Aetna CEO and leadership

Mark T. Bertolini (born 1956) is an American businessman who was the CEO of Aetna, a Fortune 50 diversified health care benefits company with over $60 billion in 2015 revenue. Bertolini assumed the role of CEO on November 29, 2010 and of Chairman on April 8, 2011 until Aetna was sold to CVS on November 28, 2018.

Steven Kelmar is Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs, and he serves as Chief of Staff to Aetna's Chairman. Mr. Kelmar is head of Aetna's government, regulatory and policy teams; head of enterprise strategy; and head of Communications and the Aetna Foundation. He is responsible for managing the Chairman’s office, as well as leading critical external initiatives related to health care reform and legislative affairs, communications and philanthropy. He reports directly to Chairman and CEO Mark Bertolini and serves on the Company’s Executive Committee. Prior to Aetna, Mr. Kelmar was head of Global Public Affairs and Policy for Merck and Co., and also served in that capacity for Novartis AG, in Basel, Switzerland. In these roles, he was responsible for setting and driving the public affairs and policy strategies globally for these companies. Before joining Novartis he served as Senior Vice President, External Relations for Medtronic Inc., for nine years. In this role he led efforts to establish the company as a leading health care technology company. He also had responsibility for corporate planning and established business initiatives that lead to strengthening the company's therapeutic franchises. Mr. Kelmar also served on the Executive Committee at Novartis and Medtronic. Mr. Kelmar spent 14 years in public service in several executive positions. In 1990, he was appointed by President Bush and confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be an Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In this position, he served as one of the federal government's chief policymakers during a time of major national reexamination of health care delivery systems. During his public service career, Mr. Kelmar was Chief of Staff to two Members of the U.S. Congress and also worked in several legislative capacities for Members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. He has served on the board of several health care companies. Mr. Kelmar received his Bachelor of Arts in public administration and economics from Pennsylvania State University. He and his wife Patricia have three children.

Tom Weidenkopf leads Aetna’s global human resources function reporting to Chairman and CEO Mark Bertolini and is a member of the Executive Committee, the senior governing body of the company. Mr. Weidenkopf joined Aetna in September 2015 from Aleris, a global manufacturing company in the downstream aluminum products industry where, since 2008, he served as Executive Vice President of Human Resources and Communications. Prior to Aleris, Mr. Weidenkopf spent twelve years at Honeywell in a number of human resource executive roles including six years as Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Communications. In this capacity, he was responsible for leading global human resources strategy, policy and programs for the company’s 120,000 employees in more than 100 countries. His early career includes human resource leadership roles at Pepsico and General Electric. Mr. Weidenkopf holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

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Mark T. Bertolini (born 1956) is an American businessman who was the CEO of Aetna, a Fortune 50 diversified health care benefits company with over $60 billion in 2015 revenue. Bertolini assumed the role of CEO on November 29, 2010 and of Chairman on April 8, 2011 until Aetna was sold to CVS on November 28, 2018.