Kendra Whitlock Ingram joins Highmark Inc. board of directors

PITTSBURGH (September 23, 2025) — Highmark Inc. announced today that Kendra Whitlock Ingram, president and CEO of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, will be joining the Highmark Inc. board of directors.

"Kendra is a natural convenor and leader, and the entire health care industry will benefit from having those kinds of skills at the table,” said David Holmberg, chair of the Highmark Inc. board and president and CEO of Highmark Health.

Kendra previously has held senior leadership positions with several performing arts institutions including president and CEO of the Marcus Performing Arts Center in Milwaukee; Executive Director of the Newman Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Denver; Vice President of Programming and Education for Omaha Performing Arts; as well as leadership roles with Shenandoah University, Vice President The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and The Detroit Symphony.

Ingram holds a Master of Business Administration from University of Nebraska Omaha and a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Duquesne University. She is also an alumna of the League of American Orchestras’ Orchestra Management Fellowship Program.

In 2021, Ingram was named to the Milwaukee Biz Times Notable Minority Executives List and was named as an honoree for the 2022 Milwaukee Business Journal’s “Women of Influence.”

Ingram serves on the Board of Governors for The Broadway League (co-chair of the Intra-Industry and Black to Broadway Committees) as well as the Board of Directors for Duquesne University, National Arts Strategies, Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, and Board Chair for the Live Arts Centers of North America (LACNA) Foundation.