Peggy Scott is executive vice president of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana. Blue Cross is the largest health insurer in Louisiana with $1.8 billion in revenues.

Scott has been in her current position since October 2005. She is responsible for finance, treasury, strategic and business planning, actuarial, underwriting, plan performance, member services, internal audit, administrative services, and related areas. She reports directly to the president and CEO.

Scott brings a wealth of executive management and finance experience to Blue Cross from General Health System in Baton Rouge, Novant Health, Inc., in North Carolina and, most recently, Pan-American Life Insurance Company in New Orleans, where she served as executive vice president of operations and finance. Prior to these positions, she had a distinguished career in public accounting and consulting with Deloitte. She was the first woman ever designated a managing partner of any Deloitte office since the firm's inception in 1895.

Scott is a CPA and certified valuation analyst, and she has served as an adjunct professor instructing physicians at Tulane University. Her many professional memberships include the American Institute of CPAs, Society of Louisiana CPAs, Healthcare Financial Management Association and National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts. She is an editorial advisor for the Journal of Accountancy.

Scott's community involvement has included volunteer work with the Capital Area United Way and board memberships for the E. J. Ourso College of Business Dean's Advisory Council, the Superdome, Blood Center, Junior Achievement, Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce and Camp Fire. She was honored as the 2004 National Financial Executive of the Year by Robert Half International and by Tulane University as the 2004 Outstanding Alumnus of the Year.

Scott earned her bachelor's degree in accounting from Louisiana State University in 1973 and her MBA from Tulane in 1992.

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