Dolores Mitchell is the Executive Director of the Group Insurance Commission, the agency that provides life, health, disability and dental and vision services to the Commonwealth's employees, retirees and their dependents; many of these benefits are also provided to a number of authorities, municipalities, and other entities. Almost 375,000 people are covered by the GIC. Mrs. Mitchell has been in this position since 1987, serving in the administrations of Governors Dukakis, Weld, Cellucci, Swift, Romney, and now Governor Patrick.

Mrs. Mitchell is a member of a number of professional and community organizations, including the Massachusetts Health Data Consortium, of which she is a Director, the Greater Boston Big Sister Association, of which she is a Board member, the Massachusetts Health Council, and the Mass E-Health Collaborative of which she is a Director. More recently, she is a member of the governing board Massachusetts Health Care Connector Authority, and its companion organization, the Quality and Cost Council. She is president elect of the board of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), a principal of the Hospital Quality Alliance (HQA), Executive Committee of the Consumer/Purchaser Disclosure, and has recently been elected a member of the Board of Directors of the National Quality Forum (NQF), and is one of the founding members of Catalyst for Health Payment Reform. She is also an Advisory Board member of the Milbank Foundation.

Mrs. Mitchell is a frequent speaker on health care, politics, women's career issues, and related subjects.

 

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This information provided by the Group Insurance Commission.