With over 28 years in the health insurance industry supporting BlueCross^® and BlueShield^® Plans, Lauret Howard has ultimate responsibility for identifying and evaluating new strategic business opportunities, products, and services. Her primary role is to enhance NASCO's corporate understanding of its market. She is also accountable for delivering the company's performance management solutions to NASCO Plan customers including business effectiveness consulting, education and user documentation, performance support and account implementation services. Lauret also oversees corporate planning and enterprise risk management.

Lauret has over 14 years supporting national account processing on the NASCO Processing System (NPS). In 1999, she joined NASCO as Assistant Vice President of the Business Effectiveness Unit and served as the Chief Financial Officer from 2001 through 2006. Prior to beginning her NASCO tenure, Lauret held a variety of leadership and operational delivery roles with EDS’ Health Care Strategic Business Unit with a focus on solution engineering, implementation and change management for the payer market.

Lauret is a Georgia native and has a Bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Georgia and a Master's degree from the Goizeuta Business School of Emory University. She resides in Marietta, Georgia with her husband and three children.