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Ed Choate

President & CEO · Delta Dental Plan of Arkansas INC

President & CEO at Delta Dental Plan of Arkansas INC. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 5 organizations on the Form 990 record.

Ambiguous identity This name matches 3 other individuals we could not verify as the same person. Each is kept as a separate record below — treat them as distinct people unless an explicit match is confirmed.
Organizations
5
Roles reported
5
Reported compensation
$748K
Others who share this name
3

Who this is

Profile

Everything on the left is verified from the IRS filings. The biography on the right is compiled from public web sources and grounded to that filed record.

✓ Verified from filings
Reported as President & CEO of Delta Dental Plan of Arkansas INC, based in Sherwood, AR.
Received $748K in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
Also listed as Board Member of Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce, uncompensated.
Also listed as Director of Conway Development Corporation, uncompensated.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

Ed Choate served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Delta Dental Plan of Arkansas for 20 years (2000–2022), leading the organization's expansion to serve over 800,000 members in Arkansas and 2.4 million nationally. Under his leadership, the company quadrupled membership, revenue, and net assets while managing dental benefits for the State of Arkansas' Medicaid program.

Compiled from public web sources (3 cited), grounded to the filed record.

Track record

Career & tenure

Real tenure, career, and education — from public web sources, what you need to vet a founder or leader beyond the filing window.

Tenure here
2000–2022

Affiliations

Organizations

Linked as the same person by IRS Schedule R, a shared officer mailing address, or shared fellow board members.

Baptist Health Trustee · $1.4B revenue · Little Rock, ARBAPTIST HEALTH EXISTS TO PROVIDE QUALITY PATIENT CENTERED SERVICES TO THE CITIZENS OF AR WITH CHRISTIAN COMPASSION & PERSONAL CONCERN CONSISTENT WITH…Filed FY2023, FY2022 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
Delta Dental Plan of Arkansas INC President & CEO · $242.4M revenue · Sherwood, ARSee Schedule O.pay $737K → $748KFiled FY2022, FY2021, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$748Kreported comp
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Conway Development Corporation Director · $1.7M revenue · Conway, ARENHANCE INDUSTRY OPPORTUNITIES IN CONWAY, AR THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTFiled FY2022, FY2021, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce Board Member · $2.6M revenue · Little Rock, ARTHE MISSION OF THE ARKANSAS STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS TO CONTINUALLY ENHANCE THE ECONOMIC CLIMATE IN ARKANSAS.Filed FY2021 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce Director · $3.0M revenue · Little Rock, ARTO FOSTER ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS.Filed FY2021, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII

Disambiguation

Other people named Ed Choate

Different individuals who share this name, separated by IRS Schedule R, mailing address, and shared-board evidence. The 990 carries no person identifier, so some may still be the same person.

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Ed Choate 2 organizations · Muskogee, OKMuskogee Rotary Club No 87foundation INC
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Ed Choate 1 organization · Chicago, ILDelta Dental Plans Association
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Ed Choate 1 organization · Oklahoma City, OKOklahoma Press Association

Network

Serves alongside

Other officers, directors & key employees at this person's organizations, by latest reported compensation.

T
President & CEO · FY2024
$2.2M
D
Chief of Strategy & Innovation · FY2024
$1.6M
K
President & CEO · FY2024
$1.3M
G
President - Central Region · FY2024
$1.1M
B
Chief Financial Officer · FY2024
$1.1M
K
President - Western Ar/East Ok · FY2022
$1.0M
C
Chief Hr Officer · FY2024
$1.0M
C
Chief Value Based Care · FY2024
$882K
P
Chief Legal Officer · FY2024
$755K
M
President - Little Rock · FY2024
$710K
C
Chief Medical Officer · FY2024
$702K
J
President - Western Ar / East Ok · FY2024
$681K

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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org