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At Cargill, Heise is responsible for information technology worldwide. Sheis a member of Cargill's corporate center, the business conduct committee andthe Tartan leadership team.
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Prior to joining Cargill, Heise was the chief information officer forHoneywell's Aerospace business and for Honeywell's Europe, Middle East, andAfrica operations. She has worked on business integrations, processimprovement teams and mergers/acquisitions throughout her career.
"I am very pleased to welcome Rita as Blue Cross' newest trustee," saidPatrick Geraghty, president and CEO of Blue Cross. "She is an outstandingleader whose considerable business expertise will be of tremendous value tothe work of our board."
Heise received bachelor's degrees in computer science and mathematics andhas an MBA from St. Thomas University. She participates on IT industrycommittees, serves on the board of Adventium Labs and represents Cargill onadvisory boards with Dell Corporation and the College of St. Catherine.Blue Cross operates under the guidance of the board which oversees theorganization's work as a nonprofit health service plan corporation.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, with headquarters in the St. Paulsuburb of Eagan, was chartered in 1933 as Minnesota's first health plan andcontinues to carry out its charter mission today: to promote a wider, moreeconomical and timely availability of health services for the people ofMinnesota. A nonprofit, taxable organization, Blue Cross is the largest healthplan based in Minnesota, covering 2.9 million members in Minnesota andnationally through its health plans or plans administered by its affiliatedcompanies. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is an independent licenseeof the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, headquartered in Chicago. Go tobluecrossmn.com to learn more about Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.
SOURCE Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota
