Richard T. Burke
Director
management
United Health Group
Germany
Biography
Richard T. Burke, Sr. has been appointed as Lead Independent Director of the Company, effective September 1, 2017. He is Chair of the Board of Directors of UnitedHealth Group, has been a member of our Board since 1977, and was CEO of UnitedHealthcare, Inc., our predecessor corporation, until 1988. From 1995 until 2001, Mr. Burke was the owner, CEO and Governor of the Phoenix Coyotes, a National Hockey League team. Mr. Burke currently serves as a director of Meritage Homes Corporation. Mr. Burke’s 40 years’ experience broadly in health care and managed care will continue to inform the Company’s innovative response to the evolution of the health care system
Research Interest
business and administration