The 50 Most Influential Women In West Michigan: Kim Horn [Grand Rapids Business Journal]

President/CEO

Priority Health

Kim Horn and responsibility are a hand-in-glove fit. As president/CEO of Priority Health, Horn is in charge of leading the organization's vision and strategic direction, developing a comprehensive and diversified portfolio of health and wellness solutions and guiding the corporation's financial and operating performance.

Horn previously served as president of the Michigan Association of Health Plans, which represents 17 health plans and more than 2.1 million health care consumers in Michigan.

She came to Priority Health from Mercy Health Plan, the insurance subsidiary of Mercy Health Services in Farmington Hills, where she was COO, and prior to that, CFO. Before her move to Mercy Health Plan, Horn was vice president of finance administration for Health Plan of MidAmerica, an HMO owned by Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo.

The Flint native held various positions over a seven-year period at Genesee Memorial Hospital. She left there as assistant administrator to assume responsibilities as controller and business affairs director at Physicians Health Plan in Lansing, an HMO managed by United Health Care in Minneapolis.

Horn serves as director on various boards including The Bank of Holland, Davenport University and the Dean's Advisory Board of Grand Valley State University Seidman College of Business. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration at University of Michigan. Horn is the 2004 recipient of the Ellis J. Bonner Outstanding Achievement Award, conferred by the Michigan Association of Health Plans, in recognition of individuals who have made a significant impact on health care in Michigan.