Keith Eckert
Associate Vice President, Corporate Communications

Keith Eckert is Associate Vice President of Corporate Communications for the AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies. In this role, Mr. Eckert oversees communications and branding functions, including national strategy and branding, public relations, media relations, advertising, member and provider communications support, executive communications, and internal and external communications for the Company's corporate unit and Pennsylvania managed care plans.

With more than 18 years of professional communications and marketing experience, Mr. Eckert provides the Company with expertise in media relations, marketing communications, internal communications and Web communications.

Mr. Eckert holds a master's degree in English from the State University of New York at Binghamton and is accredited by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC).