Amerigroup Corporation have elected Joseph Prueher and John Snow, former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, to its board of directors, effective as of Aug. 5.

Prueher joins the Amerigroup board following a decorated military and public service career. He is currently the James R. Schlesinger Distinguished Professor at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs.

Secretary Snow joins the board as the president of JWS Associates, a Richmond-based consulting firm. Previously, Secretary Snow served as the 73rd U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under President George W. Bush where his duties included chairing the Boards of Trustees of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds. Prior to joining the Bush Administration, Snow served as chairman, president and CEO of CSX Corporation, the global transportation company, for well over a decade.General Counsel Transition Completed

In other news, the company has announced the appointment of Nicholas Pace as executive vice president, general counsel and secretary, effective as of Aug. 5. In these roles, he replaces Stanley Baldwin, who will remain with the company as executive vice president, chief legal officer and secretary emeritus through his planned retirement on Dec. 31.

Pace joined Amerigroup in 2006 as senior vice president and deputy general counsel, and since that time, his areas of responsibility have included corporate governance, SEC and NYSE compliance and reporting, corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining Amerigroup, Pace served as assistant general counsel for CarMax, a publicly traded auto retailer, where his focus included corporate governance, corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions.

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