Yvette Dapremont Bright
President, Brighter Horizon
Meet Yvette Dapremont Bright
Yvette is passionate about working with young students to help them reach their academic potential. As an inspirational leader, Yvette recently retired from her role as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Independence Blue Cross in Philadelphia, where she was the first woman and person of color to have responsibility for the Commercial and Medicare P&Ls, with revenues exceeding $6 billion; all while also overseeing customer service, processing services, operations shared services, business process reengineering and business technology services. Yvette now serves on the board of Independence Blue Cross.
Throughout her entire career, Yvette has mentored students and young professionals, providing invaluable guidance to develop their skills and unwavering support to facilitate success in their academic or professional careers.
Yvette earned her Bachelor of Science degree at Tulane University School of Engineering and a Masters of Business Administration from St. Joseph’s University. She currently serves on several Boards of Directors, including Independence Blue Cross, National Life Group, AmeriHealth Caritas, and the Advisory Board of Clarify Health. Now, as President of Brighter Horizon Foundation, she is the force behind our mission to assist first generation students reach the goal of attaining a college degree.
Our Board
Alana W. Robinson,
CEO, Robinson Group, Consulting Chairperson
Alan Krigstein,
Retired Chief Financial Executive,
Vice Chairman
Richard Lauro,
Vice President, Global FP&A, Chubb Limited,
Treasurer
E. Terry Booker,
Vice President, Business Development, Independence Blue Cross
Dr. Robbin Smart,
Executive Director,
Breakthrough Philadelphia
Michele Miller,
Healthcare Transformation Executive,
Secretary
Stephan A. Roker,
Vice President, Amerihealth Caritas
Lisa Santare,
Communications Director
Michael A. Vennera,
Senior Vice President and CIO, Independence Blue Cross
Alison S. Woods,
Retired Technology Executive
William Haggett,
Retired Healthcare Executive
Meet Our Mentors
Craig Alleyne, Jr.,
Business Development
Skyword
Towson University, 2019
Taylor J. Bright,
Morgan Stanley Analyst,
Brown University 2018
Jason R. Bright,
Accenture Analyst,
Babson College, 2018
Jillian C. Carter,
Independence Blue Cross,
Hampton University 2015
Georgia Fox,
Brown University 2020
Bria Lewis,
Doctor of Pharmacy,
Masters Public Health,
Samford University 2020
Tyler E. Martin,
VirtualHealth,
University of Pittsburgh 2015
Christopher S. Woods,
Macquarie Investment Management,
University of Pittsburgh 2015
Jeanine Mojum,
Amazon,
Brown University 2018
Colin Redd,
Burb Media,
Drexel University 2016
Kenton Meronard,
NASA Aerospace Academy,
University of Richmond 2015
Emily Young,
Urban Outfitters,
Adrian College 2017
Isabella Hazell,
BlackRock Analyst,
Howard University 2017
Brianna Pinckney,
Civil Engineer, Turner Construction,
University of Pittsburgh, 2015
Nicholas Frost,
Executive Director,
Morgan Stanley Associate,
Rutgers University, 2017
Carnegie Mellon, 2018
Mari Meas,
University of Pennsylvania 2015,
Business Analyst Independence Blue Cross
Casey Whyland,
New York University,
Class of 2018
Christian Johansen,
Middlebury College, 2017
Elliott Plotkin,
University of Tampa,
Class of 2018
Tarrynn Deavens,
Hampton University,
Class of 2012
Charlie Sigaud,
Berkadia,
Commercial Mortgage Broker,
University of Pittsburgh,
2015
Josh Chawla,
Lightyear Capital
University of Richmond ‘18
Megan Rosica,
Traffic/ITS Engineer at Jacobs
University of Delaware 2015 (BS) and 2017 (MCE)
Lucas Starr,
Technology/Strategy Consultant at Deloitte
Northeastern University 2017
Erin Napoleon,
University of Pittsburgh School of Law ‘22
Franklin and Marshall College 2018
Maya Wilcher,
Dartmouth 2016
Goldman Sachs
