Chad Wilkins leads OptumHealth Financial Services, whose products and services make health care simpler, more accessible and more affordable. OptumHealth Financial Services includes OptumHealth Bank, Member FDIC, a leading health savings account (HSA) administrator; third-party administration (TPA) of health accounts and other benefits; and world-class transaction processing services with the largest electronic payment network in the industry.

Under Wilkins’s leadership, OptumHealth Financial Services has experienced:

• Strong growth through improved distribution among benefits consultants and strategic partners and resellers
• Accelerated adoption of electronic payments among health care providers
• Heightened individual engagement in health care savings and spending as a result of unique consumer education programs

The company is also pursuing new business opportunities that capitalize on its position as the only financial services company dedicated to health care.

Before joining OptumHealth, Wilkins spent more than 25 years in financial services. At U.S. Bank Corporate Payment Systems, he was instrumental in building one of most successful commercial payment groups in the industry. He served as the senior vice president-commercial large market, leading a segment that grew to more than $13 billion in annual volume.

Previously, Wilkins was a regional sales manager with Citicorp Diners Club and a commercial loan officer with United Jersey Banks. Wilkins earned his bachelor’s degree in government from Lehigh University.

Kelvin L. Anderson became president of OptumHealth Bank, Member FDIC, in 2008 and in 2010 was named head of a new business segment of OptumHealth Financial Services focused on health care banking services.

Anderson has 20 years of experience in bank operations, including finance and regulatory compliance and credit card payment operations. He was previously chief operating officer and chief financial officer of both Escrow Bank USA and Capmark Bank, building and sustaining operations at both banks during periods of rapid growth.

He is a graduate of the University of Utah with a bachelor’s degree in accounting.

Ann Brisk was named vice president, health care transaction services, in 2010 and is responsible for the company’s new business segment focused on health care transaction solutions for payers, providers and patients.

She joined OptumHealth in 2008 as director of national sales for OptumHealth’s health account and claims payment products to health plans and other payers. Prior to that, she had more than 17 years of experience in financial services product management and sales, including consumer and commercial credit cards, banking software and treasury services. She was a vice president, client consultant, at Bank of America, where she managed product consulting in treasury management sales for the western United States.

She was previously manager of business development for Works, Inc., and vice president, global expansion, for JP Morgan Chase and vice president, business development, for VISA USA. Ann started her career at GE Capital, working in a number of consumer and commercial credit card businesses.

Brisk is a graduate of the University of Colorado, Boulder, with a bachelor’s degree in marketing.

Howard Buff leads business development for OptumHealth’s health account, retirement and benefit administration services as vice president, health and wealth administration services, a new business segment created in 2010.

Before joining OptumHealth Financial Services in 2009, Buff was president and chief executive officer of UnitedHealthcare Benefits Services (UBS), which provides third-party benefits administration, and for some time held a concurrent role as chief operating officer for UHC Consumer Services. He started his UnitedHealth Group career in Optum, where he led a national team focused on enhancing the customer experience.

Buff has held various senior executive positions at Vsource, Administaff and Paychex. He has a degree in business administration from Rochester Institute of Technology and holds professional insurance licenses in health, life, property and casualty.

Kelly L. Clark is responsible for operations, product delivery, technology and project management for OptumHealth Financial Services. Clark has a wide range of experience in technology leadership, development, operations and consulting.

Previously, he was vice president of the application services group at Uniprise Technologies. Before joining Uniprise, Clark was vice president, development and technology, for Sagebrush Corp., a market leader in educational software products. Clark was also general manager of SSI North America, a consultancy practice, and spent three years at Norstan Consulting.

He has master’s and bachelor’s degrees from the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada.

Michelle LeDell has more than 20 years of experience working in human resources in 2007.

Prior to joining UnitedHealth Group, LeDell was senior vice president of human resources for Curative Health Services, a specialty pharmacy benefit and wound care management company. She has experience in strategic planning, leadership development, mergers and acquisitions, communications and change management.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing from St. Cloud State University in Minnesota.

Bruce Moyer joined OptumHealth Financial Services in 2008 and served as vice president, business development, before assuming the role of chief financial officer in 2009. He has more than 25 years of experience in finance, accounting and management consulting for companies in the financial services and high-tech sectors.

Prior to joining OptumHealth, Moyer was a director in the Business Advisory Services Group for Grant Thornton, LLP, of Minneapolis and president and chief operating officer of Vision Technologies, Inc., of St. Paul, Minn.

Moyer has a bachelor's degree in accounting and a master's degree in business administration from of the University of Illinois at Urbana.

An early advocate of consumer-directed health plans and debit card use with health accounts, James Priebe joined OptumHealth Financial Services in 2006.

Previously, Priebe was executive director and chief marketing officer for MMSI, a Mayo Health company. There he led third-party administrative services, health services, network services and pharmacy benefit management. Prior to MMSI, Priebe spent seven years at Sheffield, Olson & McQueen, a third-party administrator, where he led teams that created new profit centers and marketing opportunities.

Priebe is a frequent consultant and speaker on transforming health care for employees and retirees in public and private organizations.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing management and communications from Concordia College in St. Paul, Minn.