Kate McCown

Kate McCown is Vice President and Compliance Officer for the Ameritas and Ameritas of New York Group Dental, Vision, and Hearing Division in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 2012 she was appointed as Director of Health Care Reform and responsible for analysis, advocacy, strategy, and implementation related to the Affordable Care Act on state and Federal levels, presenting on the Affordable Care Act and its implications to dental benefits across the country. In 2014, she was elected as Second Vice President of Compliance for Ameritas and in 2018, Vice President and Compliance Officer. In 2014, she was elected to the Board of Directors for the National Association of Dental Plans (NADP) and served two consecutive terms until 2020. She is Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC) by the Healthcare Compliance Certification Association and is a LIMRA Leadership Institute Fellow. In her community, she currently serves as a Teammates youth mentor, a steering committee member of Women in Philanthropy for the United Way of Lincoln/Lancaster County, a board member of the Members Own Credit Union in Lincoln, and a board member of the Museum of Nebraska Arts (MONA) in Kearney. She holds a B.A. in Legal Studies from Doane University.