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**Eric H. Schultz**  
 Chair, Massachusetts Association of Health Plans  
 Boston

Eric H. Schultz was elected board chair of the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans in November. Even though his day job as president and CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care keeps him plenty busy, he’s looking forward to leading the MAHP board and working with his colleagues to help simplify the healthcare system. Highlights from his volunteer leadership journey follow.

> I am honored to chair the MAHP board and look forward to the work our industry is undertaking, individually and jointly, to make the healthcare system better, simpler, and more cost-effective.Eric H. Schultz, Chair, Massachusetts Association of Health Plans

### A Working History

**2010–** Board member, Worcester Regional Research Bureau

**2013** Chair, Association of Health Insurance Plans

**2013–**Board member, New England Council

**2014–** Area one president, Northeast Region of Boy Scouts of America

**2015** Vice chair, MAHP

**2016–** Chair, MAHP

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