Leadership

Stephen Harris

President, Illinois Plan and Senior Vice President, Markets

Stephen Harris is responsible for the overall financial performance, long-term growth strategy and strategic planning for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, as well as the enterprise growth strategy for Medicaid.

In his previous role as President, Medicaid, Stephen was responsible for driving growth, operational excellence, and financial performance in the company’s Medicaid line of business. Earlier in his career, Stephen was Regional Vice President of Health Plan Operations at Molina Healthcare. He has over 20 years of experience spearheading business development and performance improvement initiatives for top health care organizations. Stephen is a certified public accountant and has an MBA from the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School and a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University.

Mina Arsala

Head of Illinois Management & Execution

Mina Arsala is responsible for leading the development of market strategy and business planning for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois. Mina is also responsible for coordinating enterprise planning, investment portfolio activities, and community relations.

Previously, Mina was executive director of Illinois Market Strategy and earlier worked in management positions at CVS Health and Deloitte, as well as early growth companies in health care, information technology, financial services and consulting. Mina earned her bachelor's degree from Washington University in St. Louis, and her MBA from Northwestern University.

Alvia Siddiqi

Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Alvia Siddiqi is responsible for clinical leadership, care management operations, value-based care and strategic oversight.

Dr. Siddiqi has demonstrated expertise in population health management, value-based care strategies, government programs, quality improvement, and health policy. She most recently served as CMO of Clinically Integrated Care at Advocate Health Care. She has also held various medical director and physician executive roles at Illinois Health Connect Medicaid and Cook County Health and Hospital Systems. Dr. Siddiqi has a Doctor of Medicine from Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine and is associate faculty at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Brian Snell

Divisional Senior Vice President, Illinois Group Markets

Brian Snell leads Sales and Account Management for all Illinois group market segments and works to ensure that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois continues to deliver customer-first operational excellence by anticipating customer needs and offering data-driven solutions.

Brian has more than 30 years of experience in underwriting, account management and sales roles with BCBSIL. He most recently served as Vice President, Sales, leading new business growth in the small, middle, large and national/major account segments. He also had account management responsibility in the middle and large group segments in Chicago. Brian holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois and an MBA from DePaul University.