Kate Paradise serves as the Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, where she leads the organization’s legal, regulatory, and compliance strategy. She oversees all legal operations and provides executive counsel on matters spanning regulatory compliance, corporate governance, employment law, data privacy, and enterprise risk. With more than 17 years of combined law firm and inhouse experience, Kate advises on a broad range of issues, including legislation, litigation management, contracting, and both operational and transactional initiatives.
Kate’s portfolio includes oversight of HIPAA compliance, data privacy, ethics, and corporate policy development. She maintains primary responsibility for ensuring adherence to federal and state requirements, including ERISA, COBRA, HIPAA, the Affordable Care Act, the Internal Revenue Code, and applicable employment and privacy laws.
Before joining the company, Kate served as Managing Counsel at Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, where she advised on complex regulatory and compliance matters affecting health plan and pharmacy operations. She previously practiced as an Employee Benefits Attorney at Poyner Spruill LLP, specializing in health and welfare benefit plans, retirement plans, fringe benefit programs, executive compensation, and severance arrangements.
Kate holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Emory University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
