2 0 2 3 T O P C E O s a n d C F O s CAROLYN HAVLICK , DAVE ROSENBERG CCFO , CMFO , CPA , RMA SVP and CFO , Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Chief Financial Officer , Burlington County Rosenberg joined Horizon BCBSNJ Havlick started her career as an in June 2014 as chief accounting auditor specializing in government officer and has more than 30 years services . For more than 10 years , of finance experience . As CFO , he she provided accounting and con - oversees the financial strategy and sulting services to governmental actuarial functions , including ac - entities , instructed in - house edu - counting and financial reporting , cational seminars and served as a treasury and capital planning , in - mentor for various organizations . vestments , tax , budgeting and She ultimately left the accounting planning , procurement and cor - firm to become the chief financial porate real estate , special investi - officer for Burlington County . gations unit , security and admin - Havlick is licensed to practice as a istration . Rosenberg previously certified county and municipal fi - held senior leadership positions nance officer , registered municipal with Hertz , Polo Ralph Lauren and accountant and certified public ac - Coty . Currently , he co - chairs the countant . board of directors of the Greater Newark Conservancy and is on the board for LTC Re . What leadership lesson only comes with experience ? Confidence and decisiveness . You can’t fear mistakes : Instead , What are your goals for 2023 ? you have to trust your experience to make decisions without hes - Our customers and members are clear in what they want from us : itation and lead your team forward through challenging situations . improve their total cost of care and health care experience . Health Things won’t always go as planned or how you would have liked care is complex , and achieving those goals requires that I ensure them to turn out . Learn from those experiences , and then move my team can focus on strategic , value - added work . I’m leveraging on to your next task . digital technologies that maximize automation opportunities and optimizing our operations with the right digital tools . PHILLIP W . HEATH , M.S . MARY KAY SHEA President and Chief Executive Officer , Samaritan Executive Vice President & CFO , 1st Colonial Community Bank Heath brings 30 years of experience Shea is a highly experienced ex - in hospice , long - term care and ecutive with more than 30 years health care technology to Samari - of community banking financial tan’s mission : providing clinical ex - management experience and a pertise and compassion to 11,000 proven track record of managing patients , clients and their families multiple priorities with increased annually with life - enhancing serv - regulatory oversight . Prior to join - ices . He holds a B.A . from More - ing 1st Colonial Community Bank , house College , an M.S . in health Shea held positions of responsi - services administration from the bility at Royal Bank America , Parke University of Detroit Mercy , a cer - Bank and Wainwright Bank & Trust . tificate in health care leadership She is president of the board of from Cornell University and led trustees for the nonprofit Main - Samaritan’s board as chairman for stage Center for the Arts , proudly four years before becoming CEO . supporting its focus on performing arts education and opportunities . Who had the most impact on your leadership philosophy ? Who had the most impact on your leadership philosophy ? Retired health care executive Chris Allen . During my early years My father — a great example of what I strive to be as a leader — in health care , he was a new hospital CEO who adopted business had the most impact on my leadership philosophy , which is to guru Tom Peters ’ “ management by walking around , ” which lead with integrity and honesty . Be accountable to my team involves listening to staff problems and ideas while walking and myself . After communicating and providing guidance and through an office or plant — and is still relevant today . With his training , I trust that my team is capable of executing their areas philosophy of teaching , coaching and motivating , Chris shaped of responsibility . Communication and availability are key , and my approach to developing successful teams , building leaders don’t need to be formal . and growing organizations . 16 | SOUTH JERSEY BIZ | VOLUME 13 ISSUE 1