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Holly Benson

Holly Benson

  • Founder and CEO, Screen Corps, LLC

Biography

Holly Benson is the founder and CEO of Screen Corps, LLC, and serves as a board member and advisor for several companies. She formerly served as the EVP, president and CEO of Health Care Enterprises, a division of Centene Corporation. Holly serves on the Boards of Avalon Healthcare Solutions and AptiHealth and is on the Advisory Boards of Paytient, Spectator Health and NEMO. 

In her role at Centene, Holly led a portfolio of entrepreneurial acquisitions, including the country’s largest in-home primary care provider (USMM), an 18-clinic primary care group (Community Medical Group), a multi-state third-party administrator (HealthSmart), a provider of services to individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (LifeShare), an industry-leading case management software company (Casenet) and a cutting-edge health care analytics company (Interpreta).  She was responsible for growing those companies, expanding their product offerings to internal and external customers, implementing value-based contracting models and integrating core functions into Centene.

Holly joined Centene in March 2011 as Centene’s Senior Vice President of Health Policy. In that role, she was responsible for the development of policy positions for the company and worked with health plan and specialty company presidents to develop Centene’s policy agenda. She also worked with the business development team to craft policy solutions in new markets. 

Before joining Centene, Holly served as Secretary for the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, the state agency responsible for Florida’s Medicaid program. She also served as Secretary for the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, and she served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives. During her time in the House, Ms. Benson served as Chair of the Health Care Council where she worked with Governor Bush to transform the state’s $18 billion Medicaid program.  She also served as Chair of the Select Committee on Article V, and of the Committee on State Administration. Ms. Benson also spent 10 years practicing municipal bond law with Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 

Benson graduated with honors from Dartmouth College and earned her law degree from the University of Florida College of Law. She serves on the Board of Ascension Florida and chairs ArtVenture Pensacola and Pensacola Mural Fest.  In St. Louis, she served on a variety of Boards, including the Board of the St. Louis Sports Commission and of LaunchCode, and on the Selection Committee for Arch Grants.