Andrew Dober appointed director of labor sales at Excellus

Excellus BlueCross BlueShield has appointed Andrew Dober director of labor sales.

Dober began his career at Excellus BCBS in 1992 and has held a variety of sales positions in areas including commercial sales and the government programs division. Since 2000, he has been dedicated to serving, retaining and growing the health insurer’s labor book of business across its 31-county service area. With this new appointment, Dober will also serve as the health plan’s corporate designee to the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association’s (BCBSA) National Labor Office (NLO).

Dober, a 2013 graduate of Leadership Greater Syracuse, is NYS-licensed in life, accident and health, and earned an Associate in Science degree with honors in labor studies from Onondaga Community College, a Bachelor of Science degree in business and human resources management from SUNY Brockport, and an Advanced Labor Studies certificate from the BCBSA’s National Labor Office at Rutgers University.

He currently serves on the Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) board and volunteers with various organizations.