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Thomas J. Grote leads the Banner|Aetna joint venture as Chief Executive Officer. He’s responsible for:

• Building a more sustainable model of care enhanced by a unique member experience for members in Arizona
• Improving product offerings while lowering costs
• Creating a clinically connected network and growing Banner|Aetna’s footprint throughout the state

Before becoming the CEO of BannerlAetna, Grote managed operations of Aetna’s Arizona and New Mexico markets for a year and a half. He also oversaw the west territory markets, including California, Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Nevada and Utah.

Before moving to Arizona, Grote served as president of Aetna's Capitol market from 2010-2015. This market includes Maryland, DC, and Virginia.

Grote joined Aetna in 1987 as an employee benefits representative. He’s held a variety of sales and profit and loss management roles throughout his 30-year career.

Grote graduated from the University of Notre Dame. There, he earned his Bachelor of Arts in Finance. And in 1988, he received his Certified Employee Benefits Specialist designation.

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Chuck Lehn assumed the role of President, Banner Health Network, in 2017, where he is responsible for developing accountable care solutions for Banner Health and its affiliated physicians. He also has executive oversight for Banner Network Colorado and University of Arizona Health Plans.

In his three decades at Banner, Lehn has served in such areas as strategic growth, corporate finance, rural health care administration, provider network development, managed care, and health plan leadership.

Lehn has a bachelor’s degree in finance and accounting from Minnesota State University, Moorhead, and a master’s in health care administration from the University of Minnesota.

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Dr. Robert Groves:

As Vice President of Health Management, Banner Health and Chief Medical Officer, Banner Health Network, Dr. Groves is responsible for physician leadership in population health management. He’s also responsible for delivering on clinical performance and utilization management in the volume to value transition.

Dr. Groves earned his M.D. degree from the Medical College of Georgia. He completed Internal Medicine training at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He also completed fellowships in Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Dr. Groves also serves as Chief Medical Officer, Banner|Aetna.

Dr. Edward Clarke:

Dr. Clarke assumed the role of CMO for the Banner Insurance Division and Banner Health Network in 2018, where he is responsible for the clinical performance of the Banner Insurance products and the CINs in Banner markets, as well as building/introducing value based care clinical models across Banner Health integrated assets. A family physician originally trained in the Phoenix market, he has deep value based care experience gained by serving as the CMO for another CINs in the Phx metro market, as Banner system expertise through his role as Banner Medical Group CMO in 2016.

Dr. Clarke completed a sports Medicine fellowship at Univ. of Az. Tucson, Family Medicine Residency at Banner Good Samaritan, his M.D. at Univ. of Texas Southwestern-Dallas, and undergraduate degree in Civil/Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University-College Station.

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Brad joined 98point6 in 2017, bringing nearly 20 years of experience working as a physician, most recently serving as chief medical officer at Cue. He also served as chief medical officer at Shift Labs and Mobisante. Brad still practices as an emergency physician at EvergreenHealth and is medical director of emergency preparedness, trauma and urgent care. He received his BA from UCLA and his medical degree from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. He has earned both a Bronze Star and the Combat Medic Badge for his service in Iraq as a United States Army physician. Brad enjoys traveling through Central America with his twin daughters and is passionate about designing global health solutions.