National Business Group on Health leader Helen Darling to retire
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Helen Darling, the longtime president and CEO of the National Business Group on Health in Washington, will retire at the end of April, the NBGH announced Monday.
Ms. Darling, who joined the NBGH in 2001, will be succeeded by Brian Marcotte, vice president of compensation and benefits at Honeywell International Inc. in Morristown, N.J., who will retire next spring from Honeywell.
After nearly 40 years in the employee benefits arena — including working as a consultant for Towers Watson & Co. and Mercer L.L.C., as a benefit manager at Xerox Corp. and as a staffer on the Senate Finance Committee — Ms. Darling said in an interview that the time had come to not be in an “intense full-time job.”
After her retirement on April 30, 2014, she will continue to work through the end of 2014 for the NBGH on a part-time basis as a senior adviser to assist with the leadership transition.
“Helen has been an outstanding leader and is widely considered one of the most influential and innovative authorities on health care in America,” Pamela Kimmet, the NBGH chair of the board of directors and senior vice president of human resources at Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. in Atlanta, said in a statement.
Ms. Kimmet described Ms. Darling as a “true visionary” whose leadership transformed the NBGH as “a major force shaping health care policy and practices for its member companies.”
Among other things, the NBGH, which has 377 members — primarily Fortune 500 companies and large public-sector employers — facilitates the ability of members to share strategies to control health care costs, improve patient safety and quality of care, and support healthy lifestyles.
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