W. Patrick Hughes
Interim President and CEO
Division President, Health Plan Operations

Pat Hughes joined Fallon Community Health Plan in 2007 with extensive experience in sales, marketing and strategic business planning within the insurance industry. In 2010, Hughes became interim president and CEO for FCHP.

He previously served as President and CEO of W. P. Hughes and Company, a successful consulting and brokerage firm he founded in New Hampshire.

Prior to owning his own business, Hughes was Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Product Development for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Under his leadership, BCBSMA achieved unprecedented growth and profitability. Previously, he served as the President of Employee Benefit Plan Administration, the largest third-party administrator (TPA) in New England.

Hughes came on board at FCHP as Senior Vice President/Chief Marketing and Sales Officer, responsible for implementing and executing FCHP’s marketing and sales strategy in New England. At the end of 2007, he assumed extensive responsibility for health plan operations in the new role of Division President. Steering the company in its goal of net new profitable growth, he continues to provide strong leadership for FCHP’s sales, service and advocacy initiatives.

Currently, Hughes is on the board of directors of the VNA Care Network & Hospice in Worcester, Mass. and the Lowell Plan in Lowell, Mass.

Hughes holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Boston University, and is a member of the university’s Scarlet Key Society and the B.U. athletic Hall of Fame. He is a 10 year veteran of the National Football League.