Name: Christy Beauchamp

Nickname: CB or Cheese Burger problem solving

Length of employment with PREFERRED: Almost 10 years

Job title and responsibilities: Vice President. Business Development, primarily on the payor side; budgeting; relationship maintenance; fire-extinguisher; dish washer.

What you like most about your job: Interaction with therapists, who are the most compassionate people on the planet; developing relationships with incredible friends and mentors on the healthplan side; working daily with our Team at PREFERRED, all of whom are crazy, smart, wonderful. I like knowing that we make a difference.

Favorite pastime: Karate, and having Disco parties with my daughter and her friends.

About your family: My very precocious and talented daughter is seven-going on seventeen, and is the center of my universe. My sister is a Phoenix Firefighter (I’m so proud!) with two beautiful daughters. My parents, Jaxene and Coots, are the two biggest kids in the family, and are exemplary role models in their generosity, humility, and strong sense of values. Jax is my business partner, mentor and best friend.