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Patrick Steele is an innovative executive with experience in all aspects of healthcare, insurance, retail, wholesale, supply chain, merchandising, information technology (IT), dot.com profit & loss, and worldwide retail exchange functions. A technology astute executive with generalist leadership talent, focused on the intersection of technology and business, from a strategic perspective. A proven executive with the ability to create a vision, secure the monetary resources and focus the management team to align the human capital needed to achieve the strategic execution that brings a vision to life. As member of executive management teams, successfully led several business process reengineering and technology refresh projects. An excellent communicator and speaker in presentations to both Board of Directors and the public.

Mr. Steele has 50 years of experience in healthcare, insurance, corporate retail, wholesale, supply chain, merchandising, and information technology (IT) functions.

Mr. Steele retired 5 years ago as Executive Vice President and CIO for Delta Dental of California and a member of the Senior Executive Management Team. Delta Dental is an $8 billion enterprise and one of the largest dental benefit administrators in the nation.

Prior to joining Delta Dental, he was involved in consulting and business development, and was active in establishing several technology companies that serve the retail sector. As a former member of the executive management team for a $37 billion retailer, Mr. Steele led numerous strategic projects, inclusive of both large and small mergers and acquisitions, which spanned a 35 year career.

Mr. Steele is focused on the power of organizations using technology as a differentiator in their marketplace and is always looking for solutions that fall outside of the usual lines of business he is involved in. To assist in this quest Mr. Steele Chairs the Advisory Board for Blumberg Capital a Venture Capital firm and is active in the evaluation of new companies for the firm to invest in.

Mr. Steele was a Board member and Vice Chair of the Board for Dignity Health, a large multi-state Healthcare delivery company based in San Francisco and now sits on the Board of CommonSpirit Health, a national Healthcare company.

Mr. Steele holds a BA in Business Administration and a BS in Mathematics, both from the University in Washington.

He has been active in numerous civic organizations and divides his time between his homes in San Francisco and Seattle.