Insurance 2024: FRANK LUCIA

Since 2017, Lucia has led Delta Dental of Virginia, one of the state’s largest dental benefits providers, and its holding company, Corvesta. Delta has about 250 employees in Virginia and posted $780 million in 2023 revenue. 

Previously, Lucia was president and CEO of Dean Health Plan in Madison, Wisconsin, and worked in finance for Cigna and W.R. Grace. A certified public accountant, Lucia received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from Binghamton University and his MBA from the University of Miami.

In February, the Delta Dental of Virginia Foundation awarded $622,000 in grants to 10 safety-net clinics that address oral health. Since it was created in 2012, the foundation has invested more than $13 million to support education, program development and community partnerships.

HOW I FEEL ABOUT AI AT WORK: It is the responsibility of corporate leaders to ensure it is deployed in an ethical and safe manner. …The power to mine data, perform additional customer analyses and make better-informed product design and underwriting decisions is exciting.

WHAT PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED TO LEARN ABOUT ME: I’ve seen Bruce Springsteen in concert 15 times.