Mindi Fynke

Technology Council

President & CEO EHIM, Inc.

Mindi Fynke is the President and CEO of EHIM, Inc. She founded the organization in 1987 and has since driven the business to exponential growth. The core of EHIM's business model has earned Ms. Fynke national notoriety as the only Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) in the country to never have accepted a single rebate from pharmaceutical companies. As a certified WBENC woman-owned business and member of the Women's Business Enterprise, Ms. Fynke has built EHIM, Inc. into one of the 25 largest Pharmacy Benefit Managers in the country, servicing over two and a half million people. In 2006, she was nominated as an Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year" and in 2008 she was recognized as an Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year" finalist as well as Corp! Magazine's "Entrepreneur of Distinction." Most recently, Ms. Fynke won Ernst & Young's "Entrepreneur of the Year" award for 2010.

As a participating member of an advisory board to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and a pioneer of the value-based insurance design, Ms. Fynke continues to set the industry standard for pharmacy management while many of her best practices have been adopted by the nation's leading insurance carriers and managed care organizations.

Ms. Fynke was instrumental in the development of a Hurricane Relief prescription drug program for the Veteran's Administration beneficiaries. She is a founding trustee of the Jewish Women's Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit, as well as an avid donor to JARC, the National Kidney Foundation, Hospice of Michigan, the Children's Hospital of Michigan and other foundations that strive to enhance the quality of life for individuals with mental and physical disabilities. Most recently, Ms. Fynke was asked to be an advisory board member for PS2, a Heinz Family Philanthropies program dedicated to providing quality and affordable healthcare to the uninsured.