
	Kent Marquardt is Chief Financial Officer at Premera.

	Marquardt is responsible for the Premera family of companies&rsquo; finance, actuarial, knowledge services, underwriting and healthcare economics departments. He is president and CEO of NorthStar, Premera&rsquo;s joint venture investment entity in China.

	Marquardt came to Premera Blue Cross from American Dental Specialist Inc., where he served as chief executive officer. Prior to that, he was chief operating officer of western operations and chief financial officer of the western operations of MedPartners, Inc., the nation&#39;s largest publicly held physician practice management company. He has also held positions in healthcare management with PriMed Management Consulting Inc. He was with KPMG Peat Marwick for 19 years and was a partner in the Los Angeles and Phoenix offices.

	Marquardt holds a bachelor&#39;s degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin&ndash;Whitewater and a master&#39;s degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin.
