J. Bradley Wilson currently serves as Chief Operating Officer of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, where he previously served as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary from February 2005 to November 2006, and Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary from December 1995 to February 2005. Formerly General Counsel to Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. of North Carolina, Wilson has broad experience in the practice of law, government, legislative, higher education, and regulatory affairs and business. At Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, Wilson is responsible for Commercial and Government Operations, Information Systems, Healthcare Division, the Company’s Enterprise Project Office, and Government Affairs.

A lifelong resident of North Carolina, Wilson was in the general practice of law for fourteen years prior to serving as General Counsel to Governor 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.

Wilson has been extensively involved in community affairs. He has served on a number of state boards and non-profit boards. During the 1980’s, he served as a member of the North Carolina Board of Transportation and the North Carolina Aeronautics Council. In 1997 he was elected by the North Carolina Senate to the University of North Carolina Board of Governors, the thirty-two member governing board for the sixteen state supported universities, and served as Chair of that Board from July 2002 to June 2006. He served 10 years on the North Carolina Railroad Company Board where he served as Secretary, Vice Chair, and Chair of the Board. Wilson has also served as a member of the Meredith College Board of Trustees and served as Chair of that Board in 2001-2002. He is also a recipient of the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, the highest civilian honor bestowed by the Governor of North Carolina.

He also serves on the Board of Visitors of Wake Forest University School of Law and is Chair of the following: Attorney General’s Campus Security Task Force; 21^st Century Transportation Study Committee; AirT, Inc. Board of Directors; and the Wildacres Leadership Initiative Board.

Wilson has a B.A. degree from Appalachian State University (Boone, N.C.), a Juris Doctor degree from the Wake Forest University School of Law (Winston-Salem, N.C.), a B.A. degree from Appalachian State University (Boone, N.C.), and a Masters of Arts degree from Duke University (Durham, N.C.). He is married and has two adult children.