Blue Shield is one of the largest health plans in California, with over 3.2 million members and 4,500 employees. Mr. Coppola is Vice President of Strategy and Business Development, responsible for identifying and capitalizing on opportunities that meet the needs of Blue Shield and its stakeholders. Prior to Blue Shield of California, Mr. Coppola led corporate development at Magellan Health Services, where he helped diversify Magellan from a behavioral health care company, into a well positioned and growing diversified specialty healthcare company through key acquisitions in the radiology and pharmacy markets. He also held corporate development and mergers and acquisitions roles with UnitedHealth Group, CIGNA, and JP Morgan. Mr. Coppola holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Bryant College.