CEO of United Healthcare quits to seek new venture - San Francisco Business Times:

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Loubet, who created a name for United statewid since he took the helmin mid-1996, said he will leavre in late July to head into a earlier-stage company that he can build. "I'm just at a poiny in my career where, in a small venture, I can move fastet and have more influence at anearlier stage," said Loubet, who has spent 13 yearse as an executive in Northern California healty plans, first at HealthNet, then two years as Foundation's While he is still weighing options, includingb online health care and physicians services, he said the time was righrt to leave for both his career and for "We've brought in solid group management," he "The company's well positioned and read to move forward.
" Under Loubet'ds direction, United's network has added 10,000 doctors statewide, grown from 10 counties to 25, and partneredf up with the $30 billionm AIG to serve Hong Kong. It has also landee some key Bay Area account sthis year: IBM, Lucent Pacific Gas & Electridc Co., Gap Inc. and Williams-Sonoma. The Minneapolixs company has tapped Emery Dameron toreplace him. hither and yon • Washington Hospital CEO Nancy Farber, in Fremont, has been named womajn of the year by the Women Healtyh Care Executives of Northern The award citesher 21-year career in healthh care and her dedication to health and wellneszs at the community • Emeryville's Chiron Corp.
has startefd the first gene therapy trials in hemophilia patientxs to correct theirgenetic blood-clottinf disorder. The biotech expects to have trial resultxnext year. Chiron has also named Chief Scientificx OfficerLewis "Rusty" Williams, to its board. • South San Francisco's Shamam Pharmaceuticals has hired 18-year marketing veteran Tom White to head itscommerciap strategy, marketing and sales. A formefr Procter & Gamble executive, Whitr had been a general manager at WeiderNutritio International. He will help launcgh Shaman's first dietary supplements this summer, to treatf diarrhea.
• The Alzheimer's Association is opening a new offic in downtown Santa Rosa to serve theSonomaw area. The nonprofit now reachees 12,000 North Bay families from its offices in San Kristen Bole can be reachedrat kbole@amcity.com, or at (415) 288-4951.