George C. Halvorson

George C. Halvorson is the Chairman and CEO of the Institute for InterGroup Understanding. He also chairs the First 5 Commission for Children and Families for the State of California. The Institute works on issues of ethnic and racial conflict and is focused on closing the learning gaps in American schools. The Commission works on creating optimal health status and learning opportunities for the children of California under the age of five years.

Halvorson has been the CEO for five health care systems over the past thirty years, with his most recent role as chair and CEO for Kaiser Permanente health systems, headquartered in Oakland, California. Kaiser Permanente is a 50billion dollar company with nearly 200,000care givers and more than 500owned care sites. With a highly diverse work force (more than 59 percent minority) Kaiser Permanente has had some of the highest quality of care scores and service scores in the country from Medicare, Consumer Reports, and JD Powers.

Halvorson was recently honored with the National Action Network Inaugural Health Care Award in recognition of his work to address and eliminate health care disparities. He also recently received the 2013 HISTalk Health Care IT Lifetime Achievement Award as well as America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award.