Leonard D. Schaeffer, president and chief executive...
Leonard D. Schaeffer, president and chief executive of Blue Cross of California, was elected to the additional post of chairman of the Woodland Hills-based health insurer.
Schaeffer joined Blue Cross as president in 1986 and spearheaded the company’s rebound from major losses to profitability.
He succeeds as chairman Benjamin Aranda, a Los Angeles Municipal Court judge who resigned to pursue other interests, including a possible campaign for the state Superior Court, Blue Cross said. Aranda had been chairman since 1986.
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