David Herndon, President, North Carolina Market

David Herndon is the president of CareSource’s North Carolina Market and has more than 20 years of innovative health care leadership experience. He developed one of the country’s first aged, blind and disabled managed care plans and has built both acute and long-term care provider networks, launched new Medicare and Medicaid plans, and developed value-based payment models.

Prior to joining CareSource, he served as the executive vice president and chief business operations officer for the Hawaii Medical Service Association, where he oversaw government programs, internal operations, account management and sales and information technology.

Herndon previously served as president of Hawaii operations for United HealthCare where he had full responsibility for Medicaid and Medicare plans and designed a new Medicaid clinical model that helped reduce nursing home admissions by 80%.

Herndon received his Bachelor of Science in accounting from the University of South Florida. He is active in Meals on Wheels and North Carolina MedAssist and is the former board chair for the Hawaii Foodbank.