Alignment Health announced the appointment of Tim Moorhead as senior vice president and regional president of North Carolina, Arizona and Texas, and Lisa Ferrari as senior vice president and regional president of Nevada and Northern California. Reporting to Dawn Maroney, president of markets for Alignment Health, both executives will create customer value while ensuring strategic operating plans are being met in their respective markets. They also will collaborate and manage relationships with area health care professionals, health systems, medical groups, independent physician associations, local legislators and other key stakeholders to deliver state-of-the-art health plan performance and support Alignment's overall growth.

Based in Tennessee, Moorhead brings more than 22 years of health care experience to Alignment. He is a leader in financial management, new business development, client relations and industry networking initiatives in growth-oriented, consumer-facing marketplaces. Before Alignment, he served as SVP and president for Ascension Insurance, spearheading revenue growth for Ascension's wholly-owned and joint venture insurance subsidiaries, covering more than 1.2 million people across multiple states.

He also served at Humana for 17 years in various commercial and Medicare Advantage leadership roles including market president for Humana North Carolina, where he and his team achieved growth of more than 150,000 Medicare Advantage members. Prior to his Humana tenure, Moorhead worked in the financial services industry and served on the legislative staff of the late U.S. Sen. John W. Warner from Virginia and the late U.S. Sen.

Paul Coverdell of Georgia.  He holds a master's degree in business administration from Georgetown University with an emphasis in corporate finance and marketing management. Based in California, Ferrari brings 30 years of progressive health care industry experience to Alignment. She most recently served as the vice president of managed care for Rady Children's Health, where she was responsible for leading strategies to improve contractual performance across all payers and various departments.

Prior to that, Ferrari was Humana's vice president of network strategy and operations in California, Nevada and Hawaii. Previous leadership positions include vice president of network management in Southern California for United Healthcare and regional vice president of network management for Anthem Blue Cross. She holds a Juris Doctor from Thomas Jefferson School of Law and a master's degree of public health in health services administration from San Diego State University.