Dr. Ralph Foxman
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Foxman pioneered the concept of Dental Managed care in this country. He founded Group Dental Service (GDS) in 1965 to help serve the needs of Taft-Hartley fund members and their families. In 1984, Dr. Foxman founded Dental Benefit Providers (DBP) and led it as Chairman and CEO for 18 years. DBP provided quality Dental programs to large employers, Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO’s), Municipalities and Unions in all 50 States until it was acquired by UnitedHealthGroup in 2001.
Most recently, Dr. Foxman has channeled all of his knowledge and experience in managed healthcare into founding Group Vision Service Inc., where he serves as Chairman of the Board.
Dr. Foxman is a resident of the Washington, DC area where he lives with his Wife, Sherry and they have a combined family of four children, additionally, Ralph has three grandchildren. Dr. Foxman received his degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery from Georgetown University School of Dentistry in 1959.
Gregory Borca
Executive V.P., Medicaid
Mr. Borca, one of the founders of Scion Dental, using his extensive experience in the Medicaid Dental business, oversees all aspects of client relationships for the company. Mr. Borca is also actively involved with Vestica Healthcare, a healthcare administration company, and Wonderbox Technologies, a company that designs and supports the benefits administration software used by Scion Dental and other managed care clients.
In addition to Wonderbox Technologies, Scion Dental and Vestica Healthcare, Mr. Borca has also had tremendous success with numerous other business ventures. Mr. Borca was a founding partner of Doral Dental USA, one of America’s largest dental insurance companies with more than 90% of its business in Medicaid program management. Under his leadership, Doral Dental was named the fastest growing privately held company in 2000. Inc. Magazine named Doral Dental USA the 28th fastest growing company in America in 2000, up from 47th in 1999. In 1999, Doral Dental received Arthur Andersen’s Wisconsin Fast Track Award, given to the fastest growing companies in Wisconsin.
Mr. Borca’s talent for growing companies began in 1988 with the founding of Resolute Systems, Inc., a mediation and arbitration company that employs the talents of former state and federal judges to resolve civil litigation. The company has grown to the second largest alternative dispute resolution company in the United States, with more than 1,000 former judges serving on its roster. In 1992, Mr. Borca founded Mednet of America, Inc., which accepts and manages financial risk from health maintenance organizations (HMOs) that offer chiropractic and physical therapy services. The organization currently manages over one million members.
Mr. Borca graduated from Marquette University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Organization & Leadership Studies.
James D. Hyman
Chief Executive Officer – Group Vision Services
Mr. Hyman has been President and CEO of Group Vision Service, Inc. (GVS) since its inception in 2008. Prior to serving in that position, Jim held senior management positions in several eye care management organizations. Most recently, he was the founder and President of Anthem Vision, a subsidiary of WellPoint, Inc. Beginning in 2001, he oversaw the growth of that multi-state routine vision subsidiary from start-up to its position among the top 5 vision care insurance companies in the U.S. Immediately prior to that, Jim was the President and CEO of First American Health Concepts, Inc. (dba: Eye Care Plan of America) where he was responsible for the rapid growth of this 50 state eye care insurance company until its merger with EyeMed Vision Care, Inc. in 2001. Immediately prior to his joining Eye Care Plan of America, Mr. Hyman was a co-founder and Executive V.P. of Physician’s Eye Care Network, Inc. a Concord, California based total eye care delivery system which merged with Omega Optical in 1996. Jim began his career in the managed vision care industry in 1988 as the Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Davis Vision. Jim is married to Barbara and together they have 3 children and 8 grand children. He is a graduate of Holy Cross College in Worcester, MA.
Lorna Taylor
Executive V.P., Medical Services
Lorna Taylor is the President and CEO of Premier Eye Care, where she began as Executive Director in 1993. Promoted to Executive Vice President and then CEO, Taylor was promoted to President and CEO in 2009. Taylor oversees all areas of business operations for Premier Eye Care, which currently manages the routine vision, medical ophthalmic care, and administrative services for over 1,000,000 insured lives throughout Florida. With more than 28 years of business experience, Taylor has overseen the company’s growth in a competitive market from a start-up to $40 million in annual revenue today. Under Taylor’s leadership, Premier has developed and implemented innovative delivery models for ophthalmic managed eye care, robust ophthalmic disease management programs, as well as customized financial models to meet the unique needs of Premier’s partners and diverse client base.
Premier Eye Care is also the managing medical partner for Ocular Benefits where Taylor serves as Executive V.P., Medical Services. In this role she oversees the management of operations specific to medical ophthalmic services for all lines of business within Ocular Benefits.
A dedicated and active member of the Tampa Bay community, Taylor’s support of the non-profit community includes leadership roles in a variety of prestigious organizations. Taylor currently serves on the Board of Trustees of The University of Tampa, and on the Board of Directors for Florida Prevent Blindness, The Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Tampa Bay Business for Culture and Arts, The International Green Belt Movement, and Earth Charter U.S.