Bryan Camerlinck was appointed to the role of president and chief executive officer of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana in May of 2024.
Camerlinck joined the company in 2016 as chief financial officer and was promoted to the role of executive vice president and chief operating officer in 2021, where he had financial and operational responsibility for all lines of business. He also had strategic oversight of the company’s business operations, information technology, data and analytics, sales, marketing and communications, and customer experience divisions. In addition, Camerlinck has served as chairman of the board and president and CEO of Vantage Health Plan, now operating as Primewell Health Services in Arkansas and Mississippi, wholly owned subsidiaries of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana.
Prior to joining the Louisiana plan, Camerlinck held progressively responsible roles at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City for more than 20 years, including CFO and president and CEO of the company’s subsidiaries. He began his career as an auditor with Ernst and Young after completing an internship for Sen. Bob Dole, then minority leader of the U.S. Senate. Camerlinck is a CPA and holds a degree in accounting and pre-law from Kansas State University.