Longtime member brings crucial healthcare and finance experience to new role

Delaware State Treasurer Colleen Davis was elected Vice Chair of the State Employee Benefits Committee (SEBC) at its most recent meeting Friday, Feb. 21 – ushering in a new era of leadership for a crucial committee that oversees benefits for all Delaware employees and retirees.

Treasurer Davis has served on the SEBC since 2019. In her new role as Vice Chair, she will be able to make an even more substantial impact by leveraging her unique background in both medicine and finance to help the committee make decisions that serve the best interests of all state employees and retirees.

“I’m grateful to the State Employee Benefits Committee for entrusting me with the vital position of Vice Chair,” Treasurer Davis said. “Our state employees deserve to receive the highest standard of care at a cost they can afford. The decisions this board makes are serious and complex, and they affect the lives and livelihoods of more than a hundred thousand Delawareans. Meeting our people’s needs requires both compassion and innovative thinking – and I look forward to bringing my experience in medicine and health finance to this leadership role.”

The SEBC controls and manages all employee benefits for the State of Delaware, including health, prescription, dental, vision and other options. The state’s Group Health Insurance Plan provides coverage to some 135,263 members – a figure that includes employees, retirees, participating groups, and all spouses and dependents. The committee is chaired by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and includes the Treasurer as well as the Lieutenant Governor, Insurance Commissioner, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Controller General, Secretary of the Department of Human Resources, Secretary of Health and Social Services, two union leaders, and two eligible Delaware pensioners.

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