Jotham Cortez

Jotham’s journey in Health Insurance began over 20 years ago where he worked for a Brokerage in Mid-Missouri. He later moved to the carrier side working for companies such as Anthem BCBS and United Healthcare. Jotham joined Essence Healthcare/Lumeris 7 years ago working with Independent Brokers managing that production channel. In his latest role with the company, he leads all the Sales Operations that supports 5 carrier plans across the nation. His current responsibilities include overseeing application processing, commission processing, the producer support call center, all sales systems and the producer portal as well as continuing to drive production in the external broker distribution channel. When he is not working his day job, Jotham can be found at the baseball field watching his son play, at a convention center watching his daughter perform as a cheerleader or on a mountain hiking a back-country trail. Jotham has had the opportunity to speak coast to coast on various topics, which include Medicare Advantage, and brings humor and excitement to the platform to keep the audience engaged and included in the conversation.