Group Market News
Published on March 9, 2021
Our Alaska sales team is passionate about making healthcare work better. Get to know the team that helps you make a difference in our customers lives.
Nadja Hipszer
Job title: Senior Sales Manager & Strategic Sales Executive
Group size you support: 100+, Optiflex, Self-funded
Time at Premera: 12 years
The favorite part about my role is: I get to work with fantastic human beings outside of Premera and within.
I passionately advocate for our customers by: Anticipating, listening, acting.
If I could be anywhere in the world right now I would be: Wherever my two sons, husband and dog are at.
Julia “Judy” Neumann
Job title: Strategic Account Manager
Group size you support: 100+, Optiflex, Self-funded
Time at Premera: 6 years
The favorite part about my role is: The dynamic and ever-changing environment of healthcare. I am challenged constantly to learn and grow in my role.
I passionately advocate for our customers by: First and foremost by Listening. I really need to hear what the customer’s needs are and understand them. Often in healthcare, those needs are complicated, and the customer may not even know how best to identify and communicate those clearly. It is my job to really identify issues or gaps and solve for them to help the employer group and their members get the most out of their healthcare plan.
If I could be anywhere in the world right now, I would be: I am an East coast girl at heart, so I’d have to say the DC metropolitan area/Maryland suburbs feasting on crabs at a marina/ shopping. I wouldn’t want to be there in COVID times, so a bit of time travel would have to be involved – as right now wouldn’t be part of the equation.
Christin Evans
Job title: Implementation Account Specialist
Group size you support: 100+, Optiflex, Self-funded
Time at Premera: 1.5 years
The favorite part about my role is: Working with a variety of different groups and learning about their businesses.
I passionately advocate for our customers by: Working diligently to connect our groups with the appropriate contacts to solve issues as expeditiously as possible.
If I could be anywhere in the world right now I would be: On a beach.
Shelley Jordan
Job title: Implementation Account Specialist
Group size you support: Small and Merit
Time at Premera: Moving into year 4
The favorite part about my role is: I enjoy solving problems, the research and satisfaction in discovering the cause and effect, and then being able to fix the issue.
I passionately advocate for our customers by: By helping members and producers understand their benefits clearly and use their coverage with ease.
If I could be anywhere in the world right now I would be: Maui HI or Madrid Spain.
Lynne Oaks
Job title: Senior Account Manager
Group size you support: AK Small (up to 51 on payroll) and AK Merit (up to 100 on payroll) market segments
Time at Premera: 10+ years, June 1, 2021 will mark 11 years with Premera
The favorite part about my role is: Helping people navigate the complicated worlds of health insurance and health care delivery.
I passionately advocate for our customers by: Always listening to better understand the customer’s need and always going to bat for them.
If I could be anywhere in the world right now I would be: Almost anywhere with some sand between my toes and a salty breeze blowing though the palms! It is pretty chilly in AK right now and I look forward to traveling again, hopefully soon!
Be sure to check back next week as we introduce more of the Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alaska sales team.