Rhonda Mims — Senior VP & Chief Public Affairs Officer at WellCare Health Plans

Ms. Rhonda R. Mims has been the Chief Public Affairs Officer and Senior Vice President of WellCare Health Plans, Inc. since August 23, 2016. Ms. Mims served as the Managing Director of corporate social responsibility at Paul Hastings, LLP. She had oversight of the Paul Hastings's diversity and inclusion strategy, charitable giving, pro bono and volunteer efforts and environmental sustainability. Prior to that, she served as Senior Vice President of corporate responsibility and Chief Diversity Officer for ING U.S./Voya Financial. Ms. Mims served as Senior Vice President of Office of Corporate Responsibility and Multicultural Affairs and President of ING Foundation at ING North America Insurance Corporation. Ms. Mims was responsible for creating an enterprise wide community relations platform focusing on financial literacy, children's education and diversity, including advancing its workforce diversity and inclusion strategy. Prior to current role, she was a member of ING's external affairs team. She served as ING U.S. PAC Treasurer, ethics officer and conducted government affairs for some of the mid-western states and the City of Atlanta. She was counsel with the ING U.S. litigation team overseeing the management of outside counsel on litigation matters and a territorial sales manager for ING based in Fairfax. Prior to joining ING, she served as an environmental civil litigation attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice and as a senior attorney with the National District Attorney Association's American Prosecutor's Research Institute. Ms. Mims serves as the Chairman of The Executive Leadership Council and as a member of the board of the Thirty Percent Coalition and the Citizens Committee for Children in New York. She has been acknowledged with numerous awards including CSR Executive of the Year, Top 100 Blacks in Corporate America and recognized as Woman of the Year by multiple organizations. She holds NASD series 7 and 66 designations. She received Bachelor's Degree in criminal justice and her Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina.