a 15 day public comment period prior to bringing a candidate forward to the oversight committee for approval.