Maureen K. O'Connor
Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Maureen Kelley O'Connor is chief administrative officer, general counsel and corporate secretary of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina. She is responsible for Healthcare, Strategic Development, Business Transformation, Health Policy, Network Management, Legal Services, Compliance and Ethics, Audit and Risk Management and Corporate Communications. O'Connor joined BCBSNC in 2000 as vice president and deputy general counsel and later assumed the roles of chief administrative officer and general counsel.
O'Connor has extensive experience in health policy and strategy, business, provider relations, corporate and healthcare law and regulatory affairs. Before joining BCBSNC, O'Connor was senior regional counsel with CIGNA, senior vice president and general counsel of Healthsource North Carolina and was in private practice with Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett & Jernigan in Raleigh, N.C. While in private practice, O’Connor represented hospital systems, physician practices, state medical societies and boards, and other health-related organizations.
O'Connor is active in community affairs, serving on several civic and charitable boards. She currently serves as chair-elect of the American Lung Association of the Atlantic Coast (Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina) and serves on the boards of Meredith College, Elon University Law School, Triangle Chamber Orchestra, and the Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation. O'Connor also has served on NC's Health Care Access Study Commission. She is past president of the North Carolina Association of Health Plans and the North Carolina Society of Health Care Attorneys. O'Connor also has served as chair of the Triangle's American Diabetes Association "Step Out Campaign" (2008) and the BCBSNC United Way Campaign (2005).
O'Connor received a JD, cum laude, from Suffolk University Law School in 1983 and a bachelor's degree in English literature from College of the Holy Cross in 1976. She was named by Diversity Journal as one of the country's "100 Women to Watch in 2009” and was recognized as one of ten "Women Extraordinaire" in the Triangle by Business Leader Media (December 2008). O'Connor is married and has three children.