Mark Mitchke is the president and CEO of Delta Dental of Washington (DDWA), Washington State’s largest dental-benefits company, providing dental coverage to more than 3.9 million people in state and nationwide. Under Mitchke’s leadership, DDWA is focused on providing best-in-class benefits services to its group and individual customers, transforming the dental-benefits business with technology, innovating to improve the DDWA member experience and improve members’ oral and overall health, building partnership with DDWA member dentists, and eliminating the barriers to better oral health for underserved communities. Mitchke also serves on the board and the executive committee of the Delta Dental Plans Association, a national organization that manages the Delta Dental brand, policies, and national provider network across the United States and Puerto Rico, providing dental-care benefits to more than 80 million people.

In addition, he serves on nonprofit boards for the American Heart Association and the Washington Roundtable, and he is a member of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of CEOs Against Cancer.