Jack Ericksen

Vice President, Federal Relations
 

Jack Ericksen is Vice President of Federal Relations for the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), a national federation of 39 independent, community-based and locally operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies.  The Blue System is the nation's largest health insurer covering 100 million people– one-in-three of all Americans.  It is the largest single processor of Medicare claims in the nation, and holds the world’s largest privately underwritten health insurance contract – the 4.9-million-member Federal Employee Program (FEP).

Ericksen oversees representation of the Association's policy positions to  Members of Congress and other officials.  He is responsible for leading the federal lobbying staff in developing and executing winning strategies on federal legislative issues and also heads up the Association's grassroots advocacy and coalition activities.

Prior to joining BCBSA in 1996, Ericksen was Vice President of Federal Relations for Aetna, where he was responsible for legislative and regulatory issues affecting Aetna's property/casualty and life companies.

Prior to his service at Aetna, he was Chief Executive of Family Services of Duchess County, New York.  Before joining that agency, he directed a juvenile justice program; coordinated drug education for a New York public school system; and served on the New York City Mayor's Urban Action Task Force.

Ericksen lives in Rockville, Maryland, with his wife Pamela. They have two sons and a daughter.

Ericksen earned a bachelor's degree at Syracuse University and an MBA at Yale University.