Kathleen Ridder Crampton

Marketing Council

Kathleen Ridder Crampton is a senior executive manager with experience across a diverse set of Health Care environments including health insurance, hospital management, health care consulting, and early stage companies that were funded by venture capital.

Kathleen is currently on the Board of DataMotion, an IT company that provides secure data transmission to entities in the governmental, legal, financial, and health care sectors. Additionally, she is on the Advisory Board to PrimexWireless, a time synchronizing company and on the Advisory Board to the College of Arts and Letters at Florida Atlantic University.

From 2009 to April of this year, Kathleen was the President and CEO for United Healthcare of Florida, Inc. Community Plan. A wholly owned subsidiary of United HealthCare Group, the Florida Plan is one of the largest providers of managed care services to the Medicaid population in Florida. Before joining United, Kathleen spent 9 years with the Centene Corporation, where she was President and CEO Managed Health Services of Wisconsin and President and CEO of Buckeye Community Health Plan of Ohio.

Prior to 2000, Kathleen acquired extensive experience in the health care industry having worked for the following organizations: PriceWaterhouse Coopers, HealthTech Services, Kaiser Permanente (Mid-Atlantic States Region); Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan; Boston Children’s Medical Center; Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Martha Eliot Health Center and the Massachusetts League of Neighborhood Health Centers.

Kathleen has been recognized over the years for her contributions to health care. This past year she was the recipient of the Commonwealth Foundation 2014 Outstanding Woman Leader in Florida award; and in 2012 United Healthcare Group awarded her that company’s prestigious Collaboration Cup.

A graduate of Boston University with a BA in American History, Kathleen holds an MPH in Public Health from Harvard University, and a MBA in Finance from George Washington University. She is a Certified Financial Planner/CFP.