Leadership Team
Lisa Kelley | President
Lisa Kelley joined Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana's legal division in 2010 and served as general counsel from 2019 until she was named President in January 2024.
Lisa is responsible for developing and executing strategies to accelerate access to affordable health care and achieve membership and financial targets for BCBSMT. Lisa oversees all plan operations, including sales and account management, government and public relations, provider network management, and health care management.
Lisa earned an undergraduate degree in business administration from Washington State University and a juris doctor from Gonzaga University School of Law. She currently serves on the Montana Life & Health Insurance Guaranty Association and the Glacier National Park Conservancy boards of directors. She is also an adjunct professor of health law at the Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana. She and her husband, Marcus, have two children, Dylan and Ava.
Dr. David Lechner | Vice President, Health Care Delivery and Chief Medical Officer
Dr. David Lechner joined BCBSMT in 2019 as Chief Medical Officer, serving as the Plan's clinical leader and partnering with the Health Care Management team to advance value-based care in Montana. In 2021, he was promoted to Vice President, Health Care Delivery and CMO, taking on additional responsibility overseeing the network team.
Born and raised in Billings as a third-generation Montanan, Dr. Lechner graduated from Carroll College with a bachelor's degree in biology and earned his medical degree from the University of Washington School of Medicine. Dr. Lechner returned to Helena in 1992, practicing family medicine and then serving as CMO of Community Medical Center before joining BCBSMT. Dr. Lechner and his wife, Kerry, have two children, Liam and Carlin.
Corey Palmer | Vice President, Sales and Account Management
Corey Palmer oversees BCBSMT's sales and retention efforts for all market segments, leading a team responsible for ensuring exceptional service to employer clients, brokers and consultants, and for driving a forward-looking strategy that meets our customers’ evolving needs.
Corey enjoys the outdoors and writes screenplays in his spare time. He holds an MFA in creative writing and a bachelor's in English from the University of Montana. Corey is the President of the Holter Museum of Art’s Board of Directors and serves on the Board of Directors for the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association National Labor Office. He lives in Helena with his wife, Tara, and two daughters, Jacey and Haley.