Tom Bowser

President and Chief Executive Officer
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City is the State of Missouri’s largest not-for-profit commercial health services corporation, serving nearly 1 million members in the 30 Counties of Northwestern Missouri, plus Johnson and Wyandotte Counties in Kansas. It is one of the largest private companies in Kansas City, with annual revenues of nearly $2 billion and 1,000 employees.

Bowser became President and Chief Executive Officer on July 1, 2001. He has been in the Blue Cross and Blue Shield System over 35 years, including 25 years with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, 8 years with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma, and 2 years with the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. He was also President of Saint Luke’s Health Ventures in the 1980s.

Bowser is the Chairman of the Board of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, the highest elected office for the national Blue System. The Association is the governing body for the 39 Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans which cover nearly 102 million members and have annual revenues of $300 billion. He is also the past-chairman of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, a board member of the Civic Council of Greater Kansas City, Kansas City Area Development Council, BCS Financial Corporation and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. He is past chairman of the Kansas City Area Development Council. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the KU Edwards Campus, the KU Center for Research Board of Trustees and the KU Endowment Association.